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for the last nine years kelly hall has

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worked as a physical scientist with the

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applied science and technology project

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office at nasa's stennis space center

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and has been an employee of nasa for

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over 17 years

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in her capacity as physical scientist

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hall uses her background in oceanography

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to conduct a variety of projects

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relevant to applied coastal research and

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management and marine optics especially

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early on i knew that i wanted to join

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the agency just doing the gamut of

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educational programs that nasa has to

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offer a native of mississippi paul began

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her tenure at nasa as part of the summer

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high school apprenticeship research

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program or sharp and remained with nasa

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as a co-op student through her

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undergraduate and graduate education she

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received a bs in ecology from the

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university of georgia an ms in marine

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science from the university of southern

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mississippi and is currently finishing

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up her ph.d in marine science from the

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university of southern mississippi my

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mother has had a tremendous effect on my

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life in my career she pursued

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a higher level education later in life

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while working at the same time just as i

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did

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i worked for nasa while i was pursuing a

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graduate degree

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and she's also been a federal employee

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for 30 years so she's taught me how to

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navigate the federal system to really

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take advantage of the opportunities that