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Claudia Joan Alexander (May 30, – July 11, ) was a Canadian-born American research scientist specializing in geophysics and planetary science....
Claudia Alexander
American geophysicist and planetary scientist
Claudia Alexander | |
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Born | (1959-05-30)May 30, 1959 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Died | July 11, 2015(2015-07-11) (aged 56) Arcadia, California, United States |
Alma mater | UC Berkeley, UCLA, University of Michigan |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Planetary science |
Institutions | U.S.
Geological Survey, Jet Propulsion Lab |
Doctoral advisor | Tamas Gombosi |
Claudia Joan Alexander (May 30, 1959 – July 11, 2015) was a Canadian-born American research scientist specializing in geophysics and planetary science.[1][2] She worked for the United States Geological Survey and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
She was the last project manager of NASA's Galileo mission to Jupiter[3] and until the time of her death had served as project manager and scientist of NASA's role in the European-ledRosetta mission to study Comet Churyumov–Gerasimenko.[1