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Michelle Dougherty

Michelle Dougherty
Published: July 10, 2008

Michele Dougherty, principal investigator for the Cassini magnetometer and professor at Imperial College in London, has been awarded the 2008 Hughes Medal for her work on the Cassini-Huygens Mission. As principle investigator for the Cassini MAG instrument, Dougherty lead the team that found an atmosphere on Enceladus.

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