Lauren Edgar

Edgar was born in Washington, D.C. in 1985, but considers Sammamish, Washington to be her hometown.^[1] Edgar attended Discovery Elementary School^[2] and Skyline High School.^[3]

Edgar was part of Dartmouth College's Class of 2007, originally majoring in engineering before switching to earth sciences. She earned her master’s and doctorate in geology at Caltech.^[4]

Edgar previously worked for the United States Geological Survey as a research geologist at the USGS Astrogeology Science Center in Flagstaff, Arizona.^[5]