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EDUCATION
ACTIVE GRANTS
2024 - Present
NASA Postdoctoral Management Program
“NASA Decadal Astrobiology Research and Exploration Strategy (NASA-DARES)”.
Astrobiology Fellow.
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
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