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Bonnie J. Buratti
Dr. Bonnie J. Buratti is a planetary astronomer in the planetary sciences branch at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Her areas of research and interest are sundry and span the composition and nature of microphysical particles on the surface of planets all the way to the presence of dark matter in the outer Solar System and its purpose and affects. .

Education
Buratti received her B.S. and M.S. in Earth and Planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and her PhD in Astronomy and Planet Sciences from Cornell University.

Career
The research projects which Buratti has been involved with are the Cassini-Huygens Spacecraft and New Horizons. Dr. Buratti also divides her time at JPL by doing educational outreach at the college and grade school level. Currently Dr. Buratti is involved with the New Horizons project which is set to explore Pluto and it's moon Charon.