Jessica Weber

Jessica Weber is a Research Scientist in Prebiotic Chemistry at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She is also affiliated with the Oak Crest Institute of Science. Jessica seeks to constrain abiotic organic chemistry possible within the solar system to answer questions about possible origins of life type events as well as biosignature identification. Her research focuses on prebiotic synthesis and reaction of organic materials, chemical weathering of mineral analogs, and the origins of metabolic pathways.

Jessica is PI of a NASA Exobiology project to study organic chemistry on Ceres, a Co-I on a NASA MOSAICS project that builds connections between astrobiology and environmental science research for Cal State LA students, and a Co-I of a NASA Habitable Worlds project investigating organic formation on Enceladus’ seafloor.