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Ellen Stofan is the NASA chief scientist, serving as principal advisor on the agency’s science programs. Prior to her appointment, Stofan was vice president of Proxemy Research and an honorary professor in the department of Earth sciences at University College London in England. Her research has focused on the geology of Venus, Mars, Saturn’s moon Titan, and Earth. Stofan is an associate member of the Cassini Mission to Saturn Radar Team and a coinvestigator on the Mars Express Mission’s MARSIS sounder. She was also principal investigator on the Titan Mare Explorer, a proposed mission to send a floating lander to a sea on Titan. Stofan holds master’s and doctorate degrees in geological sciences from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn More
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TAGS: 2016, Astronomy (Field Of Study), Brown University, Cassini, Cassini mission, chief scientist, Ellen Stofan, Express Mission’, Mars, MARSIS sounder, nasa, Oberlin, OH, Pioneer, Pioneers in Science, Proxemy, rocket engineer, Space Shuttle, Titan Mare Explorer, University College London
PLAYLISTS: Women In Science, Pioneers in Science
Video Duration: 00:06:00
Original Program Date: Thursday, January 1, 1970
Ellen Stofan is the NASA chief scientist, serving as principal advisor on the agency’s science programs. Prior to her appointment, Stofan was vice president of Proxemy Research and an honorary professor in the department of Earth sciences at University College London in England. Her research has focused on the geology of Venus, Mars, Saturn’s moon Titan, and Earth. Stofan is an associate member of the Cassini Mission to Saturn Radar Team and a coinvestigator on the Mars Express Mission’s MARSIS sounder. She was also principal investigator on the Titan Mare Explorer, a proposed mission to send a floating lander to a sea on Titan. Stofan holds master’s and doctorate degrees in geological sciences from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn More
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TAGS: 2016, Astronomy (Field Of Study), Brown University, Cassini, Cassini mission, chief scientist, Ellen Stofan, Express Mission’, Mars, MARSIS sounder, nasa, Oberlin, OH, Pioneer, Pioneers in Science, Proxemy, rocket engineer, Space Shuttle, Titan Mare Explorer, University College London, 2016, Astronomy (Field Of Study), Brown University, Cassini, Cassini mission, chief scientist, Ellen Stofan, Express Mission’, Mars, MARSIS sounder, nasa, Oberlin, OH, Pioneer, Pioneers in Science, Proxemy, rocket engineer, Space Shuttle, Titan Mare Explorer, University College London
PLAYLISTS: Women In Science, Pioneers in Science
Video Duration: 00:06:00
Original Program Date: Thursday, January 1, 1970
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