FOCUS SPEAKER:
Patricia Beauchamp
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 About
Patricia Beauchamp
Program Technical Manager, Strategic Missions and Advanced
Concepts Office, Solar System Exploration Directorate, Jet
Propulsion Laboratory
Dr. Beauchamp joined the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena,
California in 1992 and is currently developing future Outer
Planet Missions. She is also a Co-I and theme lead on a NASA
Astrobiology Institute award entitled "Titan as a Prebiotic
Chemical System". For a large portion of her career at
JPL she has been developing planetary science instruments,
most recently as Manager of the Planetary Instrument Development
office (to 2009). Pat was the Project Manager for the Miniature
Integrated Camera Spectrometer, which flew on the New Millennium
DS1 mission. Earlier, she held several technical and management
positions in the Observational Instruments Division. In addition
to developing and flying instruments, she spent five years
leading the Center for In-Situ Exploration and Sample Return
(CISSR) which enabled JPL to transition technically into the
era of planetary in-situ exploration. This encompassed identifying
and implementing all aspects of technologies, processes and
institutional infra-structure.
Prior to joining JPL, Dr. Beauchamp was manager of the Material
Science Department at Aerojet Electro- Systems Divisio. She
obtained her Ph.D in Chemistry in 1981, followed by post-doctoral
research in Chemical Engineering, both at Caltech. She holds
a B.S. in Chemistry and B.A. in Mathematics with honors. She
has received a number of student and professional awards,
and is the author or co-author of over forty scientific publications,
a patent, and numerous government technical reports.
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