Marti Jett

Born and raised near Marion, Ohio, Jett graduated from Indiana Wesleyan University with a degree in chemistry in 1962.^[1][2] She served in the Peace Corps for two years in India.^[2] She began her post-graduate studies in physiological chemistry at Ohio State University and received a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Georgetown University.^[1] She began her doctoral career at the Blood Research Laboratory in Bethesda, Maryland.^[1]

Jett joined the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in 1981 where she was appointed chief of the department of molecular pathology 15 years later.^[1] In 2011, she became the director of the integrative systems biology program at the U.S. Army Center for Environmental Health Research (USACEHR) at Fort Detrick where she leads research in post-traumatic stress disorder and coagulopathy.^[1][2] Jett also serves as a principal investigator on research grants from multiple organizations within the United States Department of Defense and the National Institutes of Health.^[1] She is an adjunct research professor at Georgetown University, Howard University, and Pennsylvania State University.^[1] She co-founded the Gains in the Education of Mathematics and Science program and helped shape the Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program.^[1] Jett was inducted into the Senior Executive Service as a science and technology professional on November 24, 2014, during a ceremony.^[1] As of 2022, she is the chief of the department of molecular pathology.^[3]