Bio
BioDr. Jodi Berdis is a senior staff scientist whose doctoral work focused on the composition of Europa’s surface and consisted of laboratory-, ground-, and space-based spectroscopic observations, including remote sensing, as well as modeling efforts to constrain the water ice crystallinity of Europa’s surface. She is a facilitator for the Surface Power and In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) focus groups in the Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium (LSIC), dedicated to building collaborations in academia and industry to achieve sustained human presence on the Moon. She organizes the Neptune/Triton System Seminar Series and leads a project to identify whether a flyby spacecraft to a potentially hazardous asteroid could acquire sufficient imagery for planetary defense characterization.
Notable Awards and Leadership
Notable Awards and LeadershipYear(s) | Description |
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Year(s) 2021 - Present | Description Member of AAS DPS Professional Culture & Climate Subcommittee |
Year(s) 2020, 2021 | Description NMSU A. Scott Murrell Endowed Memorial Scholarship Award, in recognition of professional development and research accomplishment |
Year(s) 2020 | Description Project Manager of JPL Planetary Science Summer School Mission Concept Study |
Year(s) 2017 - 2021 | Description NASA Harriett G. Jenkins Predoctoral Fellowship |
Year(s) 2017 | Description President of NMSU Astronomy Graduate Student Organization |
Year(s) 2016 - 2021 | Description Group Facilitator of NMSU Inclusive Astronomy |