Bethany, a planetary scientist, is the director of LASP and also holds faculty roles of Provost’s Chair in the Research and Innovation Office, Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences, and Affiliate Professor in the Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences. Bethany’s research focuses on water in the solar system, the evolution of habitable worlds, and remote sensing techniques and instruments for planetary missions. She is a science team member of multiple missions, including the Jupiter-bound Europa Clipper; the Earth-orbiting EMIT imaging spectrometer; the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover; the Mars2020 Perseverance rover; the upcoming ExoMars rover, and orbiting and landed spectrometers for the Artemis lunar program. Previously, she was a science team member for the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter CRISM instrument, the Dawn mission during its exploration of the asteroid Ceres, the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity, and Principal Investigator of Lunar Trailblazer.