# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/emily-lakdawalla
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:32:14.210Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/emily-lakdawalla"
name: "Emily Lakdawalla"
slug: "emily-lakdawalla"
description: "Emily Stewart Lakdawalla is an American planetary geologist and former Senior Editor of The Planetary Society, contributing as both a science writer and a blogger. She has also worked as a teacher and as an environmental consultant. She has performed research work in geology, Mars topography, and science communication and education. Lakdawalla is a science advocate and communicator."
tagline: "American planetary geologist and writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Emily_Lakdawalla_at_FameLab_at_LPSC_2013_(head_crop).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1975-02-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.55
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.741397333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 1270
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/elakdawalla"
    handle:    "elakdawalla"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/elakdawalla/"
    handle:    "elakdawalla"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6229214/"
    handle:    "nm6229214"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.lakdawalla.com/emily/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4PzDK-hucJG6KhwEck19RQ"
    handle:    "@planetsocblog"
    followers: 1270
sources:
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    title: "艾米莉·勒科达瓦拉"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "إيميلي لاكداوالا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%84%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "امیلی لاکداوالا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Lakdawalla"
    title: "Emily Lakdawalla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Lakdawalla"
    title: "Emily Lakdawalla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Lakdawalla"
    title: "Emily Lakdawalla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Lakdawalla"
    title: "Emily Lakdawalla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Lakdawalla"
    title: "Emily Lakdawalla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0%2C_%D0%AD%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8"
    title: "Лакдавалла, Эмили"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "எமிலி இலக்தவால்லா"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump