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c. 1970 michelle thaller astrophysicist crop.png michelle thaller
 bs 1992 , phd 1998 michelle lynn thaller harvard university georgia state
michelle thaller

michelle thaller -lrb- born c. 1970 in waukesha , wisconsin -rrb- is an american astronomer and research scientist .
thaller is the assistant director for science communication at nasa 's goddard space flight center .
from 1998 to 2009 she was a staff scientist at the infrared processing and analysis center , and later manager of the education and public outreach program for the spitzer space telescope , at the california institute of technology .
