Sierra Lacusta

Origin: Pickerington, Ohio

Time on Mars: 4.25 Mars Years

Education: Ph.D Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Current Occupation on Mars: Researcher studying Martian Ice Caps

Previous Work: Professor of Oceanography at MIT, Consultant for several ocean and climate research institutes

Hobby: Sierra loves to participate in geocatching on Mars. Geocatching is where settlers use the recently-built GPS networks on Mars to hide and seek containers with special messages around the planet. Sierra loves placing these containers in the most obscure places, allowing her fellow geocatchers to explore the Red Planet in new and interesting ways.