Team Members

Ascent Team A (Licancabur)

Nathalie A. Cabrol

Expertise: Planetary Geologist
Expedition Role: Project Principle Investigator/Mars Paleolake Analogs
Affiliation: NASA Ames/SETI Institute
Full Biography

Victor Gaete Angel

Expertise: Chemistry / Mountaneering
Affiliation: Universidad Católica del Norte
Full Biography

Gabor Borics

Expertise: Taxonomy of algae
Expedition Role: Taxonomist
Affiliation: Environmental Protection Inspectorate for Trans-Tiszanian Region
Full Biography

Rick Fitzpatrick

Expedition Role: Co-EPO (Educational and Public Outreach)
Affiliation: Project ARISE/Shasta COE
Full Biography

Brian Grigsby

Expertise: Science Education
Expedition Role: EPO (Educational and Public Outreach)
Affiliation: Project ARISE/Shasta COE/Schreder Planetarium
Full Biography

Edmond Grin

Expertise: Planetary Geologist
Expedition Role: Deputy Principle Investigator/Bathymetry
Affiliation: NASA Ames/SETI Institute
Full Biography

Andy Hock

Expertise: Geophysics/Space Physics
Expedition Role: Physics of Environment
Affiliation: UCLA
Full Biography

Gloria Hovde

Expedition Role: Team Logistics
Affiliation: NASA Ames/SETI Institute
Full Biography

Aaron Kiss

Expertise: Biology
Affiliation: Budapest University, Hungary
Full Biography

Gregory Kovacs

Expertise: Astrobionics; Telemedicine
Affiliation: NASA Ames/Stanford University
Full Biography

Robert Morris

Expedition Role: Logistics Camp 1/Mountain
Affiliation: NASA Ames/SETI Institute
Full Biography

Ruth Sivila

Expertise: Microbiologist
Affiliation: SERNAP
Full Biography

Cristian Tambley

Expertise: Informatics/Mountaineering
Affiliation: Universidad Católica del Norte
Full Biography

Team B Composition (Support from Home Institutions)

Eva Acs

Expertise: Biology
Affiliation: Hungarian Ac. Sci., Hungary
Full Biography

Emilio Ortega Casamayor

Expertise: Limnology
Affiliation: CSIC, Blanes, Spain
Full Biography

Cecilia Demergasso

Expertise: Microbiology
Expedition Role: Project Biology Deputy Lead
Affiliation: Universidad Católica del Norte
Full Biography

Guillermo Chong Díaz

Expertise: Geology
Expedition Role: Project Deputy Principle Investigator (Chile)/Geology
Affiliation: Universidad Católica del Norte
Full Biography

Lorena Escudero

Expertise: Chemistry
Affiliation: Universidad Católica del Norte
Full Biography

Keve Kiss

Expertise: Biology
Expedition Role: Taxonomy
Affiliation: Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Full Biography

Jebner Zambrana

Role: Geology; Logistics
Affiliation: SERGEOMIN, Bolivia
Full Biography

Additional Support Team Members

Without the following members providing critical support this expedition would not have been possible.

Shelly Allen

Project ARISE Program Assistant
Affiliation: Project ARISE, USA

Carol Germano

Project ARISE Lead Teacher
Affiliation: Project ARISE, USA

Maximo Liberman

Bolivian National Parks
Affiliation: SERNAP, Bolivia

Chris McKay

Expertise: Geophysics
Affiliation: NASA Ames

Dennis Mitchell

Project ARISE Program Assistant
Affiliation: Shasta County Office of Education

Marian Murphy-Shaw

Project ARISE Lead Teacher
Affiliation: Siskiyou County Office of Education

Marilyn Silveira

Training Technician
Affiliation: Shasta County Office of Education

Michael Tersieff

Licancabur Expedition Webmaster (extremeenvironment.com)
Affiliation: Shasta County Office of Education

Carol M. Whitmer

Superintendent
Shasta County Office of Education