Jamie Molaro
American planetary scientist
Jamie Molaro (born 1986) is an American planetary scientist and artist. The asteroid 30379 Molaro is named for her.
Education
Molaro grew up in Grass Valley, California. She graduated from Bear River High School in 2004. She attended San Francisco State University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Physics in 2008. She was awarded the Eden Academic Excellence Award in 2007 and was a Presidential Scholar. She was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Arizona (UA) in 2015, where she also completed a Master of Science. She also earned a Certificate in College Teaching.
Research
In 2015, Molaro joined the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as a NASA Post Doctoral Program fellow, where she was a scientist working on the OSIRIS-REx mission under Paul Hayne. Molaro publishes research regarding the impact of thermal forces on rocks, boulders, and landscapes on airless bodies.
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