Lindy Elkins-tanton, Ph.D.

Lindy Elkins-tanton, Ph.D.

Vice President, ASU Interplanetary Initiative; PI, NASA Psyche Mission

Lindy is a planetary scientist working on how rocky planets are formed and how they become habitable. She received her academic degrees from MIT and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. She believes that education should be directed toward giving people agency and the tools to solve the problems they see around them.