Jessica Weber
Dr. Jessica Weber is a Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) research scientist and co-PI of the Origins and Habitability Lab (OHL). She earned her Ph.D. in Chemistry from MIT in 2019 with Dr. Tim Jamison and a B.S. in Chemistry from University of Chicago in 2014. Her graduate school research focused on organometallic catalysis and pharmaceutical synthesis. At JPL, Jessica focuses on applying synthetic chemistry techniques to address questions about the origins of life and habitability of the early Earth and other worlds. She experimentally explores mineral-organic interactions and reactivity related to prebiotic chemistry on ocean and terrestrial worlds. Jessica has also been involved in the 2019 Caltech-JPL Venus Seminar Series, Enceladus Vent Explorer (EVE) mission concept, and the EELS Path to Flight working group.