Nicolle Zellner

Nicolle Zellner
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison (B.S.)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (M.S.) (Ph.D.)
Known forAstronomy, Planetary Science, and Astrobiology research. As well as public outreach in space science and racial and gender minority recognition in STEM.
AwardsCarl Sagan Medal for Excellence in Public Communication in Planetary Science
AAAS Fellow
Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Trustees’ Professor in the Sciences at Albion College
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy, Planetary Science, and Astrobiology
InstitutionsAlbion College

Nicolle Elisabeth Brigitte Zellner is an American astronomer, planetary scientist, and astrobiologist whose research concerns impact events on the Moon, especially during the Late Heavy Bombardment, the evidence for these impacts left in lunar glass,[1] and the effects of impacts on the development of life on Earth.[2] As well as for her research, she is known for her extensive efforts in the public outreach of space science.[3] She is a professor of physics and Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Trustees’ Professor in the Sciences at Albion College in Michigan.[4]

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