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Lindy Elkins-Tanton to Lead UC Berkeley's Space Lab

5/7/2025

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Lindy Elkins-Tanton, a prominent planetary scientist renowned for spearheading NASA's ambitious $1.2 billion Psyche mission, is set to take the helm as director of UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory on July 1. With a vision to elevate SSL's capabilities, she is poised to ignite interdisciplinary collaboration in the realm of space science.

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Lindy Elkins-Tanton, a prominent planetary scientist renowned for spearheading NASA's ambitious $1.2 billion Psyche mission, is set to take the helm as director of UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory on July 1. With a vision to elevate SSL's capabilities, she is poised to ignite interdisciplinary collaboration in the realm of space science.