Jennifer Eigenbrode is an interdisciplinary astrobiologist who works at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.

[2] Her master's degree was obtained from Indiana University Bloomington and focused on geological sciences while working under the direction of Lisa Pratt.

[3] Her Ph.D. was obtained at Pennsylvania State University where her dissertation topic was "Late Archean microbial ecology: an integration of molecular isotopic, and lithologic records"[4] while working under the direction of Katherine Freeman.

[2] Eigenbrode's early research was on the Earth's atmosphere during the Archean era where she examined organic carbon,[5] sulfur,[6] and the origin of aerobic ecosystems.

[21][22] Eigenbrode is also establishing the groundwork to use the CheMin (Chemistry and Mineralogy) instrument on Curiosity to detect organic salts in the Mars samples.