Mitzi Adams

Mitzi Adams

Mitzi was interested in rocks, geology, and astronomy as a child. She grew up during the space age and she recalls watching rocket launches in class. When she was ready to go to college, she chose to major in space sciences at Florida Institute of Technology. She later changed her major to physics from Georgia State University. She did not plan to go to graduate school at first but later completed her masters degree in physics at The University of Alabama in Huntsville when she got a graduate Co-Op internship at NASA. Due to her Co-Op, when she finished her masters degree, she started at NASA as a full time employee as a researcher. She worked on chromospheric data and data from Solar Dynamics Observatory that launched in 2010. She also looked at coronal data at high temperatures. In 2020, she became the assistant manager of the Heliophysics and Planetary Science Branch. She discusses how she started in this position and what is required of the position. She now organizes journal clubs and participates space science seminar series. She also focuses on outreach and education alongside her managerial roles. She also has an interested in education that started when she worked at the Fernbank Science Center as a teenager. She does outreach to young individuals as a way to give back to the individuals who inspired her growing up. She discusses the issues she encountered as a woman in STEM. She emphasizes that it is crucial for women to participate in their STEM classes and network with professors.

University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives and Special Collections, Huntsville, Alabama

2023-07-19

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