Cecilia Amick
Curation Ices and Organics Scientist | Jacobs
Cecilia Amick
Curation Ices and Organics Scientist
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Biography
Cecilia works in the Curation department of the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) division at NASA Johnson Space Center. She is one of the Planetary Exploration and Astromaterials Research Laboratory (PEARL) managers. Her passions revolve around spectroscopy and analytical instrumentation, especially infrared spectroscopy and volatile analysis techniques. Cecilia’s expertise in spectroscopy is currently utilized to develop preliminary examination, sample analysis, and curation strategies for volatile-bearing extraterrestrial materials. Before joining JSC, she earned a doctorate in Analytical Chemistry at Virginia Tech. Her dissertation involved developing an instrument to detect ammonia released from an ammonium sulfate cloud upon reaction with methylamine via mid-infrared cavity ring-down spectroscopy.