Jamie Molaro
Jamie Molaro | |
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| Born | 1986[1] |
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| Fields | Planetary science |
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| Thesis | Stress, on the Rocks: Thermally Induced Stresses in Rocks and Microstructures on Airless Bodies, Implications for Breakdown (2015) |
| Doctoral advisor | Shane Byrne |
| Website | https://www.jmolaro.com/ |
Jamie Molaro (born 1986) is an American planetary scientist and artist. The asteroid 30379 Molaro is named for her.
Education
[edit | edit source]Molaro grew up in Grass Valley, California.[2] She graduated from Bear River High School in 2004.[3] She attended San Francisco State University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Physics in 2008.[4][5] She was awarded the Eden Academic Excellence Award in 2007 and was a Presidential Scholar.[6][7] She was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Arizona (UA) in 2015, where she also completed a Master of Science.[8] She also earned a Certificate in College Teaching.[9]
Research
[edit | edit source]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.[8][10]
As of 2025, she is a research scientist at the Planetary Science Institute.[11]
Awards
[edit | edit source]- Earth and Space Science Fellowship, NASA, 2012[9]
- Galileo Circle Scholarship, University of Arizona College of Science, 2012[9]
- Gerard P. Kuiper Memorial Award, University of Arizona, 2016[9]
- Asteroid namesake, 30379 Molaro, International Astronomical Union, 2021[1][8]
- Planetary Science Early Career Award, NASA, 2023[12]
- Susan Mahan Niebur Early Career Award, NASA Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute, 2024[12]
- Carl Sagan Medal, American Astronomical Society, 2024[8]
Selected publications
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Outreach and science art
[edit | edit source]Molaro founded The Art of Planetary Science, an annual art exhibition, at UA in 2013.[9] In 2015, an art piece inspired by her dissertation won the People's Choice prize.[13] Her work was also exhibited at Michigan State University.[14]
She was the co-leader of Mission: AstroAccess, which promotes access to disabled and chronically ill people in the space sciences.[4] She also founded DAIS (Disabled for Accessibility In Space).[15]
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- 1986 births
- Scientists from California
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory faculty
- University of Arizona alumni
- San Francisco State University alumni
- NASA people
- People from Grass Valley, California
- 21st-century American women scientists
- 21st-century American astronomers
- 21st-century American physicists
- 21st-century American geologists
- American women geologists
- American women physicists
- American women astronomers
- American women planetary scientists
- Living people