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Joyce Caliendo is a published astrophysicist and philosopher. Born of Monica and Charles Caliendo in South Eastern Connecticut. She attended the University of Connecticut where she attained her Bachelor of Science in Physics with minors in Astrophysics and Materials Science and Engineering. In 2017 Joyce received the NASA CT Space Grant Consortium Undergraduate Fellowship for evaluating the effectiveness of antimicrobial chitosan to withstand the bacteria formed by human cells on the International Space Station (ISS). Most of her known work is on galaxy formation and evolution, specifically galaxy MRG-S0851 which resulted in a journal article published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters. She is also known for her brief stint in USA Powerlifting as a 72 kg lifter where she still holds the CT state deadlift record in four different divisions.