People

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

Yolanda Shea

Research Physical Scientist

Bobak Ferdowsi

Systems Engineer

Olya Filimonova

Systems Engineer

John M. Grunsfeld

Former Associate Administrator

Fran Bagenal

Co-Investigator for the New Horizons Mission

Hugo Andrés Durantini Luca

Citizen Scientist / Astronomy Student

David S. McKay (1936-2013)

Chief Scientist

Sue Smrekar

Scientist

Katie McKissick

Former Science Writer

Darby Dyar

Professor of Astronomy

Kim Orr

Web Producer

Anne Kahle

Geophysicist

Vicki Hansen

Professor

Milton Keller Drane Bosch

Citizen Scientist / Medical Doctor (Retired)

Sophia Sanchez-Maes

Summer Research Student

Jakob van Zyl (1957-2020)

Former Director for Solar System Exploration

Amy Lovell

Professor

Morgan Cable

Scientist

Kaley Pinover

Systems Engineer

Tricia Talbert

Senior Multimedia Designer

Mark Boudreaux

Project Manager

Veronica Allen

Observational Astrochemist