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Dream Job

“It’s important to remind ourselves that we have the most glorious jobs in the world. We are all paid to figure out how the universe began and how it evolves. We’re paid to try to figure out how the night sky, full of galaxies and stars and planets, came to be. And we’re paid to try to find life elsewhere in the universe. What could be better than that?” 

–Paul Hertz, Director of Astrophysics Division

Chris Ratzlaff

Product Manager

Anne "Annie" Marinan

Systems Engineer

Steve Squyres

Professor of Physical Sciences

Emily Manor-Chapman

Systems Engineer

Hunter Waite

Scientist

Ashwin Vasavada

Project Scientist

Bobak Ferdowsi

Systems Engineer

Doug Ellison

Engineering Camera Payload Uplink Lead

Brian Lewis

Systems Engineer

Katie McKissick

Former Science Writer

Rachel Mastrapa

Research Scientist

Rania Ghatas

Machine Systems Research Engineer

Anita Sengupta

Former Engineer

Andrew "Andy" Shaner

Public Engagement Lead

Knicole Colon

Astrophysicist

Steven Silverberg

Postdoctoral Associate

David Wilkinson (1935 - 2002)

Physics Professor

Suzanne "Suzy" Dodd

Project Manager

Tricia Talbert

Senior Multimedia Designer

Brandon Rodriguez

Education Specialist

Farah Alibay

Systems Engineer

Paolo Bellutta

Rover Driver

Sue Smrekar

Scientist