Center for Earth and Planetary Studies
Bio
Dr. Amanda Rudolph is a Postdoctoral Research Geologist in the Center for Earth and Planetary Studies. She earned her Associate of Science Degree at Seattle Central Community College in 2016, her Bachelor of Science degree in Geology in 2018, and her PhD in Planetary Science in 2023. She uses her training as a geologist and a spectroscopist (primarily VNIR and TIR wavelengths) to help address her main research interest of understanding Mars surface processes through a combination of rover in situ datasets, orbital datasets, and planetary analog field and related laboratory work. Amanda is particularly interested in how sediments are altered with exposure to different aqueous environments and transport processes and what physical and/or chemical signatures these interactions leave in the rock record. She has been working on for the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover operations team since 2018.
