celebratingamazingwomen: Ursula B. Marvin (1921-2018) was a planetary geologist working for the Smit
celebratingamazingwomen:Ursula B.Marvin (1921-2018) was a planetary geologist working for the SmithsonianAstrophysical Observatory. She won several important awards for her work on thestudy of meteorites.She obtained her PhD in Geology fromHarvard and was appointed a permanent research staff member at the Observatorythe same year. She was the first woman on the American team that conducted researchin Antarctica, and analysed the first lunar meteorite. In 1997 she won the LifetimeAchievement Award from Women in Science and Engineering. -- source link
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