Jani Radebaugh (/ˈdʒeɪni ˈrædəbɔː/; JAY-nee RAD-ə-baw)[2] is an American planetary scientist and professor of geology at Brigham Young University[3] who specializes in field studies of planets.
She was an Associate Team Member of the Cassini-Huygens RADAR instrument from 2008 to 2017, and was a graduate student scientist for Io for the Galileo mission.
She has conducted field research in terrestrial locations as Earth analogues for geological features on other worlds within the Solar System, including the Saharan, Arabian and Namib deserts to study giant sand dunes similar to those on Saturn's moon Titan, lava lakes in the Afar Valley, Vanuatu, and Kilauea as analogues for the active lava lakes of Jupiter's moon Io.
[6] She has analyzed data from the Cassini RADAR instrument and contributed to the formulation of the Dragonfly rotorcraft lander mission proposal.
Radebaugh supported the controversial posting's inclusion on AGU job boards, arguing that ideological diversity was important to a constructive dialogue about bias in hiring.