1. Joy Crisp

2. Joy A. Crisp is a planetary geologist specializing in Mars geology

3. Crisp was born in Colorado
She got a bachelor's degree in geology from Carleton Collede in 1979
and both a Master's (1981)
and a PhD (1984) from Princeton University .

4.  Crisp was a postdoctoral researcher at Los Angeles for more than two years

5. Crisp has been a researcher at the Jet Propulsion since 1989.

6. Crisp has worked on numerous projects and NASA missions

7. She is the deputy project scientist for the MSL (aka Curiosity rover) mission.