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Carol Paty is an academic expert in space, planetary science and astrobiology. As a planetary and space physicist, she specializes in studying ice giant magnetospheres, moon-magnetosphere interactions, and icy moon interiors with simulations and spacecraft observations. Carol is a co-investigator on NASA’s Europa Clipper mission and on ESA's Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer (JUICE) and has been actively developing new mission strategies to explore Uranus and the Neptune-Triton system. She also participated on the Trident team for the Phase A Discovery study and was involved in the Neptune Odyssey planetary mission concept study. Carol currently sits on the steering committee of the Outer Planets Assessment Group and recently served on a National Academies panel for the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey.
Recent Media:
- Something strange happened during Voyager 2’s Flyby of Uranus in 1986 (Gizmodo, Nov. 11, 2024)
- NASA's Europa Clipper heads to Jupiter's moon, UO professor helped develop tools onboard (KATU, Oct. 14, 2024)
- How do you find an alien ocean? Margaret Kivelson figured it out (The New York Times, Oct. 8, 2018)