Amy Williams (’07) awarded NASA fellowship.

Amy Williams (2007) was recently awarded a prestigious NASA Fellowship, awarded to only 14 students in the country. The fellowship will fund the completion of Amy’s Ph.D. degree at the University of California – Davis. Amy’s research focuses on the characterization of microbial processes in pyrite weathering in dry environments that are relevant to Mars. It ties together mineralogy, microbial ecology, and planetary science, and she will apply her results to data relayed by the Mars Science Laboratory rover, which will land on Mars in fall 2012. Amy received a M.S. in Geology in 2009 from the University of New Mexico.  Congratulations Amy!