Shannon Curry | |
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| Citizenship | United States |
| Education | B.S., Tufts University M.S., University of Michigan Ph.D., University of Michigan |
| Occupation | Planetary scientist |
| Employer | University of Colorado Boulder |
| Known for | planetary atmospheres, Mars exploration, Venus exploration, atmospheric escape, planetary science, plasma physics |
Shannon Curry is a planetary physicist and the Principal Investigator of the NASA Mars Scout mission MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution). Dr. Curry is an Associate Professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder in the Astrophysics and Planetary Sciences (APS) Department as well as a researcher at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP). Prior to this, she served as the Deputy Assistant Director of Planetary Science at the Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley.