Yajaira Sierra-Sastre | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Puerto Rican |
Alma mater | University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus (BS) Cornell University (PhD) |
Scientific career | |
Thesis | Vapor-Liquid-Solid Growth Of Semiconductor Nanowires From Biotemplated Gold Nanoparticle Catalysts (2010) |
Yajaira Sierra-Sastre is a Puerto Rican materials scientist, educator, and aspiring astronaut. She was part of a six-person crew, and the only Hispanic, selected to participate in a four-month-long, Mars analog mission funded by NASA.[1] Sierra-Sastre aspires to become the first Puerto Rican woman to travel to outer space.