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Jordan Aaron is a geoscientist at the forefront of understanding and monitoring catastrophic earth surface processes, with a particular focus on landslides, debris flows, and their interactions with glacial environments. His most influential work, the 2019 study "From Toppling to Sliding," provides a landmark analysis of the progressive failure of the Moosfluh Landslide in Switzerland, a dramatic event that accelerated unexpectedly in 2016. This paper, with 83 citations, is a cornerstone for researchers studying paraglacial slope instabilities. Aaron has also pioneered the use of advanced monitoring techniques, including robotic total stations, to capture high-precision surface displacements in challenging alpine terrains. His innovative spirit extends beyond Earth: he is the lead of the LunarLeaper mission concept, a small-scale legged robot designed to explore subsurface lava tubes on the Moon, a project that has already garnered international attention. Most recently, he introduced DeFlow, a self-supervised 3D motion estimation model specifically for debris flows, bridging a critical gap between robotics and natural hazard science. Aaron’s work uniquely combines field geology, engineering, and planetary exploration, making him a leading voice in both terrestrial hazard assessment and off-world robotic exploration.