Marlie Mollett is a Geodetic Earth Scientist for the Office of Geomatics at National Geospatial- Intelligence Agency. She is a recent graduate from the University of Missouri – St. Louis (UMSL), where she earned a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Physics with an Emphasis in Astrophysics, and a minor in Mathematics.
Marlie began collaborating with NGA as a student in 2020 under the UM-System Creative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA). She researched artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques applied to gravity under the mentorship of Dr. Dawn King. After two years of being funded by the NASA Missouri Space Grant and UMSL for project work with NGA through the CRADA, she was offered a position as a student intern at NGA in May 2022. She then graduated in August and converted to an official position in the Office of Geomatics in December 2022.
The success of the CRADA collaboration led to development of the Geoscience and AI Application Lab hosted out of NGA’s Moonshot Labs, where Marlie continues the play a pivotal role in student mentorship advancing innovative AI techniques and modernization strategies aimed improving NGA Mission Products. In the last three years she has presented at two symposiums, working groups, and a national conference on her work with the AI Gravity Project.