Ana Peruza

Ana Peruza is an Engineer I at Rinker Design Associates, P.C., starting January 2024. Previously, Ana served as a Senior Research Leader at The Catholic University of America from January 2022 to January 2024, focusing on a project comparing solar wind data from the MESSENGER spacecraft with simulation data from the AWSoM model. Ana participated in the GEM-SHINE conference and the American Geophysical Union conference in 2021 to present research on this project. Prior experience includes an internship at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in 2021, contributing to the same solar wind comparison project, and customer service at Whole Foods Market from 2016 to 2021. Educational qualifications include a Bachelor’s degree in Civil and Infrastructure Engineering from George Mason University (2021-2023) and an Associate degree from Anne Arundel Community College (2017-2020).