Biography:Joy Crisp

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Short description: American planetary geologist
Joy Crisp
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Born
Colorado Springs, Colorado
NationalityUnited States
Alma materCarleton College
Princeton University
Scientific career
FieldsPlanetary science
InstitutionsJet Propulsion Laboratory

Joy A. Crisp is a planetary geologist specializing in Mars geology. She is noted for her work on NASA missions to Mars, including the Mars Exploration Rovers and Mars Science Laboratory.[1][2]

Early life and education

Crisp was born in Colorado Springs, CO. She earned a bachelor's degree in geology from Carleton College in 1979, and both a Master's (1981) and a PhD (1984) from Princeton University.[3] Subsequently, Crisp was a postdoctoral researcher at UCLA for more than two years. Her studies involved investigating rocks from the Canary Islands under conditions similar to those within volcanoes.[1]

Career

Crisp has been a researcher at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory since 1989. She has been a principal scientist there since 2004. Crisp has worked on numerous projects and NASA missions, including the Mars Pathfinder, Mars Exploration Rovers, and Mars Science Laboratory (MSL).[3][4] She is the deputy project scientist for the MSL Curiosity rover mission.

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