Mary Knapp

Research Scientist Radio detection of exoplanets, development of space-based radio telescopes, CubeSat mission design/instrumentation. Deputy PI/PM for AERO-VISTA, PS for ASTERIA.

Office Phone 617-715-5563

Email mknapp@mit.edu

http://www.mary-knapp.com

I earned my Bachelor’s degree from MIT in Aerospace Engineering in 2011 and my PhD in Planetary Science (also from MIT) in 2018. I spent a brief postdoc as Project Scientist for the ASTERIA mission on-site at JPL for the first 8 months of ASTERIA operations before returning to MIT to start a Research Scientist position at Haystack.

Spotlight Projects

AERO-VISTA CubeSat mission

A NASA twin CubeSat mission for auroral radio science and space interferometry technology.

Recent Publications

Vol. 55, Issue 3 (Heliophysics 2024 Decadal Whitepapers). Bulletin of the AAS. (2023). DOI: https://doi.org/10.3847/25c2cfeb.3c02a23a

Transit Search for Exoplanets around Alpha Centauri A and B with ASTERIA. The Astronomical Journal. (2021). DOI: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/abf2c0

HD 219134 Revisited: Planet d Transit Upper Limit and Planet f Transit Nondetection with ASTERIA and TESS. The Astronomical Journal. (2021). DOI: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/abcd3d

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