EDUCATION
ACTIVE GRANTS
2019 - 2024
NASA Astrobiology Program
"Exploring Ocean Worlds: Ocean System Science to Support the Search for Life". Postdoctoral Fellow. (80NSSC19K1427)
2023 - Present
NSF OTIC
"Development of a simple, low-cost device for sample collection and on-site
Preservation using a common oceanographic deployment platform". Postdoctoral Fellow. (LN53LCFJFL45)
2020
Princeton University
Ph.D. in Geosciences
2017
Princeton University
M.A. in Geosciences
2014
Wellesley College
A.B. in Biological Sciences
Minor in Russian Language and Literature
On the hunt for microbial dark matter 1.4 km below land surface in Beatrix Mine, Free State Province, South Africa. Pictured are Dr. Maggie C. Y. Lau-Vetter (left) and Dr. Rachel L. Harris (right). © 2015 by Rachel L. Harris
Showcasing appropriate PPE for operating Parr 4575 high-pressure, high-temperature reactors to incubate deep-sea samples. ©2020 by Rachel L. Harris