Deniz Burnham
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October 1, 1985
Deniz Burnham | |
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_---_NASA_astronaut_Deniz_Burnham_poses_for_a_portrait_at_NASA’s_Johnson_Space_Center_in_Houston,_Texas.jpg) Burnham in February 2024 | |
| Born | Deniz Melissa Burnham October 1, 1985 Adana, Turkey |
| Education | |
| Space career | |
| NASA astronaut | |
| Rank | Lieutenant, U.S. Navy Reserve |
| Selection | NASA Group 23 (2021) |
Deniz Melissa Burnham (born October 1, 1985)[1] is a lieutenant in the United States Navy Reserve and NASA astronaut. She worked as a drilling engineer based in Wasilla, Alaska before working with NASA.[2][3]
Burnham was born at Incirlik Air Base in Adana, Turkey to parents Ed and Şahver Burnham. She relocated various times throughout her childhood due to her military family.[4] Her Turkish mother had aspired to be a military officer and she later joined the United States Air Force.[5]
Eventually, Burnham moved to Fairfield, California, graduating from Vanden High School. In 2007, she graduated from the University of California, San Diego with a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering and in 2017, graduated from the University of Southern California with a master's degree in mechanical engineering. During her time in graduate school, Burnham served as an intern at the NASA Ames Research Center.
Career
For more than a decade, Burnham led offshore oil drilling operations in various locations across the United States and Canada. Burnham currently serves in the United States Navy Reserve as the executive officer of a shipyard operations unit in Alameda, California.[4]
