It is a real treat to see the Mars Astronaut Dress worn in such a fitting environment! Prof. Meenakshi Wadhwa is an award-winning cosmochemist, researcher and educator that's been repeatedly recognized for her contributions to meteoritics and planetary science. Her speech on meteorites is well worth watching!
Wadhwa received her doctorate from Washington University in St. Louis, and was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California at San Diego and then curator at the Field Museum in Chicago before moving to Arizona State University in 2006. She is currently Director of the Center for Meteorite Studies and Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at ASU.
I choose science because it allows me the privilege to work with (= have fun with!) bright, amazing, inspiring colleagues & students AND together we aspire to
#DareMightyThings!- Meenakshi Wadhwa
Inspired by the Epic Red Planet, this stunning statement dress is at home both at the museum, on stage and on the runway. The print features a high resolution NASA composite image of the Mars surface, with Earth in the far distance. Each dress is made to order in California.
We've updated the design of the STEM Classic Constellation Dress!