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Solar System

Claudia Alexander

Early Life

Claudia was born in Vancouver, Canada and grew up in California, USA. She wanted to be a historian, but her parents wanted her to be an engineer. Claudia discovered her love of planetary science during an internship at NASA’s Ames Research Centre. She was meant to be concentrating on engineering but kept sneaking off to the science section. Claudia studied for a degree in geophysics and a master’s in geophysics and space physics. She was awarded a PhD in space physics from the University of Michigan.

Year born: 1959

Research Areas: Jupiter’s Moons, Comets

 

"I feel like a modern-day explorer; the last frontier is space"

Exploring

 

Planetary science also includes doing experiments on Earth in laboratories. Scientists can study rocks brought back by space missions or meteorites that have landed on Earth. They can also test places on Earth that are like Mars or an Icy Moon and try to create those environments in labs.

 


 

If you love to explore, astronomy and space science could be the place for you.