Julie A. Robinson (biologist)

[3] She did not think that she was going to be able to attend college due to financial difficulties, until she received word from Utah State that they had awarded her their Presidential Scholarship that covered full tuition for four years.

[5] She obtained a doctoral degree in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology in 1996, and was named Regent's Outstanding Graduate Student.

While working at Lockheed Martin, she led a NASA sponsored project to develop the mapping of coral reefs all around the globe.

[6] She oversaw the laboratory from the assembly period to full utilization with hundreds of experiments and scientists active at any given time.

She founded and served as the executive editor of the first two editions of the International Space Station Benefits for Humanity series, and spoke broadly about the variety of unique scientific results with the media.