Dr. Lindy Elkins-Tanton

Dr. Lindy Elkins-Tanton

VP, Interplanetary Initiative, Arizona State University

Lindy is a planetary scientist working on how rocky planets are formed and how they become habitable. She received her academic degrees from MIT and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. She believes that education should be directed toward giving people agency and the tools to solve the problems they see around them.