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Diana Ly
Diana C. Ly is the Deputy Division Director for NASA’s Biological and Physical Sciences (BPS) Division of the Science Mission…
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Kevin Murphy
Kevin Murphy is the Chief Science Data Officer for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD). In this role, he works across…
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Aaron Burton
< Back to Program Officers List Aaron Burton is a Program Scientist in the Planetary Science Division at NASA Headquarters.…
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Dr. Gina DiBraccio
Dr. Gina DiBraccio is the Acting Director of NASA’s Planetary Science Division (Science Mission Directorate) at NASA Headquarters. Planetary Science…
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Dr. Douglas Hudgins
Dr. Hudgins was born and raised in Wyandotte, MI, a suburb of Detroit. His interest in space and Astronomy was…
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Daniel Cunnane
Microdevices Engineer, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
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Tyler D. Groff
Spectroscopy & Polarimetry Product Lead/Systems, RST Coronagraph Instrument (CGI), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Michael W. McElwain
Education Current Position Top image: A near infrared image of the Carina Nebula, also called the Cosmic Cliffs, taken with…
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Nicholas P. Lang, PhD
< Back to Program Officers List Nicholas (Nick) Lang is an IPA serving as a Discipline Scientist in the Planetary…
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Will Davis
Will Davis serves as the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program Manager and Equal Employment Opportunity Specialist with the Office of…
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Dr. Yaítza Luna-Cruz
Dr. Yaítza Luna-Cruz is an atmospheric physicist with over 12 years of experience in research, development, operations, and technical/programmatic management.
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Curtis D. Williams
Curtis D. Williams (he/him/his) is a Program Scientist in the Planetary Science Division at NASA Headquarters. He leads the Emerging…
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Carol Polanskey
Carol Polanskey is a principal science systems engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
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Eric Smith – Program Scientist, NASA
Dr. Eric Smith is the Associate Director for Research in the Science Mission Directorate’s Astrophysics Division at NASA Headquarters. He…
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Daniel Andrews
Daniel Andrews is the project manager for NASA’s planned Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) as Ames Research Center in…
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Michelle Belleville
Michelle Belleville’s career plan was all about stars. But not the kind you’re thinking of. “I wanted to be a…
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Diane Malarik
Diane began her NASA career as a shadow student at NASA Glenn Research Center in 1983, as part of a…
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Gladys Kober
Gladys Kober’s love for astronomy blossomed during her childhood in Birigui, Brazil. Her interest in space began at 4 or…
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Dr. Travis Blake
Dr. Travis Blake serves is the Program Officer for Space Traffic Coordination within NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD). Prior to…
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Eric Ianson
Mr. Eric Ianson is currently the Deputy Director of the Planetary Science Division of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA…
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Dr. Antonino Cucchiara, Ph.D.
Dr. Antonino (Nino) Cucchiara is the Lead Program Scientist for the Future Investigator in NASA Earth and Space Science and…
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Mr. Joe Smith
Joe Smith is the Associate Director for Flight at NASA Headquarters Science Mission Directorate, Astrophysics Division, responsible for overseeing the…
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Lori Rubino-Hare
Research Associate - Northern Arizona University Center for Science Teaching and Learning
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Catherine McCarthy
Senior Project Manager / Informal Science Educator - Arizona State University Center for Innovation in Informal STEM Learning
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Henry Trae Winter
Chief Scientist - Advanced Research in Inclusion and STEAM Accessibility (ARISA) Lab
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Melanie Narish
Senior Learning Designer - Arizona State University's Center for Education Through Exploration
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Katie Boyd
Education & Outreach Assistant - Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science Education & Outreach / University of Colorado
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Svetlana Shkolyar
Visiting Assistant Research Scientist / Astrobiology Education Team Member - University of Maryland / NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Ciera Partyka-Worley
Astronomers in Training Assisting the Community Team Member - Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve STEM Network