Elisa Quintana
Quintana ya kasance memba na NASA Kepler Mission Team a NASA Ames Research Center daga 2006 zuwa 2017. Ta yi aiki a matsayin mai tsara shirye-shiryen kimiyya da ke haɓaka bututun Kepler, wanda aka ba ta lambar yabo ta NASA Software na Shekara a 2010.Ta kasance cikin tawagar da ta gano farkon dutsen exoplanet Kepler-10b, farkon exoplanet don kewaya yankin wurin zama na wani tauraro Kepler-22b, da kuma Kepler-20e mai girman duniya na farko. A cikin 2014, ta jagoranci tawagar da ta gano Kepler-186f, wani nau'i na exoplanet mai girman duniya wanda ke kewayawa a cikin yankin da ake zaune,tauraron dwarf ja, wanda aka buga a cikin mujallar Kimiyya. Quintana ta sami lambar yabo ta 2015 Masanin Kimiyya na Shekara daga Babban Minds a STEM don bincikenta na Kepler-186f da gudummawar kimiyya.
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| Rayuwa | |
| Haihuwa | New Mexico, 1973 (50/51 shekaru) |
| ƙasa | Tarayyar Amurka |
| Karatu | |
| Makaranta |
University of Michigan (en)  University of California, San Diego (en) Grossmont College (en) |
| Thesis director |
Fred Adams (en) |
| Sana'a | |
| Sana'a | Ilimin Taurari |