Network Organization
NOW is organized by 4 Co-Leads, and a Steering Committee made up of PIs from relevant Ocean Worlds projects funded through NASA R&A grants. More information about each member of the NOW steering committee, together with links to their research programs are listed below. All scientists and engineers funded as part of each project-team that has chosen to join the NOW Network are Members of the NOW Network.
In future, all ROSES proposers will be able to volunteer to join NOW by responding to a query during the proposal submission process.
In the spirit of inclusivity, NOW also offers the opportunity to join as an Affiliate of our network. Affiliates receive regular updates on NOW activities including alerts for new funding opportunities, details of how to participate in forthcoming community meetings and invitations to join our quarterly Ocean Worlds on-line seminar series. Affiliate status is designed to accommodate all those who are not currently funded through an active NASA Ocean Worlds research award but who seek to become involved in future Ocean Worlds research activities.
Steering Committee
Samuel Bailey
Seismometer to Investigate Ice
and Ocean Structure (SIIOS)
Jacob Buffo
A Song of Ice and Brine: Dynamic Habitability in Low Temperature Saline Systems
William Brinckerhoff
Europan Molecular Indicators
of Life Investigation (EMILI)
![scientist_icon Steering Committee Member](https://oceanworlds.space/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2020/02/scientist_icon-19-150x150.jpg)
Henry Cardwell
Richard Cartwright
Unraveling the origin and nature of non-ice species on the icy Galilean moons
![scientist_icon Steering Committee Member](https://oceanworlds.space/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2020/02/scientist_icon-19-150x150.jpg)
Brent Christner
![Melisa Diaz Steering Committee Member</br>Ohio State University](https://oceanworlds.space/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/bb-plugin/cache/Melisa-Diaz-150x150-circle-f4ff18e8c5c160ca6f86c443dda8e83d-0bgfrtloi53y.jpeg)
Melisa Diaz
Coupling ICESat-2 observations, field data and laboratory analyses to investigate physical and biogeochemical processes at ice-ocean interfaces
![scientist_female_icon Catherine Elder](https://oceanworlds.space/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2020/02/scientist_female_icon-1-150x150.jpg)
Catherine Elder
Sierra Ferguson
Christopher German
Michele Gierach
Jacqueline Grebmeier
![Cyril Grima Cyril Grima](https://oceanworlds.space/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/bb-plugin/cache/Cyril-Grima-150x150-circle-dbce98c263fd5992581f11efd09021bb-rksfm5e0jb3c.jpeg)
Cyril Grima
Jennifer Hanley
Investigating the Stability of Trace Species in Titan’s Lakes and Seas
Bryana Henderson
Plasma-Surface Interactions on Europa: Quantification of Primary and Secondary Radiation with Depth
Kevin Hand
Investigating energetic electron weathering at Saturn's inner
mid-sized moons
Jason D. Hofgartner
Eris: The brightest (and most active?)
Amy Hofmann
Experimental investigation of vapor pressure isotope effects relevant to surface- atmosphere interactions on Titan
Sam Howell
Europa’s icy tectonics:
First-principles and higher-order modeling
Brandon Johnson
Formation of icy multiring basins: exploring sensitivity to ice shell thickness and thermal structure on Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto
Simon Kattenhorn
A plate tectonic drift paradigm
shift: new context for explaining
Europa's fractured surface
Yang Liao
Beyond the viscoelastic model: re-evaluating tidal heating and fluid flows in tidally heated moons using two-phase physics
Melody Lindsay
Active-Life Detection Technologies and Lineage-Resolved Microbial Process Rates in an Ocean World Analog Subsurface Ecosystem
Jill Mikucki
ICE-MAMBA Ice-covered
Chemosynthetic Ecosystems:
Mineral Availability and MicroBiological Accessibility
![Kelly Miller Kelly Miller](https://oceanworlds.space/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/bb-plugin/cache/Kelly-Miller-150x150-circle-25864e9bba1062a9aa5df486158aa973-260powdfvchl.jpeg)
Kelly Miller
Aaron Noell
Cellular and Complex Organic Biosignature Preservation Potential of Cryogenic Ices
Jessica Noviello
How and when did cryolava extrude onto Charon's surface?
Stephanie Olson
Oceanographic Considerations for the Oxygenation of Habitable Worlds: Lessons from Early Earth
![Aude Amelie Picard Aude Picard
Assistant Research Professor
Department(s)
Life Sciences
July 26, 2022
(Josh Hawkins/UNLV)](https://oceanworlds.space/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/bb-plugin/cache/Aude-Amelie-Picard-150x150-circle-e5992fdc01af2d35c73a98b226eacf87-rtjsxmgh1a3e.jpeg)