Adriana ocampo biography
Adriana ocampo biography
Ocampo, Adriana C.: 1955—: Planetary Geologist...
Adriana Ocampo
Colombian planetary geologist
Adriana C. Ocampo Uria (born January 5, ) is a Colombianplanetary geologist and a Science Program Manager at NASA Headquarters.
In , Ocampo emigrated to California and completed her Master in Sciences at California State University, Northridge and finished her PhD at the Vrije Universiteit in the Netherlands.[1] During high school and graduate studies she worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where she serves as the science coordinator for many planetary missions (Viking, Mars Observer, Voyager, Galileo Galileo Mission, etc.).[2][3]
She was the first to recognize, using satellite images, that a ring of cenotes or sinkholes, is the only surface impression of the buried Chicxulub crater.[4][5] This research contributed significantly to the understanding of this impact crater.[4] Ocampo has subsequently led at least seven research expeditions to the Chicxulub site.[