Dr. Sapers is Adjunct Professor York University and Visiting Scientist California Institute of Technology. Dr Sapers received her PhD in Planetary Science from The University of Western Ontario in 2012, where she worked on trace fossils preserved in meteorite impact glasses and the biological significance of meteorite impact structures on early Earth and Mars. Dr. Sapers has conducted field work at the Ries impact structure, Germany, Rochechouart impact structure, France, Sudbury impact structure, Canada, Paralana Hot Spring, South Australian desert, and the São Francisco Craton, Brazil. She is interested in developing and characterizing terrestrial analog sites for planetary exobiology research.