Clara Sousa-Silva | |
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Academic background | |
Education | University of Edinburgh, University College London |
Thesis | Modelling Phosphine Spectra for the Atmospheric Characterization of Cool Stars and Exoplanets (2015) |
Doctoral advisor | Jonathan Tennyson |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian |
Website | https://clarasousasilva.com/ |
Clara Sousa-Silva is a research scientist at Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian.[1] Sousa-Silva is an expert on phosphine.[2] She has contributed to investigations of the possibility of life on Venus, working with Jane Greaves and others.[3] Sousa-Silva also directs the Harvard-MIT Student Research Mentoring Program, which pairs high school students with astronomers to conduct research.[4]