National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Goddard Space Flight Center
| Senior Fellow | Title | Expertise | Other Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Feinbeing | JWST OTE Manager, JWST OTIS Technical Lead, Senior Large Optics Sys Eng ISTD | Space Telescopes, Optical Testing, Integration and Testing, Technology | Member of LUVOIR and Habex STDT’s, JATIS Associate Editor, SPIE Fellow |
| Marcus Fisher | Chief Engineer / Code 180 (Independent Verification & Validation Program) | Systems and Software Engineering for flight and ground, Formal Verification, Distributed Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Embedded Applications and Automation, System Software Testing and Automation, Cybersecurity | V&V engineer/manager for ISS, Space Shuttle, Fluids and Combustion Facility (FCF), EVA Enhance Caution and Warning Systems, Micrometeoroid and Orbital Debris Impact, Aqua, Aura, ChipSat, ICESat, SWIFT, GPM, Space Shuttle Return To Flight |
| David Folta | Senior Fellow Chair, Aerospace Engineer, Mission Engineering and Systems Analysis Division |
Mission Design, Maneuver, and Navigation (Earth, Lunar, Libration, Planetary), Dynamical systems; Formation flying; Optimization and modeling | Design and Ops Lead for Lunar and Planetary missions (e.g. MAVEN, Lunar IceCube); Technology lead on 590 astrodynamics research and CAVE 3D/VR, Agency peer reviewer and journal editor; IAC Member |
| James B. Garvin | Goddard Chief Scientist | Earth and Planetary Sciences with specific experience with topography, laser altimetry, impact cratering, and oceanic islands | Member Mars Science Laboratory and Mars InSight Lander science teams and Radarsat-2 Investigator, plus working on CAPTEM-approved Apollo lunar sample analyses, and PI Earth Sciences Investigation of new island in Tonga (HTHH) |
| Neil Gehrels (in memory of) | Astroparticle Physics Lab, Astrophysics Sciences Division |
Gamma-ray astronomy; transient events in the universe; dark energy observations | Principal Investigator for the Swift mission. Study Scientist for the WFIRST mission |
| Cheryl Gramling | Senior Navigation Systems Engineer | Navigation, communication, autonomous flight systems, mission operations | Space Science Mission Operations Navigation lead, PI for Next Generation Broadcast Service, Women's Informal Mentoring lead, autonomous Navigation, Guidance, and Control technology lead |
| Murzy Jhabvala | Chief Engineer, Instrument Systems and Technology Division | Semiconductors; detectors; microelectronics; electronics; cryogenics | Remote sensing |
| Brook Lakew (Emeritus) | Associate Director for mission planning and R&D, Solar System Exploration Division | Infrared instruments for planetary exploration; High-temperature superconducting far-infrared detector arrays; Planetary deep space Cubesats/SmallSats, | Lead, NASA-Goddard Planetary Science Winter School, Co-Investigator on TIMERS (IR imager for cy Satellites) |
| Guan Le | Scientist | Magnetospheric Physics, data analysis, magnetometer data calibrations and processing | Project Scientist for Geotail mission, Deputy Project Scientist for MMS Mission |
| Henning Leidecker | Chief Failure Analyst for the Electrical Engineering Division | Failure Analyst focusing on electrical problems and the behavior of materials; some knowledge of physics gleaned by professing it for two decades | Chief Failure Analyst for Code 560 |
| Jacqueline Le Moigne | Assistant Chief for Technology, GSFC Software Engineering Division and The Transition and Topic Lead, STMD Space Technology Research Grants Program |
Image processing/analysis, e.g. registration; high performance computing; distributed spacecraft missions. General: flight, ground and science data systems and technologies | Code 580 Assistant Chief for Technology: flight, ground and science data systems and technologies |
| John Mather | JWST Senior Project Scientist; Nobel Laureate; | Infrared astronomy; cosmology; space telescopes; science communication; proposal writing; brainstorming | JWST and Observational Cosmology Lab; mentor |
| Paul Newman | Chief Scientist for Earth Sciences | Ozone depletion; atmospheric dynamics; stratospheric chemistry and physics | Chief Scientist for Atmospheres |
| Melanie Ott (Emeritus) | Senior Aerospace Flight Hardware Engineer; Photonics Group lead, production and testing facilities. | Space flight fiber optic, optoelectronic and photonic hardware production and qualification- 25 years development, fabrication, test and integration of space flight hardware for science missions. Photonics and fiber optics agency subject matter expert. | Fiber optics lead system engineer: ICESat-2 ATLAS, GEDI, LRO Laser Ranging & LOLA, Mars Curiosity ChemCam, Mars2020, Mercury Laser Altimeter, International Space Station, Europa Clipper ICEMAG (current). Co-I ISHMAEL for Europa Lander (finding life). Working inside NASA, outside with other government agencies and through Space Act Agreements with industry. |
| Claire Parkinson | Climate Change Senior Scientist, Earth Sciences Division | Sea ice; climate change; Satellite Earth observations Lesser expertise: geoengineering and paleoclimate |
Project Scientist for the Aqua mission |
| Fernando Pellerano | Chief Engineer, Instrument Systems & Technology Division |
Remote sensing instruments; systems engineering Lesser (or former) expertise: microwave communications and circuits |
Lead Instrument Systems Engineer for: Aquarius Radiometer (Aquarius/SAC-D mission); Thermal Infrared Sensor (Landsat-8 mission); Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter (ICESat-2 mission) |
| Dennis Reuter | Scientist | Spacecraft instrument development, radiative transfer, spectral compositional analysis and remote sensing. | PI for L’Ralph spectral imager on Lucy, Instrument Scientist/PI for OVIRS spectrometer on OSIRIS-REx, Instrument Project Scientist for Ralph spectral imager on New Horizons, Instrument Scientist for TIRS thermal imager on Landsat 8 and Landsat 9, PI for LAC spectral imager on EO-1. |
| Cynthia Simmons | Chief, Instrument Systems & Technology Division | Instrument project management; spacecraft and instruments – thermal control system design, payload mission design and mission operations Early career expertise: spacecraft propulsion and power (EPS) mission ops systems engineering | Payload mission planning and design engineer for DoD classified missions; Mission ops Systems Engineer for Iridium constellation (propulsion, power, spacecraft timing); Lead Thermal Systems Engineer: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), DoD, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NTSpace (Japan) and several NASA missions; Instrument Project Manager for Deformation, Ecosystem Structure, Dynamics of Ice (DESDynI), Astro-H and Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter (ICESat-2) missions |
| Ted Swanson (Emeritus) | (On Detail) Office of the Chief Technologist, Code 100 |
Two-phase thermophysics; thermal control technology; technology management. Lesser expertise: materials science; additive manufacturing |
US representative to NATO‘s Science for Peace and Security program; Chair for the NASA/STMD Thermal Control Systems Technology Roadmap (TA14); technology manager for GSFC‘s Center Innovation Fund |
| Anne Thompson (Emeritus) | Senior Scientist, Atmospheric Chemistry | Chemistry-dynamics-climate interactions in the lower atmosphere; satellite validation & field campaigns; interaction of trace gases with human impacts (biomass burning, aviation, oil-gas exploration) |
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| Jennifer Wiseman | Astrophysicist; Hubble Space Telescope Senior Project Scientist | Astronomy; star and planet formation; exoplanets; space telescopes; media relations; public communication of science | Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics Laboratory |
| Ed Wollack | Research Astrophysicist, Observational Cosmology Lab, Astrophysics Science Division | Cosmology; Astrophysics; Infrared instrumentation, observational techniques, and calibration | Electromagnetic modeling, components, and material properties; Technology development |
| Name | Title | Role |
| Moses Adoko | Goddard Chief Knowledge Officer & Senior Fellows Coordinator | Senior Fellows Coordinator |
| Peter Hughes | Godard Chief Technologist | Ex-officio Member |
| Jesse Leitner | Chief Engineer, Goddard Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate | Ex-officio Member |
| Tupper Hyde | Goddard Chief Engineer | Ex-officio Member |
| Tim Trenkle | Chief Engineer, Goddard Engineering & Technology Directorate | Ex-officio Member |