Kate Marvel masanin kimiyyar yanayi ce kuma marubuciya a kimiya da ke zaune a Birnin New York. Ita masaniyar Kimiyyar Kimiyya ce a Cibiyar Nazarin Sararin NASA da kuma Kwalejin Injiniya ta Koleji na Kimiyyar Lissafi, kuma tana rubutu a kai a kai ga Kimiyyar Amurka a shafinta mai suna "Hot Planet." Marvel ta halarci Jami'ar California a Berkeley, inda ta sami digiri na farko na Arts a fannin kimiyyar lissafi da ilimin taurari a shekara ta 2003. Ta samu digirinta na uku a shekara ta 2008 a fannin ilimin lissafi daga jami'ar Cambridge a matsayinta na Gates Scholar kuma memba a Trinity College . Bayan bin digirinta na uku, sai ta karkata akalarta zuwa ilimin kimiyyar yanayi da makamashi a matsayinta na 'yar Makarantar Kimiyyar Makarantar Postdoctoral a Cibiyar Tsaro ta Duniya da Hadin Kai a Jami'ar Stanford da kuma Cibiyar Kula da Kimiyya ta Carnegie a Sashen Kula da Lafiyar Duniya . Ta ci gaba da wannan yanayin a matsayinta na abokiyar karatun digirin-digirgir a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory kafin ta shiga bangaren bincike a NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies da kuma Columbia University .