Principals - Gary Hansen, Karl Hibbitts, Tom McCord

• Composition of the non-ice materials on the Jovian satellites Europa, Callisto, and Ganymede.
• Surface composition of the Saturnian satellites using upcoming data from the Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) aboard the Cassini spacecraft. Begins full operation in 2004.
• High-energy ion bombardment of planetary analogue materials. Attempting to simulate conditions and processes in parts of the Solar System that have intense radiation.
• Calibration of spectrometers on current NASA and ESA missions: the Galileo NIMS, Cassini VIMS, Mars Express HRSC camera, Rosetta VIRTIS, and the DAWN spectrometer.
• Surface composition and mapping lithologic units on Mars using upcoming data from the High Spatial Resolution Camera (HRSC) aboard the European Space Agency spacecraft, the Mars Express. Begins full operation in 2004.
• Radiative transfer in planetary atmospheres and surfaces
• Analysis of remotely sensed spectra
• Optical properties of materials
• Calibration of radiation measuring instruments