Claudia Alexander
Personal Information
Born: 1959
Died: 2015
Country of Birth: Canada
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: Black
Education
1983, BA in Geophysics, University of California, Berkeley; 1985, MA in Geophysics & Space Physics, University of California, Los Angeles; 1993, PhD in Atmospheric, Oceanic & Space Sciences specializing in space plasma, University of Michigan
Professional Life
Field of Study: Geophysics; Planetary Science
Institution/Corporation: NASA
Degrees & Memberships: none
Awards & Achievements
Awards: 1993, U-M Woman of the Year in Human Relations; 2002, Atmospheric, Oceanic, & Space Sciences Alumni Merit Award; 2003, Emerald Honor for Women of Color in Research & Engineering; Women of Geoscientists Woman of the Year, 1992; 2015, scientists from the Rosetta Mission named a gate-like structure on comet 65P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko C. Alexander Gate in her honor; University of Michigan Women in Science & Engineering office awards the Claudia Joan Alexander Trailblazer Award for Groundbreaking Accomplishments & Contributions to STEM in her honor; since 2007, the Claudia Alexander Scholarship is awarded to an undergraduate at the University of Michigan, established by her uncle Jiles Williams
Achievements: Project manager for NASAs Galileo mission and Rosetta mission
Program manager for NASA's Galileo mission to Jupiter
Born & raised in Vancouver, BC
Science coordinator for the plasma wave instrument aboard Galileo
Oversaw trafficking & navigation support from NASA's Deep Space Network for Rosetta mission to study & land on comet 67P?Churyumov Gerasimenko
Wrote children's books including some of the "Windows to Adventure" series
Also wrote science fiction