Helen Clark
Former Prime Minister of New Zealand. Appointed by the WHO to evaluate the world’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic
John Grotzinger
Former Chief Scientist and Head of Strategic Planning for the Mars Rover Mission
John Grotzinger, a recipient of several honors, including the Charles Doolittle Walcott Medal and NASA's Distinguished Public Service Medal, served as the chief scientist of the Mars Curiosity rover project, one of humanity's leading space projects. Organizations book him as a speaker to gain insights on managing complex engineering projects and achieving mission success through practical takeaways from his experiences leading the team that landed and operated the Curiosity rover on Mars.
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John Grotzinger biography
Science speaker John Grotzinger is an expert in geobiology and geology who works at the California Institute of Technology. He studied at Hobart College, the University of Montana, and Virginia Tech. Furthermore, he served as a postdoctoral researcher at Columbia University.
His previous position at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology lasted 18 years before joining the Caltech faculty in 2005.
His research team at Caltech focuses on the evolution of surficial habitats on Mars and Earth in conjunction with one another. During their research, they employ geochronologic and geochemical techniques. From 2007 until 2015, he worked as the mission’s chief scientist, overseeing the Curiosity rover’s exploration of Mars.
Speaker John Grotzinger has conducted thorough studies on Mars and its environment. Understanding the importance of water throughout the planet’s geologic history has been one of the main focuses of Mars environmental studies for many years. Water can indicate potential habitability and can help in understanding past climatic settings. Previously, research on water-related activities was highly dependent on the orbiter study of geomorphic and spectroscopic features. But, thanks to the Mars Exploration Rovers, we can now directly analyze the historical record surface activities. Sedimentary rocks can form due to a wide range of processes occurring on the surface of a planet. It is possible to reconstruct previous environmental conditions using sedimentary rocks.
The scientific community bestowed several honors upon him for his work, including an election to the National Academy of Sciences. He also obtained the Charles Doolittle Walcott Medal and NASA’s Distinguished Public Service Medal.
John Grotzinger Speaking Videos
John Grotzinger - Life of Consequence
John Grotzinger - The Comparative Evolution of Early Earth and Mars
John Grotzinger Keynote Topics
The spectacular landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars represented an unprecedented engineering achievement. Two years into its mission, Curiosity remains the most complex spacecraft to ever land and operate on the surface of another planet. In his speech, Dr. John Grotzinger shares insights on the exploration of the unknown, the prowess of high technology, and the unique management strategies for supervising hundreds of staff members working in 13 different countries who are all operating under intense pressure. He explains the best-practice approach of “test as you fly, and fly as you test” resulting in significant risk reduction and outlines how his team confronted and resolved challenges, giving audiences practical takeaways about mission success while simultaneously inspiring and astounding them with unique and cutting-edge stories, video, and photos about space, NASA, and the unexplored territories of Mars.
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