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Dr. Rebecca Jolitz is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory (UCB SSL). A member of the MAVEN spacecraft science team, Dr. Jolitz studies space weather at Mars, from recent extreme events to the historical influence on Mars’ atmospheric development. She attained a Ph. D. in Physics from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2022 for her thesis, “Solar energetic particles at Mars”.
Select Recent Publications:
Sorgi Johannm M. L., Lillis, R. J., Jolitz, R. D., and J. S. Halekas. (2025), Penetrating Solar Wind Protons as a Source of Hydrogen to the Martian Atmosphere, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics. doi: 10.1029/2024JA033149
Curry, S. M., Hara, T., Luhmann, J. G., Leblanc, F., Jolitz, R. D., Mitchell, D. L. et al. (2025), First direct observations of atmospheric sputtering at Mars. Sci. Adv. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adt1538
Knutsen, E. W. and 23 others including R. D. Jolitz (2025), Detection of visible-wavelength aurora on Mars. Sci. Adv. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.ads1563
