Cassie Stuurman is a signal analysis engineer, geophysicist, and researcher at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Her background spans Earth & planetary science and radar signal processing, with a focus on advancing our understanding of water and ice through remote sensing radar techniques. Her research interests include SAR/InSAR data processing, planetary radar sounding of ice, DEM generation over ice surfaces, and investigating how glacial melt affects Earth’s river systems, particularly in regions critical for freshwater resources.

She has participated in many planetary science missions and mission concepts employing radar for the study of water and water ice, including the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission, the SHARAD instrument on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) mission, Mars Orbiter for Resources, Ices, and Environments (MORIE), and Mars Orbiters for Surface-Atmosphere-Ionosphere Connections (MOSAIC).