COMMITTEE ON A SCIENCE STRATEGY FOR THE HUMAN EXPLORATION OF MARS
LINDA T. ELKINS-TANTON (NAS), University of California, Berkeley, Co-Chair
DAVA J. NEWMAN, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Co-Chair
DOMINIC (TONY) ANTONELLI, Antonelli Consulting Company LLC
PENELOPE J. BOSTON, NASA Ames Research Center
CHRISTOPHER E. CARR, Georgia Institute of Technology
BARBARA A. COHEN, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
JONATHAN H. JIANG, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (retired), California Institute of Technology
JAMES F. KASTING (NAS), Pennsylvania State University (retired)
PASCAL LEE, SETI Institute
JAMES A. PAWELCZYK, Pennsylvania State University
NILTON O. RENNO, University of Michigan
MICHAEL G. RYSCHKEWITSCH, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
JULIANNA M. SCHEIMAN, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX)
WANDA A. SIGUR (NAE), Independent Consultant
ERIKA B. WAGNER, The Exploration Company
Study Staff
ABIGAIL SHEFFER, Senior Program Officer, Study Co-Director
KELSIE M. KRAFTON, Program Officer, Study Co-Director
LINDA M. WALKER, Senior Program Assistant
COLLEEN N. HARTMAN, Director, Space Studies Board (until May 2025)
ARUL MOZHI, Senior Program Director for Aeronautics, Space, and Astronomy (as of September 2025)
MIA BROWN, Research Associate
ARTHUR CHARO, Senior Program Officer
DWAYNE A. DAY, Senior Program Officer
TARINI KONCHADY, Associate Program Officer
SAM MYSZKOWSKI, Senior Program Assistant
GAYBRIELLE HOLBERT, Senior Program Assistant
DIONNA WISE, Program Coordinator
Panel on Astrobiology
KATHLEEN E. MANDT, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Chair
LAURIE BARGE, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
HUGO CASTILLO, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
JOHN M. EILER (NAS), California Institute of Technology
DREW GORMAN-LEWIS, University of Washington
BETÜL KAÇAR, University of Wisconsin–Madison
MICHAEL A. MEYER, NASA’s Mars Exploration and Mars Sample Return Programs (retired)
JORGE I. NÚÑEZ, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
LAURA E. RODRIGUEZ, Lunar and Planetary Institute
NICOLE SCHMITZ, German Aerospace Center (DLR) Institute of Planetary Research
AMY J. WILLIAMS, University of Florida