Lisa Pratt | |
|---|---|
 Pratt teaching a geology field course in 2007 | |
| 7th NASA Planetary Protection Officer | |
| In office 2018–2021 | |
| President | Donald Trump Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Catharine Conley |
| Succeeded by | J. Nick Benardini |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rochester, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Spouse | Bruce Douglas |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Planetary Protection Officer at NASA |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astrobiology, Biogeochemistry, Organic geochemistry, Petroleum geochemistry |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | A paleo-oceanographic interpretation of the sedimentary structures, clay minerals, and organic matter in a core of the Middle Cretaceous Greenhorn Formation drilled near Pueblo Colorado (1982) |
| Notable students | Jennifer Eigenbrode |
Lisa Pratt is an American biogeochemist and astrobiologist who served as the 7th Planetary Protection Officer for NASA from 2018 to 2021 under President Donald Trump. Her academic work as a student, professor, and researcher on organisms and their respective environments prepared her for the position, in which she was responsible for protecting Earth and other planets in the solar system from traveling microbes.[1] She is a Provost Professor Emeritus of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences for Indiana University Bloomington.
- ^ Reschke, Michael (February 4, 2018). "Indiana University professor is NASA's planetary protector". South Bend Tribune. Bloomington Herald-Times. Retrieved December 11, 2018.