Bruce jakosky is a professor of Geology and a member of the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado. There he teaches both undergraduate and graduate lvl courses in geology and planetary sciences. He ahs beeen at CU since 1982, after receiving his Ph,D degree from Caltech. He began Mars research working n the Viking Mission to Mars in 1975 as an undergraduate at the university of California at Los Angeles. Today, he is trying to understand the nature and evolution of the martian climate and its volatile history, and the connection between the geology and possible biology on Mars. He has been involved with a number of spacecraft missions, inclulding Clementine, Mars Observer and the Mars Global Surveryor.

Professor Jakobsky was borne in Washigton D.C. and gre up in Southern California. He lives with his spouce in Superior Colorado, where he is one of the few people who don't ski.