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Adriana Ocampo Uria Highlight
We are the architects of our destinies.
About Adriana
- I’m originally from Colombia but was also raised in Argentina.
- I emigrated with my family to the United States where I was able to pursue my dream of becoming a scientist working at NASA.
- I originally wanted to become an aerospace engineer and started volunteering at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory when I was in high school.
- I attended Pasadena City College and then transferred to California State University, Los Angeles, where I changed my trajectory from aerospace engineering and earned my bachelor’s degree in geology.
- I continued to work at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory throughout college and accepted a full-time position as a research scientist after graduating.
- I went on to earn my master’s degree in planetary geology from California State University, Northridge, and completed my Ph.D. at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
- Some of my career accomplishments include discoveries on the Chicxulub impact crater, leading the data analysis of Jupiter’s moon Europa as part of the Galileo mission, and leading the Juno mission.
- I currently work as lead program executive for NASA's New Frontiers Program.
