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Professor Mariek E. Schmidt is a renowned geologist specializing in igneous volcanic rocks on Earth and Mars. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Geology from Colby College, Maine, before pursuing a Ph.D. at Oregon State University, focusing on the eruptive history and geochemistry of volcanic rocks in the Oregon Cascade Range. Since 2005, Schmidt has been involved in Mars exploration, initially as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Museum of Natural History with the Smithsonian Institution, where she contributed to data analysis for the Mars Exploration Rover mission. Joining the Earth Science Department at Brock University in 2009, she has established a significant research program exploring volcanic fields on Earth and Mars, including participatory roles in NASA missions such as the Mars Science Laboratory and the Mars 2020 rover mission. As a strong advocate for scientific collaboration, she engages in active terrestrial research with ongoing projects examining the histories of volcanic regions in central Oregon, New Mexico, Nevada, and Iceland. Throughout her career, Schmidt has held important positions such as Associate Editor for the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, and she has contributed as a co-investigator on various planetary science projects supported by the Canadian Space Agency.
Brock University • St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Leading research in Earth Sciences and mentoring students.
Brock University • St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Conducting research and teaching in the Department of Earth Sciences.
University of Western Ontario • Ontario, Canada
Research contributions in Earth Sciences.
Smithsonian Institution • Washington, D.C.
Worked on the Mars Exploration Rover mission with a focus on data analysis.
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