Jamie Molaro

Research In 2015, Molaro joined the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as a NASA Post Doctoral Program fellow, where she was a scientist working on the OSIRIS-REx mission under Paul Hayne. Molaro publishes research regarding the impact of thermal forces on rocks, boulders, and landscapes on airless bodies.

As of 2025, she is a research scientist at the Planetary Science Institute.

Awards Earth and Space Science Fellowship, NASA, 2012 Carl Sagan Medal, American Astronomical Society, 2024 Her work was also exhibited at Michigan State University.

She was the co-leader of Mission: AstroAccess, which promotes access to disabled and chronically ill people in the space sciences. She also founded DAIS (Disabled for Accessibility In Space).