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Summary: Scientist, Explorer, Communicator

Mars scientist with 12 years of professional experience leading and enabling high-impact research in geology, geochemistry, astrobiology, and space exploration. Proven ability to build and maintain collaborations with international partners, federal agencies, and academia. Passionate about communicating the importance of exploration for society to decision-makers, technical communities, and the public.

Professional Skills

Research Highlights

• Led discovery and interpretation of high manganese materials on Mars with ChemCam observations, leading to two high-impact first-author journal articles and six co-authored journal articles.
• Developed new methods for using LIBS acoustic data to identify and interpret rock coatings; led design and setup of new laboratory experimental acoustic chamber capability at Los Alamos.
• Developed and co-led new Planning/Strategic Shift for JETT5 (Joint EVA and Human Surface Mobility Test Team 5) to simulate Artemis III extravehicular activities (EVAs).

Impact

83 peer-reviewed publications | 12,967 citations | h-index 53 | Active DOE-Q clearance | Explorers Club Fellow

Research Experience

Principal Investigator, ChemCam instrument | 2021–present
NASA Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity) rover mission

• Leading international team of 70+ scientists and engineers at 20 institutions worldwide to operate, maintain, and analyze data from the ChemCam instrument onboard the NASA Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover; responsible for an annual budget of ~$2M.
• Working with MSL project leadership to accomplish mission strategic science goals and supporting discovery science.
• Oversaw the recovery of ChemCam laser operations after failure of high voltage power supply in 2021, for which the engineering team was awarded the Explorers Club Citation of Merit (2022).

Staff Scientist (Scientist IV) | 2014 – present
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM

• Mentored and oversaw research of 10+ undergraduate and graduate students, postdocs, and early career staff. 
• Moon to Mars Team Lead (ISR-1) for 6 staff, postdocs, and students; responsible for providing annual staff written performance evaluations, updating Group Management on Team progress toward goals. 
• Space and Planetary Exploration Team Lead (ISR-6) for 5-10 staff, postdocs, and students.
• Acting Deputy Group Leader for Space Remote Sensing & Data Science (ISR-6) supporting ~40 staff. 
• Secured funding and oversaw execution for multiple research projects with annual budgets of $30-800k and 5-10 staff, e.g., LANL Laboratory Directed Research and Development Exploratory Research award “Listening for rock coatings on Mars: Using acoustic signals from laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy,” total budget $705k (2020-2023). 
• Led planning and execution for multiple domestic and international field research campaigns, e.g., led a field campaign for nine staff to Haughton crater, Devon Island, Canada (2022). 
• Co-Investigator on the SuperCam instrument onboard the NASA Mars 2020 (M2020) rover. 

2012–2014 | Postdoctoral Research Associate
ISR-2 (Space and Remote Sensing), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM

• Developed novel laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) technique to identify and elucidate rock surface coatings and rinds.
• Discovered high manganese materials in Gale crater, Mars and developed a quantification model for manganese abundance in ChemCam spectral data. 

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (2011)

Master of Arts, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT (2006)

Bachelor of Arts, Astronomy, Smith College, Northampton, MA (2001)

Selected Grants and Fellowships

2023 – 2026 | Co-Investigator, LANL LDRD Directed Research award. “Planetary Exploration Beyond Mars: Advanced Geologic and Astrobiological Scientific Investigations” (PI: A. Ollila + S. Clegg).

2023–2024 |  Principal Investigator, NASA Analog Activities to Support Artemis Lunar Operations. “Communication structures for science activities during human surface missions.” Member of Joint EVA Test Team 5 (JETT5).

2023 | Co-Investigator, LANL LDRD Reserve Funds award. “Planetary Science Investigations” (PI: S. Clegg).         

2021 – 2022 | Principal Investigator, Explorers Club Discovery Expedition Grant / ALDGS PD funds. “Finding Life on Mars from Above: Testing the GRAPE Mission Concept at Haughton Crater, Canada.”

2020–2023 | Principal Investigator, LANL LDRD Exploratory Research award. “Listening for rock coatings on Mars: Using acoustic signals from laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy.”

2020 – 2023 | Co-Investigator, LANL LDRD Directed Research award. “Uncertainty Quantification for Robust Machine Learning” (PI: D. Oyen).

2019–2020 | Principal Investigator, LANL LDRD Exploratory Research award. “Boron and Ribose in Clay: a Precursor for Life on Earth and Mars?”

2019–2020 | Principal Investigator, NASA Exobiology. “Discovering biosignatures in manganese deposits on Mars with rover payload instruments.”

2020 | Co-Investigator, LANL LDRD Reserve Funds award. “Active sensing for short-range remote detection and characterization.” (PI: A. Ollila). 

2019 | Principal Investigator, LANL LDRD Reserve Funds award. “Using acoustic signals from LIBS plasma shock waves to identify rock coatings on Mars.”

2018 | Principal Investigator, LANL Science Investment Small Equipment grant. “Benchtop Raman and fluorescence spectroscopy.”

2017–2020 | Collaborator, NASA Mars Data Analysis Program. “Understanding diversity in martian magmatism: Modeling the formation of felsic and alkaline igneous compositions from in-situ data collected on Mars.” (PI: A. Udry, UNLV).

2016–2019 | Co-Principal Investigator, LANL LDRD Exploratory Research award. “Life on the Edge: Microbes in Rock Varnish.” (PI: C. Yeager, LANL).

2016–2018 | Principal Investigator, LANL LDRD Early Career Award. “Discovering Biosignatures in Manganese Deposits on Mars.”

Awards and Honors

• NASA Silver Group Achievement Award, SuperCam science (2023). 
• NASA Group Achievement Award, Mars 2020 Pre-landing Strategic Science Group (2022). 
• Explorers Club Citation of Merit (2022), awarded to the NASA Curiosity ChemCam engineering team, https://discover.lanl.gov/news/0413-chemcam-engineering-team/
• NASA Group Achievement Award, SuperCam Science, Engineering, and Operations Team (2022). 
• NASA Group Achievement Award, SuperCam Development Team (2021).
• Elected as a Fellow National, The Explorers Club (2021). https://explorers.org/
• Selected as a Department of Energy Woman @ Energy, https://www.energy.gov/articles/women-energy-dr-nina-lanza(2020). 
• LANL Distinguished Performance Award, SuperCam Mars Rover Instrument Team (2019).
• Selected as one of NNSA’s “Women integral to the nuclear security enterprise,” Women’s History Month campaign, https://nnsa.energy.gov/blog/women-integral-nuclear-security-enterprise (2017).
• Rising Stars of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2015).
• Selected as a LANL “Woman Who Inspires” (2014).
• LANL Postdoc Distinguished Performance Award (2013).
• Winner, LANL Postdoc Research Day (2013).
• NASA Group Achievement Award, MSL ChemCam Instrument Development and Science Team (2013).
• LANL Large Team Distinguished Performance Award, ChemCam project (2012).

Leadership

• Principal Investigator, ChemCam instrument, NASA Mars Science Laboratory rover (2021 – present).
• Team Lead, Moon to Mars Team, ISR-1 (Space Science and Applications) (2024 – present).
• Acting Deputy Group Leader, ISR-6 (Space Remote Sensing & Data Science) (2023). 
• Team Lead, Space and Planetary Exploration Team, ISR-2/ISR-6 (2019 – 2023).
• Deputy Team Lead, Space and Planetary Exploration Team, ISR-2 (2018 – 2019).
• LANL NASA Program Point of Contact for Planetary Sciences (2017 – present).
• LANL Center for Space and Earth Studies Planetary Science seminar series (2017 – 2023).
• LANL Center for Space and Earth Studies Planetary Science Focus Area Lead (2019).
• Mars 2020 Landing Site Working Group Co-Lead, NE Syrtis megabreccia group (2017).
• Member, Research Library Advisory Board, LANL, Los Alamos, NM (2013 – 2020).

Operations and Field Experience

• Co-lead for new operational Planning Shift for Joint EVA and Human Surface Mobility Test Team 5 (JETT5) test (May 2024). 
• Field team member, 10 day expedition to Atacama desert, Chile to acquire biosignature-relevant samples (lead: A. Davila, NASA Ames) (May 2024).  
• Led Explorers Club Discovery Expedition Grant field study in Mars analog terrestrial field site in Haughton crater, Canada to develop novel neutron and gamma ray spectroscopy for planetary applications; testing concept of operations for uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS). Featured on “Tales from the Explorers Club” (Discovery) (2022).
• Supporting current MSL spacecraft operations as ChemCam Payload Uplink Lead and Payload Downlink Lead and Payload Element Lead for Mars Science Laboratory surface operations on Mars (science and engineering roles); continuously staffing instrument operations role from landing in 2012 to present.
• Contributed to Mars 2020 Rover Operations Activities for Science Team Training test (ROASTT) (2019). Analyzed SuperCam data as Payload Downlink Lead, acted as SuperCam instrument representative in Campaign Implementation group. 
• Field team member, Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET), 2015 – 2016 season. Recovered meteorites from remote field locations in the Miller Range, Antarctica.
• NASA Desert Research and Technology Studies (Desert RATS) field exercise, Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX (2011). Acted as Geolab Scicom and EV1 context documentarian.
• Mars Science Laboratory Fast Motion Field Test (2011). Analyzed and interpreted ChemCam data of unknown Mars analog field site in preparation for Mars surface operations.
• NASA Desert Research and Technology Studies (Desert RATS) field exercise, Flagstaff, AZ (2010). Participated in tactical, strategic, and field operations.
• Mars Science Laboratory Slow Motion Field Test (2007). Acted as ChemCam Payload Downlink Lead in preparation for Mars surface operations.

Selected Outreach Activities

Television/Streaming

“What an Antarctic disaster can teach us about getting to Mars.” Uncharted Expeditions, PBS Terra (6 May 2024). (15 min 09 s)

“Loucos ou corajosos? Billionarios reuniram-se para discutir ideias loucas.” Jornal Nacional, TVI (20 May 2024). (9 min 27 s)

“Life on Mars? Scientists reveal new evidence for habitability.” Interview with Phil Halper (10 May 2024). (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=161um39Ahtk&t=1s (21 min 23 s)

“Dispatches from the Well,” Big Think (2023).

Host of Lift the Ice episode 4: “The Ice is Alien.” Curiosity Stream (2023).

How the Universe Works, Seasons 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 (2014-2023). ​The Science Channel.

“Mankind’s first sample return,” Cosmic Front (in Japanese), NHK (aired 16 February 2023).

“Highest Highs, Lowest Lows,” Tales from the Explorers Club, season 1, episode 1. Discovery Channel. 

“Is There Life on Mars?” Science’s Greatest Mysteries, Season 1, Episode 5, BBC (2022).

“Finding Life on Mars,” Secrets of the Universe, Season 1, Episode 6, Curiosity Stream (2022).

“Is there life on Mars?” Global Exploration Summit, Season 1, Episode 6, Discovery+ (2021).

“Mars: One Day on the Red Planet,” National Geographic TV (special) (2020).

“Space Rock Hunter,” Daily Planet (Discovery Canada), Treasure Seekers Week, season 21 episode 73 (aired 13 April 2016). 

Video

Podcasts

“This is what Mars sounds like, with Nina Lanza,” Gravity Assist, 17 June 2022 (22 min 27 s)

“Explorers Club – Nina Lanza,” Curiosity Daily, 10 June 2022 (16 min 6 s)

“Nina Lanza and Tony Nelson,” Unconventional Engineering (ep.5), 8 April 2022:

“Life’s Tough, but Explorers are Tougher,” 4 March 2021 (20 min 27 s)

“Diamonds in the Ice,” ​On A Mission (JPL),​ 26 November 2019 (40 min 36 s)

“Meteorite Hunting in Antarctica,” Third Pod From the Sun (AGU), 7 November 2019 (episode 23) (14 min 27 s)

“9th International Mars Conference (feat. Nina Lanza),” ​WeMartians​ (47 min 20 s)

‘“The Meteorite Hunter,” ​Undiscovered​, 16 March 2017 (32 min 32 sec)

Radio

NPR Morning Edition, 25 February 2021 (6 min 43 s)

BBC Radio 4 Broadcasting House, 21 February 2021 (starting at 19:40, 5 min)

NPR Morning Edition, 11 February 2021 (3 min 48 s)

Radio Café, KUNM, ​Albuquerque, NM, 12 April 2017 (41 min 37 sec) 

Santa Fe Radio Café, KSFR, ​Santa Fe, NM 1 March 2016 (32 min 16 s)

Science Friday,​ 29 January 2016 (16 min 49 s)

New Mexico People Places and Ideas, KUNM, ​Albuquerque, NM, 6 February 2015 ​(28 min 30 s)

Writing

“Designing a drone that can search for life on other planets.” Space.com, 3 March 2023

“Why Premature Claims of Life on Mars Hurt Science.” ​Scientific American, Observations blog,​ 14 January 2020

“Did Life Sign the Guestbook on Mars?” ​Scientific American, Observations blog​, 18 July 2019 (with C. Yeager)

Social Media

• Blog Tsarina for ANSMET field team (2015 – 2016 season).
• Official microblogger, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 2013-2018 (Twitter handle: @marsninja)

Refereed Book Chapters (2)

Lanza, N.L., Wiens, R.C., Maurice, S., and Johnson, J. (2020). “Elemental Analyses of Mars from Rovers with Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy by ChemCam and SuperCam,” in Remote Compositional Analysis: Techniques for Understanding Spectroscopy, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry of Planetary Surfaces, Eds: Janice L. Bishop, Jeffrey Moersch, and James F. Bell, III, Cambridge University Press.

Lanza, N.L. and Newsom, H.E. (2013). Extraterrestrial Hillslope Processes. In: Stoffel, M. and Marston, R. (Eds.), Treatise on Geomorphology v.7: Mountain and Hillslope Geomorphology. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 382-396.

Refereed Journal Publications (81)

Garczynski, B.J., Horgan, B.H.N., Johnson, J.R., Rice, M.A., Mandon, L., Chide, B., Bechtold, A., Beck, P., Bell III, J.F., Dehouck, E., Fairen, A., Gomez, F., Mslin, P.-Y., Paar, G., Sephton, M.A., Simon, J.I., Traxler, C., Vaughan, A.F., Wiens, R.C., Bertrand, T., Beyssac, O., Brown, A.J., Cardarelle, E.L., Cloutis, E., Duflot, L., Flannery, D.T., Gasda, P.J., Hayes, A.G., Herd, C., Kah, L.C., Kinch, K.M., Lanza, N.L., Merusi, M., Mllion, C., Nunez, J.I., Ollila, A.M., Royer, C., St. Clair, M., Tate, C., and Yanchilina, A.G. (accepted). Rock coatings as evidence for late surface alteration on the floor of Jezero crater, Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets.

DeBenedictis, E.A., Kite, E.S., Wordsworth, R.D., Lanza, N.L., Cockell, C.S., Silver, P.A., Ramirez, R.M., Cumbers, J., Mohseni, H., Mason, C.E., Fischer, W.W., and McKay, C.P. (2025). The case for Mars terraforming research. Nature Astronomy, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-025-02548-0 [journal cover].

Essunfeld, A., Comellas, J.M., Morris, R.A., Gasda, J.P., Delapp, D., Oyen, D., Bedford, C.C., Clark, B.C., Dehouck, E., Anderson, R.B., Lomashvili, A., Wiens, R.C., Clegg, S.M., Gasnault, O., Lanza, N.L. (2025). Attribute recognition: A new Method for grouping planetary images by visual characteristics, using the example of Mn-rich rocks in the floor of Gale crater, Mars. Icarus 429, 116451. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116451

Kalucha, H., Broz, A., Randazzo, N., Aramedia, J., Madariaga, J., Garczynski, B., Lanza, N., Mandon, L., Fouchet, T., Catling, D.C., Farien, A.G., Kivrak, L., Gasda, P.J., Nunez, J.I., Cloutis, E., Hand, K.P., Rice Jr., J.W., Fischer, W.W., Maurice, S., and Wiens, R.C. (2024). Probable concretions observed in the Shenandoah Formation of Jezero crater, Mars and comparison with terrestrial analogs. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets 129(8), e2023JE008138. 

Gasda, P.J., Lanza, N.L., Meslin, P.-Y., Lamm, S.N., Cousin, A., Anderson, R., Forni, O., Swanner, E., L’Haridon, J., Frydenvang, J., Thomas, N., Gwizd, S., Stein, N., Fischer, W.W., Hurowitz, J., Sumner, D., Rivera-Hernandez, F., Crossey, L., Ollila, A., Essunfeld, A., Newsom, H.E., Clark, B., Wiens, R.C., Gasnault, O., Clegg, S.M., Maurice, S., Delapp, D., and Reyes-Newell, A. Manganese-rich sandstones as an indicator of ancient oxic lake water conditions in Gale crater, Mars (2024). Journal of Geophysical Research Planets 129(5), e20203JE007923. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023JE007923

Beck, P., Meslin, P.-Y., Fau, A., Gasnault, O., Lasue, J., Cousin, C., Schroder, S., Maurice, S., Rapin, W., Wiens, R.C., Ollila, A.M., Dehouck, E., Mangold, N., Garcia, B., Schwartz, S., Goetz, W., and Lanza, N. (2024). Detectability of carbon with ChemCam LIBS: Distinguishing sample from Mars atmospheric carbon, and application to Gale crater. Icarus 408, 115840, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115840. 

Rapin, W., G. Dromart, B.C. Clark, J. Schieber, E.S. Kite, L.C. Kah, L.M. Thompson, O. Gasnault, J. Lasue, P.-Y. Meslin, P.G. Gasda, and N.L. Lanza (2023). Sustained wet-dry cycling on early Mars. Nature 620, doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06220-3.

Trieman, A.H., Lanza, N.L., et al. (2023). Manganese-iron nodules at the Groken site, Gale crater, Mars. Minerals 13(9), 1122. doi.org/10.3390/min13091122.

Chide, B. Lanza, N.L., et al. (2023). Measurements of sound propagation in Mars’ lower atmosphere. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 615 (118200). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118200

Manelski, H.T., R.Y.  Sheppard, A.A. Fraeman, R.C. Wiens, J.R. Johnson, E.B. Rampe, J. Frydenvang, N.L. Lanza, and O. Gasnault (2023). Compositional Variations in Sedimentary Deposits in Gale Crater as Observed by ChemCam Passive and Active Spectra, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets 128(3), doi: 10.1029/2022JE007706.

Nellessen, M.A., Gasda, P., Crossey, L., Peterson, E., Ali, A., Zhang, J., Zhou, W., Hao, M., Spilde, M., Newsom, H., Lanza, N., Reyes-Newell, A., Legett, S., Das, D., Delapp, D., Yeager, C., Labouriau, A., Clegg, S., and R.C. Wiens (2023). Boron adsorption in clay minerals: Implications for martian groundwater chemistry and boron on Mars, Icarus 401, article 115599, doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115599.

Goetz, W., E. Dehouck, P.J. Gasda, J.R. Johnson, P-Y. Meslin, N.L. Lanza, R.C. Wiens, W. Rapin, J. Frydenvang, V. Payré, and O. Gasnault, Detection of copper by the ChemCam instrument along Curiosity’s traverse in Gale crater, Mars: Elevated abundaces in Glen Torridon (2023). Journal of Geophysical Research Planets 128(3), doi: 10.1029/2021JE007101.

Alvarez-Llamas, C., Lanza, N.L., and 35 coauthors (2023). The sound of geological targets on Mars from the absolute intensity of laser-induced sparks shock waves. Spectrochimica Acta B: Atomic Spectroscopy 205, 106687.

Wiens, R.C., Lanza, N., and 92 coauthors (2022). Compositionally and density stratified igneous terrain in Jezero crater, Mars, Science Advances 8(34), doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abo3399. 

Chide, B., Bertrand, T., Lorenz, R.D., Munguira, A., Hueso, R., Sanches-Lavega, A., Martinez, G., Spiga, A., Jacob X., de la Torre Juarez, M., Lemmon, M.T., Banfield, D., Newman, C.E., Murdoch, N., Stott, A., Viudez-Moreiras, D., Pla-Garcia, J. Larmat, C., Lanza, N.L., Rodriguez-Manfredi, J.A., and Wiens, R.C. (2022). Acoustics reveals short-term air temperature fluctuations near Mars’ surface. Geophysical Research Letters 49(21), e2022GL100333.

Wiens, R.C., Udry, A., Beyssac, O., Quantin-Natad, C., Mangold, N., Cousin, A., Mandon, L., Bosak, T., Forni, O., McLennan, S.M., Sautter, V., Brown, A., Benzerara, K., Johnson, J.R., Mayhew, L., Maurice, S., Anderson, R.B., Clegg, S.M., Crumpler, L., Gabriel, T.S.J., Gasda, P., Hal, J., Horgan, B.H.N., Kah, L., Legett IV, C., Madariaga, J.-M., Meslin, P.-Y., Ollila, A.M., Poulet, F., Royer, C., Sharma, S.K., Siljestrom, S., Simon, J.I., Acosta-Maeda, T.E., Alvarez-Llamas, C., Angel, S.M., Arana, G., Beck, P., Bernard, S., Bertrand, T., Bousquet, B., Castro, K., Chide, B., Clave, E., CLoutis, E., Connell, S., Dehouck, E., Dromart, G., Fischer, W., Fouchet, T., Francis, R., Frydenvang, J., Gasnault, O., Gibbons, E., Gupta, S., Hausrath, E.M., Jacob, X., Kalucha, H., Kelly, E., Knutsen, E., Lanza, N., Laserna, J., Lasue, J., Le Mouelic, S., Leveille, R., Lopez Reyes, G., Lorenz, R., Manrique., J.A., Martinez-Frias, J., McConnochie, T., Melikechi, N., Mimoun, D., Montmessin, F., Moros, J., Murdoch, N., Pilleri, P., Pilorget, C., Pinet, P., Rapin, W., Rull, F., Schroder, S., Shuster, D.L., Smith, R.J., Stott, A.E., Tarnas, J., Turenne, N., Veneranda, M., Vogt, D.S., Weiss, B.P., Willis, P., Stack, K.M., Williford, K.H., Farley, K.A., and the SuperCam Team (2022). Compositionally and density stratified igneous terrain in Jezero crater, Mars. Science Advances 8(34), doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abo3399. 

Anderson, R.B., O. Forni, A. Cousin, R.C. Wiens, S.M Clegg, J. Frydenvang, T.S.J. Gabriel, A. Ollila, S. Schröder, O. Beyssac, E. Gibbons, D.S. Vogt, E. Clavé, J.-A. Manrique, C. Legett IV, P. Pilleri, R.T. Newell, J. Sarrao, S. Maurice, G. Arana, K. Bezerara, P. Bernardi, S. Bernard, B. Bousquet, A.J. Brown, C. Alvarez-Llamas, B. Chide, E. Cloutis, J. Comellas, S. Connell, E. Dehouck, D. Delapp, A. Essunfeld, C. Fabre, T. Fouchet, C. Garcia-Florentino, L. García-Gómez, P. Gasda, O. Gasnault, E.M. Hausrath, N.L. Lanza, J. Laserna, J. Lasue, G. Lopez, J.A. Madariaga, L. Mandon, N. Mangold, P.-Y. Meslin, A.E. Nelson, H. Newsom, A.L. Reyes-Newell, S. Robinson, F. Rull, S. Sharma, J.I. Simon, P. Sobron, I.T. Fernandez, A. Udry, D. Venhaus, S.M. McLennan, D.V. Morris, and B. Ehlmann (2022). Post-landing manjor element quantification using SuperCam laser induced breakdown spectroscopy. Spectrochimica Acta Part B 188, 106347, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2021.106347.

Maurice, S., B. Chide, N. Murdoch, R. D. Lorenz, D. Mimoun, R. C. Wiens, A. Stott, X. Jacob, T. Bertrand, F. Montmessin, N. L. Lanza, C. Alvarez-Llamas, S. M. Angel, M. Aung, J. Balaram, O. Beyssac, A. Cousin, G. Delory, O. Forni, T. Fouchet, O. Gasnault, H. Grip, M. Hecht, J. Hoffman, J. Laserna, J. Lasue, J. Maki, J. McClean, P.-Y. Meslin, S. Le Mouélic, A. Munguira, C. E. Newman, J. A. Rodríguez Manfredi, J. Moros, A. Ollila, P. Pilleri, S. Schröder, M. de la Torre Juárez, T. Tzanetos, K. M. Stack, K. Farley, K. Williford, and the SuperCam team (2022). In situ recording of Mars soundscape. Nature 605, 653–658.

VanBommel, S.J., R. Gellert, J.A. Berger, M.A. McCraig, C.D. O’Connell-Cooper, L.M. Thompson, A.S. Yen, N.I. Boyd, N.L. Lanza, and A.M. Ollila (2022). Constraining the chemical depth profile of a manganese-rich surface layer in Gale crater, Mars. Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy 191, article 106410, doi: 10.1016/j.sab.2022.106410.

Gasda, P.J., J. Comellas, A. Essunfeld, D. Das, A. B. Bryk, E. Dehouck, S. P. Schwenzer, L. Crossey, K. Herkenhoff, J. R. Johnson, H. Newsom, N. L. Lanza, W. Rapin, W. Goetz, P.-Y. Meslin, J. C. Bridges, R. Anderson, G. David, S. M. R. Turner, M. T. Thorpe, L. Kah, J. Frydenvang, R. Kronyak, G. Caravaca, A. Ollila, S. Le Mouélic, M. Nellessen, M. Hoffman, D. Fey, A. Cousin, R. C. Wiens, S. M. Clegg, S. Maurice, O. Gasnault, D. Delapp,and A. Reyes-Newell (2022). Overview of the Morphology and Chemistry of Diagenetic Features in the Clay-Rich Glen Torridon Unit of Gale Crater, Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets 127(12), doi: 10.1029/2021JE007097. 

Caravaca, G., N. Mangold, E. Dehouck, J. Schieber, L. Zaugg, A.B. Bryk, C.M. Fedo, S. Le Mouélic, L. Le Deit, S.G. Banham, S. Gupta, A. Cousin, W. Rapin, O. Gasnault, F. Rivera-Hernández, R.C. Wiens, and N.L. Lanza. From Lake to River: Documenting an Environmental Transition across the Jura/Knockfarril Hill Members Boundary in Glen Torridon Region of Gale crater (Mars). Journal of Geophysical Research Planets 127(9), doi: 10.1029/2021JE007093.

Dehouck, E., A. Cousin, N. Mangold, J. Frydenvang, O. Gasnault, O. Forni, W. Rapin, P.J. Gasda, G. Caravaca, G. David, C.C. Bedford, J. Lasue, P-Y Meslin, K. Rammelkamp, M. Desjardins, S. Le Mouélic, M. T. Thorpe, V.K. Fox, K.A. Bennett, A.B. Bryk, N.L. Lanza, S. Maurice, and R.C. Wiens (2022). Bedrock geochemistry and alteration history of the clay-bearing Glen Torridon region of Gale crater, Mars Journal of Geophysical Research Planets 127(12), doi: 10.1029/2021JE007103. 

David, G., E. Dehouck, P.-Y. Meslin, W. Rapin, A. Cousin, O. Forni, O. Gasnault, J. Lasue, N. Mangold, P. Beck, S. Maurice, R.C. Wiens, G. Berger, S. Fabre, P. Pinet, B.C. Clark, J.R. Smith, and N.L. Lanza (2022). Evidence for Amorphous Sulfates as the Main Carrier of Soil Hydration in Gale Crater, Mars. Geophysical Research Letters 49(21), doi: 10.1029/2022GL098755.

Lingappa, U.F., Yeager, C.M., Sharma, A, Lanza, N.L., Morales, D.P., Xie, G., Atencio, A.D., Chadwick, G.L., Monteverde, D.R., Magyar, J.S., Webb, S.M., Valentine, J.S., Hoffman, B.M., Fischer, W.W. (2021). Manganese in rock varnish derives from Cyanobacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (25), e2025188118, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2025188118.

Liu, Y., Fischer, W.W., Ma, C., Beckett, J.R., Guan, Y., Lingappa, U.F., Webb, S.M., Tschauner, O., Prakapenka, V.B., Hu, J., Lanza, N., Agee, C. (2021). Manganese oxides in Martian meteorites Northwest Africa (NWA) 7034 and 7533. Icarus 364, 114471, https://doi.org/106/j.icarus.2021.114471.

Clark, B.C., Kolb, V.M., Steele, A., House, C.H., Lanza, N.L., Gasda, P.J., VanBommel, S.J., Newsom, H.E., and Martinez-Frias, J. (2021). Origin of life on Mars: Suitability and Opportunities. Life 11 (6), 539, https://doi.org/10.3390/life11060539.

Caravaca, G., Le Mouelic, S., Rapin, W., Dromart, G., Gasnault, G., Fau, A., Newsom, H.E., Mangold, N., Le Diet, L., Maurice, S., Wiens, R.C., and Lanza, N.L. (2021). Long-distance 3D reconstructions using photogrammetry with Curiosity’s ChemCam remote micro-imager in Gale crater (Mars). Remote Sensing 13, 4068, https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13204068. 

Gasda, P.J, Anderson, R., Cousin, A., Forni, O., Clegg, S., Ollila, A., Lanza, N., Frydenvang, F., Lamm, S., Wiens, R., Maurice, S., Gasnault, O., Beal, R., Reyes-Newell, A., Delapp. D. (2021). Quantification of Manganese for ChemCam Mars and Laboratory Spectra Using a Multivariate Model, Spectrochimica Acta Part B 181, 106223, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2021.106223.

Wiens, R.C., Lanza, N.L., and 129 coauthors (2021). The SuperCam instrument suite on the NASA Mars 2020 rover: Body unit and combined system tests. Space Science Reviews 217 (article 4), https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11214-020-00777-5.

Maurice, S., Lanza, N., and 162 coauthors (2021). The SuperCam instrument on the Mars 2020 rover: Science objectives and mast-unit description. Space Science Reviews 217 (47), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-021-00807-w.

Castorena, J., Oyen, D., Ollila, A., Legget, C., and Lanza, N. (2021). Deep spectral CNN for laser induced breakdown spectroscopy. Spectrochimica Acta B: Atomic Spectroscopy 178, 106125, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2021.106125.

Wiens, R.C., Esgett, K.S., Stack, K.M., Dietrich, W.E., Bryk, A.B., Mangold, N., Bedford, C., Gasda, P., Farien, A., Thompson, L., Johnson, J., Gasnault, O., Clegg, C., Cousin, A., Forni, O., Frydenvang, J., Lanza, N., Maurice, S., Newsom, H., Ollila, A., Payre, V., Rivera-Hernandez, F., and Vasavada, A. (2020). Origin and composition of three heterolithic boulder- and cobble-bearing deposits overlying the Murray and Stimson formations, Gale crater, Mars. Icarus 350, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2020.113897.

L’Haridon, J., Mangold, N., Fraeman, A.A., Johnson, J.R., Cousin, A., Rapin, W., David, G., Dehouck, E., Sun, V., Frydenvang, J., Gasnault, O., Gasda, P., Lanza, N., Forni, O., Meslin, P.-Y., Schwenzer, S., Bridges, J., Horgan, B., House, C.H., Salvatore, M., Maurice, S., and Wiens, R.C. (accepted). Iron mobility during diagenesis at the Vera Rubin Ridge, Gale crater, Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JE006299.

Frydenvang, J., Mangold, N., Wiens, R.C., Fraeman, A.A., Edgar, L.A., Fedo, C., L’Haridon, J., Bedford, C.C., Gupta, S. Grotzinger, J.P., Bridges, J.C., Clark, B.C., Rampe, E.B., Gasnault, O., Maurice, S., Gasda, P.J., Lanza, N.L., Ollila, A.M., Meslin, P.-Y., Payré, V., Calef, F., Salvatore, M., and House, C.H. (2020). The chemostratigraphy of the Murray formation and role of diagenesis at Vera Rubin ridge in Gale crater, Mars, as observed by the ChemCam instrument. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 125(9), https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JE006320.

Carrier, B.L, Lanza, N.L., and 59 coauthors (2020). Mars Extant Life: What’s Next? Conference Report. Astrobiology 20(6), 785-814. 

Yousefzadeh, R., Oyen, D., and Lanza, N. (2019). Learning Diverse Gaussian Graphical Models and Interpreting Edges. Proceedings of the 2019 SIAM International Conference on Data Mining, 405-413, https://doi.org/10.1137/1.9781611975673.46. 

Payré, V., Sautter, V., Gasnault, O., Forni, O., Maurice, S., Lasue, J., Goetz, W., Meslin, P.-Y., Lanza, N., Nachon, M., Mangold, N., Le Deit, L., Rapin, W., Clark, B. (2019). Copper enrichments in the Kimberley formation in Gale crater, Mars: Evidence for a Cu deposit at the source. Icarus 321, 736-751. 

Salvatore, M., Truitt, K., Roszell, K., Wiens, R., Clegg, S., Mangold, N., Lanza, N., Rampe, E., Dehouck, E. (2019). Investigating the role of anhydrous oxidative weathering on sedimentary rocks in the Transantarctic Mountains and implications for the modern weathering of sedimentary lithologies on Mars. Icarus 319, 669-684.

Lasue, J., Cousin, A., Meslin, P.-Y., Mangold, N., Wiens, R.C., Berger, G., Dehouck, E., Forni, O., Goetz, W., Gasnault, O., Rapin, W., Schroeder, S., Ollila, A., Johnson, J., Le Mouelic, S., Maurice, S., Anderson, R., Blaney, D., Clark, B., Clegg, S.M., d’Uston, C., Fabre, C., Lanza, N., Madsen, M. B., Martin-Torres, J., Melikechi, N., Newsom, H., Sautter, V., Zorzano, M.P. (2018). Martian eolian dust probed by ChemCam. Geophysical Research Letters 45, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL079210. 

Wagstaff, K. L., Francis, R., Gowda, T., Lu, Y., Riloff, E., Singh, K., and Lanza, N. L. (2018). Mars target encyclopedia: Rock and soil composition extracted from the literature. In 32nd AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 7861-7866.

Gasda, P.J., Haldeman, E.B., Wiens, R.C., Rapin, W., Bristow, T.F., Bridges, J.C., Schwenzer, S.P., Clark, B., Herkenhoff, K., Frydenvang, J., Lanza, N.L., Maurice, S., Clegg, S., Delapp, D.M., Sanford, V.L., Bodine, M.R., and McInroy, R. (2017). In situ detection of boron by ChemCam on Mars. Geophysical Research Letters, doi: 10.1002/2017GL074480. 

Rampe, E., Ming., D.W., Blake, D.F., Bristow, T.F., Chipera, S.J., Grotzinger, J.P., Morris, R.V., Morrison, S.M.,

Vaniman, D.T., Yen, A.S., Achilles, C.N., Craig, P.I., Des Marais, D.J., Downs, R.T., Farmer, J.D., Fendrich, K.V., Gellert, R., Hazen, R.M., Kah, L.C., Morookian, J.M., Peretyazhko, T.S., Serrazin, P., Treiman, A.H., Berger, J.A., Eigenbrode, J.L., Farien, A.G., Forni, O., Gupta, S., Hurowitz, J.A., Lanza, N.L., Schmidt, M.E., Siebach, K., Sutter, B., and Thompson, L.M. (2017). Mineralogy of an ancient lacustrine mudstone succession from the Murray formation, Gale crater, Mars. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 431, 172-185.

Cousin, A., Dehouck, E., Meslin, P. Y., Forni, O., Williams, A. J., Stein, N., Gasnault, O., Bridges, N., Ehlmann, B., Schröder, S., Payré, V., Rapin, W., Pinet, P., Sautter, V., Lanza, N., Lasue, J., Maurice, S., and Wiens, R. C. (2017).  Geochemistry of the Bagnold dune field as observed by ChemCam and comparison with other aeolian deposits at Gale Crater. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets 122(10), 2144-2162.

Vaniman, D.T., Yen, A.S., Achilles, C.N., Craig, P.I., Des Marais, D.J., Downs, R.T., Farmer, J.D., Fendrich, K.V., Gellert, R., Hazen, R.M., Kah, L.C., Morookian, J.M., Peretyazhko, T.S., Serrazin, P., Treiman, A.H., Berger, J.A., Eigenbrode, J.L., Farien, A.G., Forni, O., Gupta, S., Hurowitz, J.A., Lanza, N.L., Schmidt, M.E., Siebach, K., Sutter, B., and Thompson, L.M. (2017). Mineralogy of an ancient lacustrine mudstone succession from the Murray formation, Gale crater, Mars. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 431, 172-185.

Frydenvang, F., Gasda, P., Hurowitz, J., Grotzinger, J., Wiens, R., Newsom, H.E., Edgett, K., Watkins, J., Bridges, J., Maurice, S., Fisk, M., Ehlmann, B., Johnson, J., Rapin, W., Stein, N., Clegg, S., Schwenzer, S., Bedford, Candice, Edwards, P., Mangold, N., Cousin, A., Anderson, R., Payré, V., Vaniman, D., Blake, D.F., Lanza, N., Gupta, S., Van Beek, J., Sautter, V., Meslin, P.-Y., Rice, M., Milliken, R., Gellert, R., Thompson, L., Clark, B., Sumner, D., Fraeman, A., Kinch, K., Madsen, M., Mitrofanov, I., Jun, I., Calef, F., and Vasavada, A. (2016). Diagenetic silica enrichment and late-stage groundwater activity in Gale crater, Mars. Geophysical Research Letters 44, 4716-4724.

Payré, V., Fabre, C., Cousin, A., Sautter, V., Wiens, R.C., Forni, O., Gasnault, O., Mangold, N., Meslin, P.-Y., Lasue, J., Ollila, A., Rapin, W., Maurice, S., Nachon, M., Le Deit, L., Lanza, N., and Clegg, S. (2017). Alkali trace elements in Gale crater, Mars with ChemCam: Calibration update and geological implications. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets 122, 650-679.

Rice, M.S., Gupta, S., Treiman, A.H., Stack, K.M., Calef, F., Edgar, L.A., Grotzinger, J., Lanza, N., Le Deit, L., Lasue, J., Siebach, K.L., Vasavada, A., Wiens, R.C., and Williams, J. (2017). Geologic overview of the Mars Science Laboratory rover mission at The Kimberley, Gale crater, Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets 122(1), 2-20.

Nachon, M., Mangold, N., Forni, O., Kah, L.C., Cousin, A., Wiens, R.C., Anderson, R., Blaney, D., Blank, J.G., Calef, F., Clegg, S.M., Fabre, C., Fisk, M.R., Gasnault, O., Grotzinger, J., Kronyak, R., Lanza, N.L.,

Lasue, J., Le Deit, L., Le Mouelic, S., Maurice, S., Meslin, P.-Y., Oehler, D.Z., Payre, V., Rapin, W., Schroder, S., Stack, K., Sumner, D. (2017). Chemistry of diagenetic features analyzed by ChemCam at Pahrump Hills, Gale crater, Mars. Icarus 281, 121-136.

Lanza, N.L., Wiens, R.C., Arvidson, R.E., Clark, B.C., Fischer, W.W., Gellert, R., Grotzinger, J.P., Hurowitz, J.A., McLennan, S.M., Morris, R.V., Rice, M.S., Bell III, J.F., Berger, J.A., Blaney, D.L., Bridges, N.T.,Calef III, F., Campbell, J.L., Clegg, S.M., Cousin, A., Edgett, K.S., Fabre, C., Fisk, M.R., Forni, O., Frydenvang, J., Hardy, K.R., Hardgrove, C., Johnson, J.R., Lasue, J., Le Mouélic, S., Malin, M.C., Mangold, N., Martìn-Torres, J., Maurice, S., McBride, M.J., Ming, D.W., Newsom, H.E., Schröder, S., Thompson, L.M., Treiman, A.H., VanBommel, S., Vaniman, D.T., Zorzano, M.-P. (2016). Oxidation of manganese in an ancient aquifer, Kimberley formation, Gale Crater, Mars. Geophysical Research Letters 43 (14), 7398-7407, doi: 10.1002/2016GL069109. [Journal cover]

Wagstaff, K. L., Riloff, E., Lanza, N. L., Mattmann, C. A., and Ramirez, P. M. (2016). Creating a Mars target encyclopedia by extracting information from the planetary science literature. In Workshops of the Thirtieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (WS-16-10: Knowledge Extraction from Text), 532-536.

Oyen, D. and Lanza, N. (2016). Interactive discovery of chemical structure in ChemCam targets using Gaussian graphical models. In Workshops of the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI).

Maurice, S., Clegg, S., Wiens, R., Gasnault, O., Rapin, W., Forni, O., Cousin, A., Sautter, V., Mangold, N., Le Deit, L., Nachon, M., Anderson, R.B., Lanza, N., Fabre, C., Payre, V., Lasue, J., Meslin, P.-Y., Leveille, R., Barraclough, B., Beck, P., Bender, S., Berger, G., Bridges, J., Dyar, M.D., Francis, R., Frydenvang, J., Gondet, B., Ehlmann, B., Herkenhoff, K., Johnson, J., Langevin, Y., Madsen, M., Melikechi, N., Lacour, J.-L., Le Mouelic, S., Lewin, E., Newsom, H., Ollila, A., Pinet, P., Schroder, S., Sirven, J.-B., Tokar, R., Toplis, M., d’Uston, L., Vaniman, D., and Vasavada, A. (2016). ChemCam activities and discoveries during the nominal mission of Mars Science Laboratory in Gale crater, Mars. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, doi: 10.1039/c5ja00417a

Lasue, J., Clegg, S., Forni, O., Cousin, A., Wiens, R., Lanza, N., Mangold, N., Le Deit, L., Gasnault, O., Maurice, S., Berger, J., Stack, K., Blaney, D., Fabre, C., Goetz, W., Johnson, J., Le Mouelic, S., Nachon, M., Payre, V., Rapin, W., Sumner, D. (2016). Observation of > 5 wt % zinc at the Kimberley outcrop, Gale crater, Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets 121, 338-352, doi:10.1002/2015JE004946.

Le Deit, L., Mangold, N., Forni, O., Cousin, A., Lasue, J., Schroder, S., Wiens, R., Sumner, D., Fabre, C., Stack, K., Anderson, R.B., Blaney, D., Clegg, S., Dromart, G., Fisk, M., Gasnault, O., Grotzinger, J., Gupta, S., Lanza, N., Le Mouelic, S., Maurice, S., McLennan, S., Meslin, P.-Y., Nachon, M., Newsom, H.E., Payre, V., Rapin, W., Rice, M., Sautter, V., and Treiman, A. (2016). The potassic sedimentary rocks in Gale crater, Mars as seen by ChemCam onboard Curiosity. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets 121, 784–804, doi:10.1002/2015JE004987.

Mezzacappa, A., Melikechi, M., Cousin, A., Wiens, R.C., Lasue, J., Clegg, S.M., Tokar, R., Bender, S., Lanza, N.L., Maurice, S., Berger, G., Forni, O., Gasnault, O., Dyar, M.D., Boucher, T., Lewin, E., Fabre, C., and the MSL Science Team (2016). Application of distance correction to ChemCam laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy measurements. Spectrochimica Acta Part B 120, 1929.

Oyen, D., Lanza, N., and Porter, R. (2015). Discovering compositional trends in Mars rock targets from ChemCam spectroscopy and remote imaging. In IEEE Applied Imagery Pattern Recognition Workshop (AIPR-15).

Sautter, V. Toplis, M.J., Wiens, R.C. Cousin, A., Fabre, C. Gasnault, O., Forni, O., Lasue, J., Ollila, A., Bridges, J.C., Mangold, N., Le Mouelic, S., Fisk, M., Meslin, P.-Y., Beck, P., Pinet, P., Le Deit, L., Rapin, W., Stolper, E.M., Newsom, H., Dyar, D., Lanza, N., Vaniman, D., Clegg, S., and Wray, J.J. (2015). In situ evidence for continental crust on early Mars. Nature Geoscience 8, 605-609.

Forni, O., Gaft, M., Toplis, M.J., Clegg, S.M., Maurice, S., Wiens, R.C., Mangold, N., Gasnault, O., Sautter, V.,

Le Mouelic, S., Meslin, P.-Y., Nachon, M., McInroy, R.E., Ollila, A.M., Cousin, A., Bridges, J.C., Lanza, N.L., and Dyar, M.D. (2015). First detection of fluorine on Mars: Implications for Gale Crater’s geochemistry. Geophysical Research Letters 42 (4), 1020-1028.

Mangold, N., Forni, O., Dromart, G., Stack, K., Wiens, R. C., Gasnault, O., Sumner, D. Y., Nachon, M., Meslin, P. Y., Anderson, R. B., Barraclough, B., Bell, J. F., Berger, G., Blaney, D. L., Bridges, J. C., Calef, F., Clark, B., Clegg, S. M., Cousin, A., Edgar, L., Edgett, K., Ehlmann, B., Fabre, C., Fisk, M., Grotzinger, J., Gupta, S., Herkenhoff, K. E., Hurowitz, J., Johnson, J. R., Kah, L. C., Lanza, N., Lasue, J., Le Mouélic, S., Léveillé, R., Lewin, E., Malin, M., McLennan, S., Maurice, S., Melikechi, N., Mezzacappa, A., Milliken, R., Newsom, H., Ollila, A., Rowland, S. K., Sautter, V., Schmidt, M., Schröder, S., D’Uston, C., Vaniman, D., and Williams, R. (2015). Chemical variations in Yellowknife Bay formation sedimentary rocks analyzed by ChemCam on board the Curiosity rover on Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets 120(3), 452-482.

Lanza, N.L., Ollila, A.M., Cousin, A., Wiens, R.C., Clegg, S., Mangold, N., Bridges, N.T., Cooper, D., Schmidt., M., Berger, J., Arvidson, R., Melikechi, N., Newsom, H.E., Tokar, R., Hardgrove, C., Mezzacappa, A., Jackson, R., Clark, B., Forni, O., Maurice, S., Nachon, M., Anderson, R.B., Blank, J., Deans, M., Delapp, D., Leveille, R., McInroy, R., Martinez, R., Meslin, P.-Y., and Pinet, P. (2015). Understanding the signature of rock coatings in laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy data. Icarus 249, 62-73.

Lanza, N.L., Fischer, W.W., Grotzinger, J., Wiens, R.C., Anderson, R.B., Ollila, A.M., Cousin, A., Mangold, N., Nachon, M., Clark, B.C., Schmidt, M., Berger, J., Forni, O., Melikechi, N., Newsom, H.E., Le Mouélic, S., Sautter, V., and Maurice, S. (2014). High manganese concentrations in rocks at Gale crater, Mars. Geophysical Research Letters 41 (16), 5755-5763. [EOS Research Highlight, 18 November 2014]

Anderson, R.B., Bridges, J.C., Williams, A., Edgar. L., Ollila, A., Williams, J., Nachon, M., Mangold, N., Schieber, J., Gupta, S., Dromart, G., Wiens, R., Le Mouélic, S., Forni, O., Lanza, N., Mezzacappa, A., Sautter, V., Fisk, M., Blaney, D., Clark, B., Clegg, S.M., Gasnault, O., Lasue, J., Léveillé, R., Lewin, E., Lewis, K.W., Maurice, S., Newsom, H., Schwenzer, S.P., and Vaniman, D.  (2015). ChemCam results from the Shaler outcrop in Gale crater, Mars. Icarus 249, 2-21.

Cousin, A., Meslin, P.-Y., Wiens, R.C., Rapin, W., Mangold, N., Fabre, C., Gasnault, O., Forni, O., Tokar, R., Ollila, A., Schröder, S., Lasue, J., Maurice, S., Sautter, V., Newsom, H., Vaniman, D., Le Mouélic, S., Dyar, D., Berger, G., Blaney, D., Nachon, M., Dromart, G., Lanza, N., Clark, B., Clegg, S., Goetz, W., Barraclough, B., Delapp, D., and the MSL Science Team (2015). Compositions of coarse and fine particles in martian soils at Gale: A window into the production of soils. Icarus 249, 22-42.

Léveillé, R.J., Bridges, J., Wiens, R.C., Mangold, N., Cousin, A., Lanza, N., Forni, O., Ollila, A., Grotzinger, J., Clegg, S.M., Siebach, K., Berger, G., Clark, B., Fabre, C., Anderson, R.B., Gasault, O., Blaney, D., Deflores, L., Leshin, L., Maurice, S., and Newsom, H. (2014). Chemistry of fracture-filling raised ridges in Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater: Window into past aqueous activity and habitability on Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets 119, 2398-2415.

Arvidson, R.E., Newsom, H.E., Garvin, J.B., Johnson, J.R., Lanza, N.L., Mangold, N., Calef, F.J., Bellutta, P., Fraeman, A., Hamilton, V., Vasavada, A.R., Morris, R.V., Ming, D.W., Grant, J., Iagnemma, K., Bridges, N.T., and Edgett, K. (2014). Terrain physical properties derived from orbital data and the first 360 sols of Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover observations in Gale crater. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets 119, 1322-1344.

Melikechi, N., Mezzacappa, A., Cousin, A., Lanza, N.L., Lasue, J., Clegg, S.M., Berger, G., Wiens, R.C., Maurice, S., Tokar, R.L., Bender, S., Forni, O., Beves, E.A., Dyar, M.D., Frydenvang, J., Delapp, D., Gasnault, O., Newsom, H., Ollila, A.M., Lewin, E., Clark, B.C., Ehlmann, B.L., Blaney, D., Fabre, C., and the MSL Science Team (2014). Correcting for variable laser-target distances of LIBS measurements with ChemCam using emission lines of Martian dust spectra. Spectrochimica Acta B 96, 51-60.

Bridges, N.T., Calef, F.J., Hallet, B., Herkenhoff, K.E., Lanza, N.L., LeMouelic, S., Newman, C.E., Blaney,  D.L., de Pablo, M.A., Kocurek, G.A., Langevin, Y., Lewis, K.W., Maurice, S., Meslin, P.-Y., Pinet, P., Rice, M.S., Richardson, M.E., Wiens, R.C., and Yingst, R.A. (2014). The rock abrasion record at Gale Crater: Results from Bradbury Landing to Rocknest. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets 119, 1374- 1389.

Ollila, A.O., Newsom, H.E., Clark, B., Wiens, R.C., Cousin, A., Blank, J.G., Mangold, N., Sautter, V., Maurice, S., Clegg, S.M., Gasnault, O., Forni, O., Tokar, R., Lewin, E., Dyar, M.D., Lasue, J., Anderson, R., McLennan, S.M., Bridges, J., Vaniman, D., Lanza, N., Fabre, C., Melikechi, N., Perrett, G.M., Campbell, J.L., King, P.L., Barraclough, B., Delapp, D., Johnstone, S., Meslin, P.-Y., Rosen-Gooding, A., Williams, J., and the MSL Science Team (2014). Trace element geochemistry (Li, Ba, Sr, and Rb) using Curiosity’s ChemCam: Early results for Gale crater from Bradbury Landing Site to Rocknest. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets 119, 1-31.

Blaney, D. L., Wiens, R. C., Maurice, S., Clegg, S. M., Anderson, R. B., Kah, L. C., Le Mouélic, S., Ollila, A., Bridges, N., Tokar, R., Berger, G., Bridges, J. C., Cousin, A., Clark, B., Dyar, M. D., King, P. L., Lanza, N., Mangold, N., Meslin, P. Y., Newsom, H., Schröder, S., Rowland, S., Johnson, J., Edgar, L., Gasnault, O., Forni, O., Schmidt, M., Goetz, W., Stack, K., Sumner, D., Fisk, M., and Madsen, M. B. (2014). Chemistry and texture of the rocks at Rocknest, Gale Crater: Evidence for sedimentary origin and diagenetic alteration. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets 119(9), 2109-2131.

Wagstaff, K., Lanza, N., Thompson, D., Dietterich, T., and Gilmore, M. (2013). Guiding scientific discovery with explanations using DEMUD. Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-13).

Meslin, P.-Y., Gasnault, O., Forni, O., Schröder, S., Cousin, A., Berger, G., Clegg, S., Lasue, J., Maurice, S., Sautter, V., Le Mouélic, S., Wiens, R., Fabré, C., Goetz, W., Bish, D., Mangold, N., Ehlmann, B., Lanza, N., Harri,A.-M., Anderson, R., Rampe, E., McConnochie, T.H., Pinet, P., Blaney, D., Léveillé, R., Archer, D., Barraclough, B., Bender, S., Blake, D., Blank, J. G., Bridges, N., Clark, B. C., DeFlores, L., Delapp, D., Dromart, G., Dyar, M.D., Fisk, M., Gondet, B., Grotzinger, J., Herkenhoff, K., Johnson, J., Lacour, J.-L., Langevin, Y., Leshin, L., Lewin, E., Madsen, M.B., Melikechi, N., Mezzacappa, A., Mischna, M. A., Moores, J.E., Newsom, H., Ollila, A., Perez, R., Renno, N., Sirven, J.-B., Tokar, R., de la Torre, M., d’Uston, L., Vaniman, D., Yingst, A., and the MSL Science Team (2013). Soil diversity and hydration as observed by ChemCam at Gale crater, Mars. Science 341, 1476, full text online http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1238670.

Wiens, R.C., Maurice, S., Lasue, J., Forni, O., Anderson, R.B., Clegg, S., Bender, S., Blaney, D., Barraclough, B.L., Cousin, A., Deflores, L., Delapp, D., Dyar, M.D., Fabré, C., Gasnault, O., Lanza, N., Mazoyer, J., Melikechi, N., Meslin, P.-Y., Newsom, H., Ollila, A., Perez, R., Tokar, R., and Vaniman, D. (2013). Pre- flight calibration and initial data processing for the ChemCam laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy instrument for the Mars Science Laboratory rover. Spectrochimica Acta B 82, 1-27.

Wiens, R.C., Maurice, S., Barraclough, B., Saccoccio, M., Barkley, W., Bell, J., Bender, S., Bernardin, J., Blaney, D., Blank, J., Bouyé, M., Bridges, N., Bultman, N., Caïs, P., Clanton, R., Clark, B., Clegg, S., Cousin, A., Cremers, D., Cros, A., DeFlores, L., Delapp, D., Dingler, R., D’Uston, C., Elliott T., Enemark, D., Fabre, C., Flores, M., Forni, O., Gasnault, O., Hale, T., Hays, C., Herkenhoff, K., Holm, R., Kan, E., Kirkland, L., Kouach, D., Landis, D., Langevin, Y., Lanza, N., LaRocca, F., Lasue, J., Latino, J., Limonadi, D., Lindensmith, C., Little, C., Mangold, N., Manhes, G., Mauchien, P., McKay, C., Miller, E., Mooney, J., Morrison, L., Nelson, T., Newsom, H., Ollila, A., Ott, M., Pares, L., Perez, R., Provost, C., Reiter, J., Roberts, T., Romero, F., Sautter, V., Salazar, S., Simmonds, J., Stiglich, R., Storms, S., Streibig, N., Thocaven, J-J., Trujillo, T., Ulibarri, M., Vaniman, D., Warner, N., Waterbury, R., Whitaker, R., Witt, J., and Wong-Swanson, B. (2012). The ChemCam instrument suite on the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover: Body unit and combined system tests. Space Science Reviews 170, 167-227.

Vaniman, D., Dyar, M.D., Wiens, R., Ollila, A., Lanza, N., Lasue, J., Rhodes, M., Clegg, S., and Newsom, H. (2012). Ceramic ChemCam calibration targets on Mars Science Laboratory. Space Science Reviews 170, 229-255.

Lanza, N.L., Clegg, S.M., McInroy, R.E., Wiens, R.C., Newsom, H.E., and Deans, M.D. (2012). Examining natural rock varnish and weathering rinds with laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for application to ChemCam on Mars. Applied Optics 51 (7), B74-B82.

Okubo, C.H., Tornabene, L.L., and Lanza, N.L. (2011). Constraints on mechanisms for the growth of gully alcoves in Gasa crater, Mars, from two-dimensional stability assessments of rock slopes. Icarus 211, 207-221.

Lanza, N.L., Wiens, R.C., Clegg, S.M., Ollila, A.M., Humphries, S.D., Newsom, H.E., Barefield, J.E., and the ChemCam Team (2010). Calibrating the ChemCam laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy instrument for carbonate minerals on Mars.Applied Optics 49 (13), C211-C217.

Lanza, N.L., Meyer, G.A., Okubo, C.H., Newsom, H.E., and Wiens, R.C. (2010). Evidence for debris flow gully formation initiated by shallow subsurface water on Mars. Icarus 205, 103-112.

Newsom, H.E., Lanza, N.L., Ollila, A.M., Wiseman, S.M., Roush, T.L., Marzo, G.A., Tornabene, L.L., Okubo, C.H., Osterloo, M.M., Hamilton, V.E., and Crumpler, L.S. (2010). Inverted channel deposits on the floor of Miyamoto crater, Mars. Icarus 205, 64-72.

Eppler, D., Adams, B., Archer, D., Baiden, G., Brown, A., Carey, W., Cohen, B., Condit, C., Evans, C., Fortezzo, C., Garry,B., Graff, T., Gruener, J., Heldmann, J., Hodges, K., Hörz, F., Hurtado, J., Hynek, B., Isaacson, P., Juranek, C., Klaus, K., Kring, D., Lanza, N. L., Lederer, S., Lofgren, G., Marinova, M., May, L., Meyer, J., Ming, D., Monteleone, B., Morisset, C., Noble, S., Rampe, E., Rice, J., Schutt, J., Skinner, J., Tewksbury-Christle, C. M., Tewksbury, B. J.,Vaughan, A., Yingst, A. & Young, K. (2010). Desert Research and Technology Studies (DRATS) 2010 science operations: Operational approaches and lessons learned for managing science during human planetary surface missions. Acta Astronautica 90(2), 224-241.

Marzo, G.A., Roush, T.L., Lanza, N.L., McGuire, P.C., Newsom, H.E., Ollila, A.M., and Wiseman, S.M. (2009). Association of phyllosilicates and the inverted channel in Miyamoto crater, Mars. Geophysical Research Letters 36, L11204, doi:10.1029/2009GL038703.

Wiseman, S.M., Arvidson, R.E., Andrews-Hanna, J.C., Clark, R.N., Lanza, N.L., DesMarais, D., Marzo, G.A., Morris, R.V., Murchie, S.L., Newsom, H., Noe Dobrea, E.Z., Ollila, A.M., Poulet, F., Roush, T.L., Seelos, F.P., and Swayze, G.A. (2008). Phyllosilicate-bearing and sulfate-hematite deposits within Miyamoto Crater in southern Sinus Meridiani, Mars. Geophysical Research Letters 35, L19204, doi:10.1029/2008GL035363.