Adriana ocampo biography

Adriana C. During high school and graduate studies she worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where she serves as the science coordinator for many planetary missions Viking, Mars Observer, Voyager, Galileo Galileo Mission, etc. She was the first to recognize, using satellite images, that a ring of cenotes or sinkholes, is the only surface impression of the buried Chicxulub crater.

This research contributed significantly to the understanding of this impact crater. Ocampo has subsequently led at least seven research expeditions to the Chicxulub site. She continues to search for new impact craters, and with her team, in , reported on a possible crater near Cali, Colombia. In , she was named one of the most important women in science by the Discover magazine.

Adriana ocampo family

Ocampo Uria was born on January 5, , in Barranquilla, Colombia. Her family moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina, and then emigrated to Pasadena, California, in , at the age of 14, where she was able to study physics and calculus. In , Ocampo run attained U. She began her higher education in aerospace engineering at the Pasadena City College while participating in a Jet Propulsion Laboratory sponsored program.