Stephanie C. Werner (born 1974)[1] is a Germangeologist andplanetologist, known for her work onMars and theArctic. She is a professor in the Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics of theUniversity of Oslo in Norway.
Her research has included the discovery that manymeteorites of Martian origin come from theMojave impact crater on Mars,[2] and an estimate that an era ofplanetary migration in theSolar System occurred earlier than previously thought.[3]
Werner earned a diploma in geophysics in 1999 from theUniversity of Kiel, and completed a doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) in 2005 at theFree University of Berlin; her dissertation wasMajor Aspects of the Chronostratigraphy and Geologic Evolutionary History of Mars.[4]
After postdoctoral research at the Free University Berlin and theGeological Survey of Norway, she became a researcher at the University of Oslo in 2009. In 2014 she became an associate professor there, and in 2017 a full professor.[4]
In 2019, Werner was elected to theNorwegian Academy of Science and Letters.[5]
Asteroid11449 Stephwerner is named for her.[6]