Lynnae C. Quick
Personal Information
Born: 1984
Country of Birth: USA
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: Black
Education
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University BS Physics 2005; Catholic University of America MS Physics Astrophysics Concentration; Johns Hopkins University MA Earth & Planetary Science 2011 & PhD Planetary Science 2013
Professional Life
Field of Study: Planetary Science; Planetary Geophysics
Institution/Corporation: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; Smithsonian Institute Center for Earth & Planetary Studies
Degrees & Memberships: Member: Steering Committee NASA Outer Planets Assessments Group (OPAG 2018) AAS Division for Planetary Science (DPS 2014) International Association of Volcanology & Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI 2014) National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP 2013) Geological Society of America (2012) National Association of Black Geoscientists (NABG 2011) American Astronomical Society (2005) 100 Year Starship (100YSS 2015-1016) Venus Exploration Analysis Group (VEXAG) Early Career Scholars Lead (2014-2015) American Geophysical Union (AGU 2008) African Science Institute Fellow (2020)
Awards & Achievements
Awards: 2023 NASA Planetary Science Early Career Award; 2022 NASA Early Career Achievement Medal; 2021 Distinguished Alumni Award North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University College of Science & Technology; 2021 Harold C. Urey Prize American Astronomical Society; 2015 NASA Early Career Fellow; 2013 NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) Fellowship; 2011 Johns Hopkins Appliec Physics Laboratory (APL) Graduate Student Fellowship; 2010 Johns Hopkins University Bromery Fellowship
Achievements: Ocean worlds Planetary Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Specializes in planetary magnetism & volcanology
Studies Venus, Europa, & Enceladus (a moon of Saturn)
1st African-American staff scientist at the Smithsonian Institute's Center for Earth & Planetary Studies
2019, began working at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center studying ocean worlds in the solar system & beyond; expanded her studies to include Ceres
2020, was the lead author on a NASA study analyzing 53 terrestrial exoplanets of a similar size to Earth; mathematically modelled their geologic activity & determined they could potentially sustain extraterrestrial life