Gordon Osinski

Dr. Gordon “Oz” Osinski is a Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at Western University, Canada. He is a member of the Artemis III Science Team and the Principal Investigator for Canada’s first ever rover mission to the Moon. He is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society.

Dr. Osinski holds a PhD from the University of New Brunswick (2004) and a BSc (Hons) from the University of St. Andrews (1999), Scotland, both in Geology. Dr. Osinski’s research interests are diverse and interdisciplinary in nature, motivated by understanding the evolution of the surface of the Earth and other planetary bodies as well as the origin and evolution of life. His major focus is on understanding the processes and products of impact cratering on the Earth, Moon, and Mars. He has conducted fieldwork on 6 continents, from Antarctica to Africa, but the Canadian Arctic is where much of his work takes place.

In addition to Artemis III and the Canadian Lunar Rover Mission, Dr. Osinski is a Co-Investogator on the PanCam and Enfys instruments on the European ExoMars mission to Mars. For the past 15 years he has been involved in providing geology training to Canadian and US astronauts. Dr. Osinski is also passionate about outreach and science communication and leads several educational initiatives, including Space Matters and Impact Earth.