Jim Bell
JimBellisaprofessorintheSchoolofEarth&SpaceExplorationatArizonaStateUniversity,andisPresidentoftheBoardofDirectorsofThePlanetarySociety.HeisanactiveastronomerandplanetaryscientistwhohasbeeninvolvedinsolarsystemexplorationusingtheHubbleSpaceTelescope,Marsrovers,andorbiterssenttoMars,theMoon,andseveralasteroids.Hisresearchfocusesontheuseofremotesensingimagingandspectroscopytoassessthegeology,composition,andmineralogyofthesurfacesofplanets,moons,asteroids,andcomets.Heisalsoanauthorofpopularsciencebooksrelatedtospaceexploration,includingPostcardsfromMars,TheSpaceBook,andTheInterstellarAge.