Anjali Tripathi
Scientist
About
Education
Harvard University
PhD & MA in Astronomy and Astrophysics
University of Cambridge
MPhil in Physics (Astronomy)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
BS in Physics, Minor in Applied International Studies
Research Interests
Planet formation and evolution, Sea level change and coastal adaptation
Experience
Professional Experience
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Principal Systems Engineer, RTX
- Project Manager, Timeline Consortium
- Acting Executive Director, National Science and Technology Council
- White House Fellow, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
- White House Fellow, US Department of Agriculture
- Research Associate, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
- Staff, City of Boston
Research Community Service
- Organizer, NASA Professional Tools and Opportunities (PROTO) Program
- Chair, British Marshall Scholarship Selection
- Co-Lead, L.A. County Department of Public Health COVID-19 Epidemiology and Data Team
- Technical Consultant, National Academy of Sciences' Science & Entertainment Exchange
- Juror, Tribeca Film Festival
- Founder, Harvard Astronomy Mentoring Program
- Reviewer, Various journals and grants
Achievements
Awards & Recognitions
- JPL Voyager Award (2025)
- JPL Team Award (2024)
- JPL Voyager Award (2023)
- JPL Team Award (2022)
- JPL Team Award (2021)
Publications
- NASA Sea Level Change Team, "Assessment of Sea Level Rise and Associated Impacts for Kiribati", NASA Technical Report, N-SLCT-2024-02, 2024
- Hamlington, B.D. and Tripathi, A. et al. “Satellite monitoring for coastal dynamic adaptation policy pathways”, Climate Risk Management, 42, 100555, 2023
- Andrews, S.M., Terrell, M., Tripathi, A., Ansdell, M., Williams, J.P., & Wilner, D.J., “Scaling Relations Associated with Millimeter Continuum Sizes in Protoplanetary Disks”, Ap.J., 865(2), 157, 2018
- Tripathi, A. et al. “The Millimeter Continuum Size-Frequency Relationship in the UZ Tau E Disk”, Ap.J., 861(1), 64, 2018
- Tripathi, A. Andrews, S.M., Birnstiel, T., Wilner, D.J., “A Millimeter Continuum Size–Luminosity Relationship for Protoplanetary Disks”, Ap.J., 845(1), 44, 2017
- Tripathi, A., Kratter, K.M., Murray-Clay, R.A., Krumholz, M.R., “Simulated Photoevaporative Mass Loss from Hot Jupiters in 3D”, Ap.J., 808(2), 173 ( + 811(2), 159 ), 2015
- Tripathi, A. et al., “A Prograde, Low-Inclination Orbit for the Very Hot Jupiter WASP-3b”, Ap.J., 715(1), 421, 2010
- van der Hilst, R.D., et al., “Upper mantle P-wave velocity and gravity anomalies in Southeast Asia and Tibet”, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(36), W. Pac. Geophys. Meet. Suppl., T22B-03, 2006