Dr. Ashley Murphy
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Currently resides in CA
Targets of Interest: Earth, Mars, Moon
Disciplines/Techniques: Astrobiology, Field Work, Geochemistry, Geology, Mineralogy, Optical Microscopy, Petrology, Raman Spectroscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy, X-Ray Diffraction, X-ray spectroscopy
Missions: Mars 2020
Mission Roles: SHERLOC Science Payload Uplink Lead, SHERLOC Campaign Implementation Representative, Documentarian
Ashley Murphy's graduate research focused on identifying and characterizing microbial and mineralogical biosignatures in dolomitized carbonate rocks. She is currently a collaborator on the Mars 2020 SHERLOC instrument team and her role focuses on connecting fine-scale WATSON images and SHERLOC Raman data to other rover- and orbital-derived data to reconstruct the geologic history of Jezero crater, Mars. Ashley is also using terrestrial analogues and Raman spectroscopic studies to improve the interpretation of rover-derived data.
