People of NASA Science

Education Current Position Figure 1 (Top) Array of superconducting MgB2 Test devices fabricated on a 4” Sapphire substrate demonstrating the…

Education Current Position Top image: ferrofluid deformable mirror prototype built during the fellowship.Bottom image: CHARIS integral field spectrograph observing exoplanets…

Education Current Position Top image: A near infrared image of the Carina Nebula, also called the Cosmic Cliffs, taken with…

Engineer, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Bill Hart is deputy project systems engineer for NASA’s SPHEREx mission.

Dr. Kathleen (Kate) Rubins is a microbiologist and NASA Astronaut.

Will Davis serves as the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program Manager and Equal Employment Opportunity Specialist with the Office of…

Dr. Yaítza Luna-Cruz is an atmospheric physicist with over 12 years of experience in research, development, operations, and technical/programmatic management.

Curtis D. Williams (he/him/his) is a Program Scientist in the Planetary Science Division at NASA Headquarters. He leads the Emerging…

Carol Polanskey is a principal science systems engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).

Dr. Eric Smith is the Associate Director for Research in the Science Mission Directorate’s Astrophysics Division at NASA Headquarters. He…

Daniel Andrews is the project manager for NASA’s planned Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) as Ames Research Center in…

NASA’s Chief Scientist and Senior Climate Advisor - NASA Headquarters

NASA Citizen Scientist

NASA Citizen Scientist

Diane began her NASA career as a shadow student at NASA Glenn Research Center in 1983, as part of a…

Dr. Travis Blake serves is the Program Officer for Space Traffic Coordination within NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD). Prior to…

Mr. Eric Ianson is currently the Deputy Director of the Planetary Science Division of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA…

NASA Citizen Scientist

NASA Citizen Scientist

NASA Citizen Scientist

NASA Citizen Scientist

Dr. Antonino (Nino) Cucchiara is the Lead Program Scientist for the Future Investigator in NASA Earth and Space Science and…

Project Configuration Manager - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Joe Smith is the Associate Director for Flight at NASA Headquarters Science Mission Directorate, Astrophysics Division, responsible for overseeing the…

Chief Education Officer - Gulf of Maine Research Institute

Senior Director, Science Education - American Museum of Natural History

Project Manager - Gulf of Maine Research Institute

Research Associate / Curriculum Specialist - Northern Arizona University

Research Associate - Northern Arizona University Center for Science Teaching and Learning

Senior Project Manager / Informal Science Educator - Arizona State University Center for Innovation in Informal STEM Learning

Chief Scientist - Advanced Research in Inclusion and STEAM Accessibility (ARISA) Lab

Education Director, Co-President, Co-Founder - ARISA Lab, L.L.C.

Senior Learning Designer - Arizona State University's Center for Education Through Exploration

Scientist

Program Coordinator / Social Lead - NASA / Science Systems and. Applications, Inc.

Project Manager - New Mexico Consortium

Chief Science Officer - Exploratorium

Program Specialist - NASA Headquarters

Program Architect - Communities of Practice - Arizona State University

Professor - Montana State University

Education & Outreach Assistant - Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science Education & Outreach / University of Colorado

Research Associate - Pacific Research & Evaluation

Director of Free Choice Learning - Astronomical Society of the Pacific

STEM Education Specialist - National Institute of Aerospace/ NASA eClips

Web User Experience Designer - Arizona State Univerity

Education Specialist - NASA Heliophysics Education Activation Team (NASA HEAT)

Professor and Director - Sonoma State University

Senior STEM Education Specialist - National Institute of Aerospace

NASA Citizen Scientist

Visiting Assistant Research Scientist / Astrobiology Education Team Member - University of Maryland / NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Astronomers in Training Assisting the Community Team Member - Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve STEM Network

Professor - University of Toledo

Research Professor - Arizona State University

Executive Producer/Managing Director - Twin Cities PBS

Deputy Director, Science Activation - NASA

< Back to Leadership Team Lauri K. Newman is the Conjunction Assessment Program Officer within NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD).…

Dr. Mark Clampin is the Astrophysics Division Director in the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. The…

Systems Engineer - NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

NASA Citizen Scientist