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November 15, 2005
 
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Leslie Baker Biography

Leslie Baker grew up in Maryland and has always been fascinated by geology and astronomy. She earned a bachelor's degree in geology from Rice University and masters' and Ph.D. degrees in geology from Brown University. She has taught classes on many topics in environmental geology, but most enjoys teaching planetary science. She is now a research scientist at the University of Idaho in Moscow. She is currently working on research related to chemical and geological evidence for water on Mars, as well as on projects relating to soil chemistry on Earth. She is married and has a 2 1/2 year old daughter who likes rocks.

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