Julia Ruth has 6 years of research experience and 2 1/2 years of experience as a science teacher.

Julia first examined mathematical proofs to support the existence of dark matter during her senior year of high school with her mentor at the University of Maryland. Her research culminated in a 6 chapter thesis and led to her next project with the Department of Physics where she wrote code that aided the scientific mission of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory. Julia then went on to intern at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in their Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory. There, she contributed to code designed to analyze Antarctic ice sheet radar data. She is a co-author on the paper that resulted from the project. Julia moved to the Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry at the NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction where her research focused on changes in Arctic sea ice. Her analysis of laser altimetry data was part of the prelaunch activities for NASA’s ICESat-2 and was published in the Annals of Glaciology. Julia accepted a National Science Foundation graduate fellowship to study and research at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego. After her first year at Scripps, Julia received her masters degree in geophysics and transitioned to teaching. Julia taught at La Jolla Country Day School, starting as a long-term substitute for 6th grade Physical Science, then moving full time to 7th grade Life Science and 8th grade Earth and Space Science.