(RSCH STUDENT TRAINEE (PHYS SCIENCE))
| Email: | kierra.wilk@nasa.gov |
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NASA/GSFC Mail Code 698 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
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Affiliated graduate student on the Europa Imaging System (EIS), a dual camera imager on the Europa Clipper spacecraft.
Affiliated graduate student on the Lunar TrailBlazer Mission.
Brown University - Providence, RI
September 2021 - Present
Planetary Geology, Geophysics and Geochemistry Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Greenbelt, MD
June 2022 - Present
Ph.D., Anticipated 2026, Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Science, Brown University, Providence, RI
Sc.M., 2023 Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Science, Brown University, Providence, RI
B.S., 2021 Geology, Summa Cum Laude, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Mars, Moon, and the Earth (EEPS 0050), Brown University ; Teaching Assistant (2022)
Habitable Worlds, Brown University Pre-College Program; Teaching Assistant (2022, 23)
Art of Science Communication, Brown University Pre-College Program; Teaching Assistant (2022)
2021 - Present
2021 - Present
2020 - Present
2018 - Present
Brown University Graduate School Diversity Advisory Board (2023 - )
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Session Convener: "Inclusive Outreach: A Conversation Between Geoscientists and Educators" (2022)
RI Space Grant Fellowship (2022)
National Society of Black Physicists, Best Student Oral Presentation (2021)
John Mather Nobel Scholar, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (2021)
Brown University Graduate Student Fellowship (2021 - 2024)
Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) Dwornik Award, Undergraduate Poster Honorable Mention (2021)
National Association of Black Geoscientists, 2nd Place Poster Award (2020)
2024. "Variations in surface adsorbed H2O on lunar soils and relevant minerals." Icarus 411 115945 [10.1016/j.icarus.2024.115945] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Characterization of aqueous alteration and formation of salty exposures at Ius Chasma, Mars." Icarus 408 115800 [10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115800] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Cryolava Dome Growth Resulting From Active Eruptions on Jupiter’s Moon Europa." Icarus 387 115185 [Full Text] [10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115185] [Journal Article/Letter]
Effect of Surface Adsorbed H2O/OH on Lunar Relevant Minerals at 3 and 6 Microns
April 2023
Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC), Poster, Abstract #2316
Effect of Surface Absorbed Water on Mg# Determination in the IMIR Region
December 2022
National Association of Black Physicists Conference, Oral Presentation
Geologic Mapping of Resurfacing Features on Europa
December 2021
National Association of Black Physicists Conference, Oral Presentation
The Changing Geochemical Environment at Ius Chasma, Mars, as Determined Through the Mineralogy and Stratigraphy of Aqueous Outcrops
November 2021
Geological Society of America (GSA), Oral Presentation