CLARA SOUSA-SILVA

JURA

The JUnior Research Award (JURA) program selects high-school and undergraduate students with outstanding potential to collaborate in scientific projects, and provides them with a research prize.

 

Senior Team

 
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Clara Sousa-Silva

Founder, Director, and Mentor

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Tajana Schneidermann

Head of Curriculum

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Elisabeth Matthews

Project Manager. Find out more about Elisabeth here.

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Ana Glidden

Mentor

JURA @ MIT Students

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Megan Trivedi

Megan has been working on the spectroscopic features of pre-biosignature gases since the Summer of 2018. She is now an undergraduate student at the University of Washington. Primary mentor: Clara.

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Emelyn Matos

Emelyn looked for patterns in dusty planetary systems from July 2019 to June 2020. Primary mentor: Tajana.

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Anastasiia Uvarova

Anastasiia modelled the structure of planetary debris disks from July 2019 to June 2020. Primary mentor: Elisabeth.

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Asma Ali

Asma is currently working with Cara to create the most accurate high-temperature spectra of phosphine. Asma is an undergraduate student at Columbia University. Primary mentor: Clara.

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Cara Pesciotta

Cara is currently working with Asma to create the most accurate high-temperature spectra of phosphine. Cara is a senior at Northeastern University. Primary mentor: Clara.

JURA @ Harvard Students

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Zahra Heussen

Zahra is currently working on predicting the spectral behavior of the rovibrational structure of thousands of potential biosignature gases. Zahra is an undergraduate student at University College London. Primary mentor: Clara.

Lorenzo Pica Ciamarra

Lorenzo is currently developing an algorithm for the large-scale improvement of the accuracy and precision for the spectra of thousands of potential biosignature gases. Lorenzo is an undergraduate student at University College London. Primary mentor: Clara.