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. For her work on Curiosity, Crisp received the NASA Exceptional Service Medal in 2004, the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal in 2013, and the NASA Outstanding Public Leadership Medal in 2020.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b National Aeronautics and Space Administration. "Dr. Joy Crisp, Project Scientist for the Mars Exploration Rover Mission". Retrieved on May 27, 2013.
  2. ^ "Planetary Science: People: Joy Crisp". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Archived from the original on 29 September 2006. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Joy Crisp Brief Resume". Archived from the original on 24 September 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  4. ^ Amos, Jonathan. "Nasa's Curiosity rover 'sniffs' Martian air". BBC, September 6, 2012. Retrieved on May 27, 2013.
  5. ^ Council, Carleton Alumni. "Joy Anne Miller Crisp '79 - Carleton College". www.carleton.edu. Retrieved 2025-02-11.


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