Kelsi Singer

American planetary scientist

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2019 Awarded the American Astronomical Society (AAS) Division of Planetary Science (DPS) Harold C. Urey Prize, recognizing outstanding achievements in planetary science by early career researchers.
2019 Singer and her team used New Horizons' Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LoRRI) to demonstrate that small Kuiper Belt Objects (less than one mile in diameter) are rare, providing insights into Solar System formation and evolution models.
April 13 2017 Asteroid 10698 Singer was officially named in her honor, as published by the Minor Planet Center.
2014 Joined the New Horizons team at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) as a postdoctoral researcher, focusing on the geophysics of Kuiper Belt Objects and cratering physics.
2010 Received the Geological Society of America (GSA) Stephen E Dwornik Award for Best Graduate Poster Presentation.

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See Also

Southwest Research Institute

Applied research and development nonprofit organization in Texas

Washington University in St. Louis

Private university in St. Louis

New Horizons

NASA spacecraft launched in 2006