Kathryn Stack Morgan is scientist at the National Aeronautics and Space Agency where she is known for her work in the exploration of planets such as Mars.
Her work as a Research Scientist in the Geophysics and Planetary Geosciences Group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, has been centered on expanding our knowledge of Mars' geology and planetary sciences.
[5] As part of her work, Stack Morgan also names geographical places on Mars.
[7] She has received multiple NASA Group Achievement Award that were given to the Mars Science Laboratory spanning from 2013, 2015, and 2017.
[8][better source needed] She received the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Edward Stone Award for Outstanding Research Publication in 2021[9] for her 2018 paper in the journal Sedimentology.