Bill Farrand - Research Scientist - Space Science Institute
Dr. Bill Farrand is a research scientist at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colorado. He has a B.A. in Geology from Franklin & Marshall College and a M.S. and Ph.D. in the Geosciences from the University of Arizona. He has worked extensively in terrestrial remote sensing as well as in the field of planetary science. In the terrestrial remote sensing field, Bill has worked extensively with data from airborne "hyperspectral" remote sensing systems for both commercial and government programs. In 2002, Bill was selected as a Participating Scientist on NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Mission. For the MER mission, Bill has worked extensively with Pancam data from both rovers looking at the multispectral reflectance properties of rocks at both Gusev Crater and Meridiani Planum. He has also worked with orbital remote sensing data of Mars from the Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Odyssey missions.
