Ashley Walker
Ashley wearing a tan sun hat and smiling
Ashley Lindalia Walker is a planetary astrochemist and science communicator. Her journey in astronomy began after she received a telescope from her uncle at the age of 5 and visited Adler planetarium during the summer with her aunts. She received her B.S. in Chemistry from Chicago State University, where she became the first astrochemist in the university’s history. Ashley has interned at Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Her research interests include planetary atmospheres of extraterrestrial planets and moons within our solar system as well as exoplanetary systems. She’s a PhD student at Howard University. She has been featured in an array of interviews which includes Scientific American, BBC America’s “Space Week”, Katie Couric’s “Thank you Notes”, and Faces of NASA. She advocates for students of color and highlights Black scientists during Black History Month. She is also the founder of #BlackInAstro week, co-founder of #BlackInChem and #BlackInPhysics week, a committee member for AAS CSMA and the Women Of Color Project
