August 21:
Larry Crumpler
Mars is Like New Mexico, Just More So
Larry S. Crumpler, Ph.D. is Research Curator in Volcanology and Space Sciences at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. He received his doctorate from the University of Arizona in Planetary Sciences and MS from the University of New Mexico in Geology. Prior to the Museum, he worked at Brown University.
He has published numerous research papers, book chapters, and geologic maps about New Mexico volcanoes and the physical process of lava flow emplacement and volcano structure.
He has studied Mars geology and contributed to Mars missions for more than 50 years is a member of the Perseverance Rover Mission science team where he is responsible for geologic context mapping of the terrain traversed by the rover. Previously was a team member on the development team for the Ingenuity helicopter, the Mars Exploration Rover (Spirit & Opportunity) science team, Mars Odyssey Gamma Ray Spectrometer science team, and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter High-Resolution Camera (HiRISE) science team. In 2021 he published a book through Harper Collins, “Missions to Mars”, summarizing a personal journey through the arc of Mars exploration.
