Biography of claudia j alexander die
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Claudia Alexander
American geophysicist and planetary scientist
Claudia Alexander | |
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| Born | ()May 30, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Died | July 11, () (aged&#;56) Arcadia, California, United States |
| Alma&#;mater | UC Berkeley, UCLA, University of Michigan |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Planetary science |
| Institutions | U.S. Geological Survey, Jet Propulsion Lab |
| Doctoral advisor | Tamas Gombosi |
Claudia Joan Alexander (May 30, – July 11, ) was a Canadian-born American research scientist specializing in geophysics and planetary science.[1][2] She worked for the United States Geological Survey and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She was the last project manager of NASA's Galileo mission to Jupiter[3] and until the time of her death had served as project manager and scientist of NASA's role in the European-ledRosetta mission to study Comet Churyumov–Gerasimenko.[1]
Early life
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Claudia Alexander ()
Editor&#;s Note: Claudia Alexander passed away on 11 July after a 10 year battle with breast cancer. She was
&#;The passing of Claudia Alexander reminds us of how fragile we are as humans but also as scientists how lucky we are to be part of planetary science. She and I constantly talked about comets. Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko in particular. She was an absolute delight to be with and always had a huge engaging smile when I saw her. It was easy to see that she loved what she was doing. We lost a fantastic colleague and great friend. I will miss her.&#;
&#; Dr. James Green, Director of NASA&#;s Planetary Science Division
&#;Claudia brought a rare combination of skills to her work as a space explorer. Of course with a doctorate in plasma physics, her technical credentials were solid. But she also had a special understanding of how scientific discovery affects us all, and how our greatest achievements are the result of teamwork, which came easily to her
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Remembering Claudia J. Alexander
Claudia J. Alexander. (credit: NASA) |
by David Clow
Monday, August 3,
Dr. Claudia Joan Alexander was a geophysicist and a planetary research forskare with the United States Geological Survey and with NASA&#;s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She served as the final planerat arbete manager on the Galileo mission to Jupiter. She was NASA&#;s project manager and forskare in the triumphant European-led Rosetta uppdrag to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. She passed away on July 11, , at the age of
As dear friends and longtime colleagues shared their memories of Dr. Claudia J. Alexander at her recent memorial service in Los Angeles, inom felt it might be presumptuous of me to offer my own thoughts. I can claim to have known Dr. Alexander from the assistance she offered to me on an article I wrote on her Galileo uppdrag. The time of our actual acquaintance was one hour.
That&#;s not as brief as it sounds.
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