Kimberly Allums-Spencer
Astromaterials Curation Section Manager | Jacobs
Kimberly Allums-Spencer
Astromaterials Curation Section Manager
Jacobs
Phone
Phone
Biography
Dr. Kimberly Allums-Spencer serves as the Astromaterials Curation Section Manager within the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Division at Johnson Space Center. Kimberly started in Curation as a Sample Processor in the Genesis Sample Return Laboratory 2014. She has since worked with Mars 2020 Contamination Knowledge efforts as a sample processor, advanced curation precision cleaning, and served as Curation Project Lead for a various Advanced Curation projects and laboratories. She also serves as the OSIRIS-REx Curation Project Lead.
After receiving her bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering at Prairie View A&M University, Dr. Allums-Spencer completed her Ph.D at the University of Florida in Materials Science and Engineering with a concentration in Electronic Materials.