Jennifer Stern

Jennifer C. Stern
Alma materBrown University (B.A., 1998)
Florida State University (Ph.D., 2005)
Known forDetections of indigenous nitrates on Mars
Instrument development for the Curiosity Rover and Dragonfly mission
AwardsPresidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (2019)

Jennifer Claire Stern is an American planetary scientist and geochemist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Her research concerns the chemistry of the surfaces and atmospheres of planets, particularly focusing on the atmosphere of Mars, the search for the chemical building blocks for life in extraterrestrial environments, and the habitability of extreme environments on the Earth.[1] She was the lead author of a study that found nitrates on Mars.[2]

Education and career

As a high school student, Stern's preferred subjects were visual arts and English; she went into science as a career that would involve spending time outdoors.[3] She majored in geology and biology at Brown University, graduating in 1998. Next, she completed a Ph.D. in geology in 2005 at Florida State University.[1]

She joined NASA in 2005 as a postdoctoral researcher at the Ames Research Center in California in 2005, continuing as a postdoctoral fellow at the Goddard Space Flight Center beginning in 2007. She has been a research space scientist at the Goddard Space Flight Center since 2008.[1]

Recognition

Stern was a 2019 recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, honored "for Mars habitability and life detection".[4] She was the 2023 recipient of the Picarro Inc. "People's Choice" Hero Award.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Brief Bio: Jennifer Claire Stern", Science and Exploration Directorate, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, retrieved 2026-03-17
  2. ^ Khan, Amina (March 23, 2015), "NASA's Curiosity rover finds fresh signs of ingredients for life on Mars", Los Angeles Times, retrieved 2026-03-17
  3. ^ Vines, Katya (July 1, 2015), Meet a NASA Space Scientist, Smithsonian Science Education Center, retrieved 2026-03-17
  4. ^ NASA Scientists, Engineers Honored with Presidential Early Career Awards, NASA, July 3, 2019, retrieved 2026-03-17
  5. ^ Picarro Hero Award Winners Advance World's Understanding of Air, Water, Plants, and Soil, Picarro, Inc., November 14, 2023, retrieved 2026-03-17

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