Nathan Bridges is a Senior Staff Scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. A co-investigator on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mars Science Laboratory, and Mars 2020 missions, he specializes in the study of surface processes in the Solar System, in particular those from the wind (“aeolian”). He as attended every Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) since 1989 and is a Planetary Society charter member.