Delia Santiago

Current

• NASA CoLab Program Coordinator at Perot Systems Government Services at NASA Ames Research Center

Past

• NASA CoLab Fellow at NASA
• Media Coordinator at Yuri's Night, Bay Area
• Graduate Student at UC Santa Cruz

• Experiment Support Scientist at Lockheed Martin at NASA Ames Research Center

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Education

• University of California, Santa Cruz
• Stanford University

Connections

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Industry

Government Administration

Delia Santiago’s Summary

SUMMARY: Professional experience supporting payloads at NASA Ames Research Center required maintaining strong customer relationships and acting as a liaison between scientists, engineers, and management. Masters research on Mars climate required strong computer, analytical, and presentation skills. Initiative and enthusiasm demonstrated by involvement in various community and youth outreach programs.

OBJECTIVE: To work at the intersection of people and space exploration, using my communication skills and scientific fluency in the space science and technology sector.

Delia Santiago’s Experience

• NASA CoLab Program Coordinator

  Perot Systems Government Services at NASA Ames Research Center

  (Public Company; Government Administration industry)

  September 2007 — Present (9 months)

  Support NASA's new CoLab project. More information at:
  http://colab.arc.nasa.gov/

• NASA CoLab Fellow

  NASA

  (Government Administration industry)

  February 2007 — August 2007 (7 months)

• Media Coordinator

  Yuri's Night, Bay Area

  (Government Administration industry)

  2007 — 2007 (less than a year)

• Graduate Student

  UC Santa Cruz

  (Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Research industry)

  September 2003 — September 2006 (3 years 1 month)

  Thesis: Eruptive Hydrologic Climate Change on Mars: Climatic Impact and Water Transport on Mars after Outflow Events. Advisors: Dr. Erik Asphaug, Dr. Lisa C. Sloan
  
  Research:
  • Conducted research using a Mars General Circulation Model to study climate forcing on early Mars. Developed new model components for the research.
  • Programmed model modifications for research. Produced and analyzed large data sets.
  • Presented results in both written and oral formats, including talks at Lunar & Planetary Science Conference (2006) and NASA Ames University Aligned Research Program Symposium (2005).
  
  Teaching Assistant:
  • Earth Sciences 65, Natural History of Dinosaurs, taught by Dr. Hilde Schwartz.
  • Earth Sciences 80G, Planetary Discovery, taught by Dr. Erik Asphaug.
  • Created and implemented section teaching modules, wrote testing materials, and evaluated student performance.

• Experiment Support Scientist

  Lockheed Martin at NASA Ames Research Center

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Defense & Space industry)

  February 2001 — September 2003 (2 years 8 months)

  Research: Collected and analyzed data for nutritional analysis of the NASA Rodent Foodbar; included dissection and detailed statistical analysis, lab management, and production of scientific reports detailing study progress.
  
  Space Flight Support: Shuttle Mission STS-107 Payload- Data Management team: Designed and implemented data collection and analysis system, including microchip implant database integration for use in experiments on Shuttle Mission STS-107. Prepared technical documents for data management plans and procedures. Drosophila International Space Station (ISS) research- Experiment Support Scientist: Began developing various fruit fly investigations to be flown on the ISS; included corresponding with science customers and translating customer science requirements into engineering requirements. Managed procurement of NASA Rodent Foodbars for space flight and ground based research studies and acted as liaison between the NASA customer and Lockheed Martin.

Delia Santiago’s Education

• University of California, Santa Cruz

  M.S., Earth Science, 2003 — 2006

• Stanford University

  B.S., Biological Science, 1995 — 1999

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