Darlene Lim

Darlene Sze Shien Lim kwararre ce ta NASA masanin ilimin halittu kuma masanin ilimin halittu wanda ke shirya 'yan sama jannati don binciken kimiyyar wata, sararin samaniya da duniyar Mars.  Ƙwarewarta ta ƙunshi ayyukan analog na ɗan adam na Mars, wanda a cikinsa matsananciyar shimfidar wurare kamar volcanoes da hamadar Arctic ke zama madadin jiki ko aiki don maye gurbin halittu daban-daban.  Ta zama jagorar jama'a don binciken duniyar Mars, bayan da ta gabatar da manufofinta a bainar jama'a a cibiyoyin ilimi da al'amuran jama'a a duniya. Ta kuma tattauna ayyukanta na kungiyoyin watsa labarai daban-daban kamar NPR, The New York Times, da The Washington Post .   

 Fage 
Lim ɗan ƙasar Kanada ne na farko;  iyayenta sun yi hijira daga Singapore kuma an haife ta a Kingston, Ontario .  Ta girma "bayar da lokaci a cikin Rockies na Kanada, da kallon Jacques Cousteau akan TV."  Ta yi karatun ilmin halitta a Jami'ar Queen's a Kingston a matsayin digiri na farko, kuma ta kammala karatun digiri a 1994. Ta yaba wa Farfesa John P. Smol don nuna sha'awarta ga ilimin limnology, nazarin tafkuna da tafkuna. 

Daga baya Lim ya kammala karatun digiri na biyu da na uku a fannin ilimin geology a Jami'ar Toronto a 1999 da 2004 bi da bi.  Ta riga ta yi aiki a kan ayyukan da NASA ke tallafawa irin su Haughton-Mars Project, wanda ya haɗa da nazarin raƙuman ruwa na Arctic kamar yadda yanayin yanayi na Martian.  Ta zama mai bincike na postdoctoral tare da Christopher McKay a NASA Ames a cikin 2004,    kuma daga baya ya zama masanin kimiyyar ma'aikatan NASA da jagoran aikin.  

 Wayar da kan jama'a 

 A cikin shahararrun kafofin watsa labarai 
Lim ta kammala tattaunawa da yawa na rediyo tare da CBC a duk lokacin PhD.  Daga 2008 zuwa 2009, aikin Lim ya kasance wani ɓangare na POLAR-PALOOZA: Labarun daga Planet Canjin, nunin balaguro wanda NSF da NASA suka dauki nauyin.  Ita ce jagorar baƙo a kan NASA Ames podcast a cikin 2016.  Bayanan martaba na mulkin mallaka na Mars-simulation a Hawai ʻ i (BASALT) ya bayyana a cikin Chicago Tribune .  Lim ya bayyana akan SAGANet/SpaceTV Tambayi Masanin ilimin taurari! shirye-shiryen yawo a cikin 2017.  Ta bayyana sau biyu akan sa'ar rediyon Juma'a ta Kimiyya a cikin 2018, tana ba da gudummawar wani yanki na mintuna 25 game da binciken dutsen mai aman wuta a karkashin teku wanda aka saurara zuwa sama da miliyan masu sauraro.   Lim ya shiga cikin Frontiers for Life in Space panel a MIT Media Lab.   Ta kasance alƙali a gasar HP "Home Mars" VR gasar a cikin 2018.   A cikin 2019, za ta gabatar da lacca na bude sabuwar Cibiyar Bincike ta Binciken Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI). 

 Sabis na sa kai 
Lim yana hidima a Hukumar Ba da Shawarar Binciken Tekun na NOAA .  Ta yi aiki a matsayin Masanin Kimiyya a Mazauni a gwamnatin Kanada na shirin "Marsville" daga 2000 zuwa 2002.   Daga 2009 zuwa 2015, ta yi aiki a matsayin mataimakiyar shugabar Ƙungiyar Bincike na Shirin Binciken Mars IV (Shirya don Binciken Dan Adam).  Lim ya kafa jerin Kakakin Majalisa na Haven House Shelter Family Shelter STEM Explorer, wanda ya baiwa NASA da masu binciken ilimi damar gudanar da shirye-shiryen ilimi da wayar da kai tare da yara na tushen mafaka a yankin San Francisco Bay.  

 Bincike da bincike 
Lim ya ɗauki hanyar da ba ta al'ada ba, zabar dakunan gwaje-gwaje na gwamnati da binciken sararin samaniya da ke fuskantar jama'a akan aikin ilimi na gargajiya. A matsayin masanin ilimin halitta, Lim ya binciko matsanancin yanayi a duk duniya, daga Hawai ʻ i   da Florida zuwa Arctic  da Antarctic .   Ta hanyar nazarin matsananciyar wuraren zama a duniya, masu bincike kamar Lim suna fatan samun fahimtar yanayin da masu binciken ɗan adam za su iya fuskanta a duniyar Mars ko wasu taurari.  Bukatun jiki, tunani, da aiki da ke tattare da ilimin kimiyya da bincike na zahiri, a ƙarƙashin matsanancin yanayi, sun yi daidai da waɗanda ke cikin ayyukan binciken sararin samaniya, suna ba 'yan sama jannati damar horar da su a matsayin masana kimiyyar filin da haɓakawa da gwada ƙa'idodin ƙungiyar da fasaha. 

A cikin 2000, Lim ya kasance memba na farko a cikin yankin Mars na farko da aka kwaikwayi a cikin Arctic, tashar Flashline Mars Arctic Research (FMARS).  Ta shiga a simulated tushe a Haughton tasiri crater a kan Devon Island, Nunavut a cikin 2000 da 2001. 

A cikin 2004, Lim ya kafa Cibiyar Binciken Tafkin Pavilion a British Columbia, Kanada, don yin nazarin sinadarai da halayen halittu na ƙirar ƙwayoyin cuta na ƙasa a ƙarƙashin ruwa. Ta fitar da bincike daga binciken ilimin kimiyya da ilmin burbushin halittu na jikin ruwa a cikin Babban Arctic na Kanada zuwa canjin yanayi na Holocene da kuma yankunan paleolake a saman Mars.  A cikin wata hira ta 2017, sabon dan sama jannati Zena Cardman ya yaba wa Lim musamman, wanda ya ba ta damar yin aiki a tafkin Pavilion, tare da haifar da sha'awar ayyukan NASA.  

Lim shine Babban Mai binciken SUBSEA, nazarin analog na biochemical don rayuwa akan sauran taurari.     Lim ya kasance babban mai bincike a cikin 2018 Lō'ihi Seamount Expedition on Exploration Vessel <i id="mwARs">Nautilus</i>,   yana binciko wani dutse mai aman wuta a karkashin ruwa kusa da Big Island of Hawai ʻ i.  Aikin yana goyan bayan Trust Exploration Trust, a matsayin wani yunƙuri na Robert Ballard don ganowa da taswirar zurfin teku.   Wannan aikin yana nazarin kimiyya da ke da alaƙa da binciken mutum-mutumi na gaba na Europa da Enceladus, watanni biyu na Tsarin Rana tare da yuwuwar mahalli. SUBSEA kuma tana nazarin binciken teku a matsayin analog ga abubuwan hangen nesa na ɗan adam na gaba kamar Low Latency Telerobotics. 

A cikin 2018, Lim da abokin aiki Jennifer Heldmann sun yi la'akari da matsananciyar yanayi a Iceland a cikin tsammanin sabon ƙaddamar da manufa a cikin 2019. Ana yin shirye-shiryen don tallafawa yiwuwar ayyukan da za su iya aika mutane zuwa wata da zuwa Mars a 2030. 

 Kyaututtuka da karramawa 

 1989: SHAD Fellow 
 2003: Dimitris N. Chorafas Foundation Mafi kyawun Rubutun Digiri na Shekara 
 2005: National Geographic Research and Exploration baiwa (PLRP) 
 2013: WIRED Magazine "Smart List" 
 2014: NASA Ames Honor Award for Group Achievement, PLRP 
 2018: Mai magana mai mahimmanci, Mata a sararin samaniya 
 2019: Kyautar Sama & Sararin Sama, Kyautar Ganowar Mata, WINGS WorldQuest 

 Manazarta 

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