description Michelle Thaller Overview
Michelle Thaller is an American astronomer and science communicator associated with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. After doctoral training and a postdoctoral fellowship at Caltech, she worked with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Spitzer Space Telescope before moving to Goddard. Her public role has included explaining astronomy and NASA missions to general audiences, making her relevant to readers seeking accessible accounts of infrared astronomy, space science, and scientific research.
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Where has Michelle Thaller worked?
NASA's profile places her at Goddard Space Flight Center after earlier work with JPL's Spitzer Space Telescope at Caltech. That path links research astronomy with public science communication. [NASA](https://science.nasa.gov/people/michelle-thaller/)
What was Michelle Thaller's connection to Spitzer?
After her Ph.D., she held a postdoctoral fellowship at Caltech and began working with JPL on the Spitzer Space Telescope. She later moved to NASA Goddard after the mission's successful run. [NASA](https://science.nasa.gov/people/michelle-thaller/)
What does Michelle Thaller do besides research?
She is known as a science communicator who explains astronomy to broad audiences, and NASA lists an Assistant Director of Science Communications role in her profile. Her public work translates missions and astronomy research into talks, interviews, and educational material. [NASA](https://science.nasa.gov/people/michelle-thaller/)
What inspired Michelle Thaller to become an astronomer?
She has said Carl Sagan's Cosmos series made a strong impression when she was about ten years old. Her own route then included Harvard University, graduate study in Atlanta, Caltech, JPL, and NASA Goddard. [NASA](https://science.nasa.gov/people/michelle-thaller/)
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