SUMMARY Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Wesley T. Huntress, Jr.

Personal :

Born: Washington, DC April 11, 1942

Family: Married (Roseann), 1 child (Garret, b. 1981)

Winter Home: 19828 Meredith Drive Summer Home: #8 Logan Road

Derwood, MD 20855 Lovell, Maine 04051

Work: Geophysical Laboratory

5251 Broad Branch Road

Washington, DC 20015

Education and academics :

High School Washington-Lee H.S., Arlington, VA

Diploma, 1960

Undergraduate

Graduate

Honorary

Brown University, Providence, RI

B.S. in Chemistry, 1964, with Honors

Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Ph.D in Chemical Physics, 1968

Brown University, Providence, RI

Doctorate in Science, honorus causa, 2005

Current Position:

Director, Geophysical Laboratory

Carnegie Institution of Washington


Tenure:

October 1998 thru the present

Reporting to:

Dr. Richard Meserve: President, Carnegie Institution of Washington

Description of Position:

Direct a privately endowed institution engaged in fundamental scientific research into the geochemistry and geobiology of the Earth and planetary bodies. Fourteen scientific staff members, about thirty postdoctoral fellows and associates.

Previous Employment History :

1968 - 1969

1969 - 1981

1981 - 1988

National Research Council Resident Research Associate

(Postdoctoral) - at NASA/JPL

Research Scientist

Senior Research Scientist

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, CA 91109

1987 - 1988

1990 – 1998

Visiting Professor of Cosmochemistry

Department of Geophysics and Planetary Science


Pasadena, CA 91109

Special Assistant to the Director

NASA Earth Science and Applications Division

1992 - 1993

1993 - 1998

Director

NASA Solar System Exploration Division

Associate Administrator

NASA Office of Space Science

National Aeronautics and Space Administration


Research Areas :

Chemical evolution in Planetary Atmospheres, Comets, and Interstellar Clouds

Physical and Chemical Properties of Solar System volatiles at low temperature

Heterogeneous chemistry between dust and gas in cometary coma

Chemistry of solar system materials using mass spectrometry

Prebiotic Chemistry

Publications :

More than 110 publications in refereed scientific journals on topics in nuclear magnetic resonance, ion cyclotron resonance, ion-molecule reactions, planetary atmospheres, comets, interstellar clouds, lunar samples and spacecraft data analysis. The majority are laboratory studies, followed by theoretical modeling and field observations.

Recent highlights:

1."Grand Challenges for Space Exploration", Space Times, Vol 38. No. 3, 1999.

2. K. Altwegg and W. T. Huntress, Jr., “The Constituents of Cometary Nuclei”, The

Century of Space Science , ed. J. A. M. Bleeker, J. Geiss and M. C. E. Huber, (Kluwer,

Dordrecht, 2002), p. 1277.

3. A. Sharma, J. H. Scott, G. D. Cody, M. L. Fogel, R. M. Hazen, R. J. Hemley and W. T.

Huntress, “Microbial Activity at Gigapascal Pressures”, Science Vol 295, p.1514.

4. V. I. Moroz, W. T. Huntress, and I. Shevalev, “Robotic Planetary Exploration Missions of the

20 th Century”, Space Science Reviews, Vol 107 (3-4), pp541-649, 2003.

5. W. T. Huntress, “Human Space Exploration Is About More Than Just Science”, Science, Vol.

301, p771 (2003).

6. W. T. Huntress, et.al., “The Next Steps in Exploring Deep Space – An IAA Cosmic Study”,

Acta Astronautica, in press 2006.

Patents:

U.S. Patent 4,206,383 (3 June 1980) “Miniature Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source Using Small

Permanent Magnet”, V. G. Anicich and W. T. Huntress, Jr.

Professional Organizations :

American Astronomical Society, Division of Planetary Sciences (Chair 2002)

American Astronautical Society, Fellow (President 1998-2000)

Royal Astronomical Society, associate member

International Academy of Astronautics, Academician

The Planetary Society, member (President 2001- 2006)

Boards and Appointments:

1994 - 2002

1999 - 2003

1999 - 2003

2000 - 2002

2005 - 2006

American Astronautical Society, Board of Directors, (Pres. 1998-2000)

Planetary Science Institute, Board of Trustees

National Research Council, Division Committee on Engin. & Phys. Sci.

Association of Universities for research in Astronomy, Board of Directors

NASA Ames Research Center, Advisory Council

SpaceDev Corporation, Board of Directors

Caltech/JPL Distinguished Visiting Scientist

1999 - present

1999 - present

1999 - present

2001 - present

2001 - present

2003 - present

2005 – present

The Planetary Society, Board of Directors (President 2001-2006)

JPL Advisory Council (Co-chair 2001-2005)

JHU Applied Physics Lab, Space Dept Advisory Council

International Space Science Institute, Science Advisory Board

NASA Advisory Council, member

Honors :

1974 NATO Senior Fellowship Award, at Warwick University, Coventry,

Great Britain (Professor Keith Jennings)

1981 Appointment to JPL Senior Research Scientist

1988 NASA Exceptional Service Medal

1994 NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal

1994 U.S. Presidential Meritorious Executive Award

1995 U.S. Presidential Distinguished Executive Award (Highest)

1996 NASA Distinguished Service Medal (Highest)

1996 Fellow, American Astronautical Society

1997 Schreiber-Spence Award

1997 NASA Distinguished Service Medal (Highest)

1998 Robert H. Goddard Award (Goddard Space Flight Center)

1998 Minor Planet 7225 Huntress

1999 Carl Sagan Award, American Astronautical Society

1999 Harold Masursky Award, American Astronomical Society

1999 Management Award, Caltech Management Association

2000 National Endowment for the Arts/Federal Design Achievement Award,

Mars Pathfinder

2003 The Dryden Lectureship in Research, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

2004 Designated lifetime National Associate of the National Academies

2005 Honorary Doctorate in Science, Brown University

Wesley T. Huntress, Jr.

Career History at NASA Headquarters

Associate Administrator, Office of Space Science

Division Director, Solar System Exploration Division

Special Assistant to the Director, Earth Science and Applications Division

Associate Administrator, Office of Space Science

Tenure:

October 1992 thru September 1998 (acting Oct. 1992 - Feb. 1993)

Reporting to:

Mr. Daniel Goldin: Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration


Responsible to the NASA Administrator and to the President of the United States for leadership and development of the U.S. program in Space Science; to explore the Solar System with robotic science spacecraft and to observe the Universe with space observatories.

Service and Accomplishments:

Restored public excitement and engagement with space science and exploration through exciting, affordable missions occurring at relatively high frequency and with continuing, relentless high performance. Created a new basis of support for Space Science in the Administration and

Congress.

Created a new and vigorous Office of Space Science organization in 1992-3 out of the dissolution of the Office of Space Science and Applications. Retained high morale and productivity of staff, provided solutions to carry-over diversity problems, and retained high quality of work with fewer staff.

Led the Office of Space Science in 1996 through a mandated 50% reduction in personnel through an interdisciplinary approach to Space Science and a more crisp deliniation of responsibilities between Headquarters and the Centers. The organization was changed to mirror the scientific process. The science discipline divisions (Astrophysics, Planetary, Space Physics) were eliminated and replaced with a Space Science Research Division (research), a Technology

Division (toolshop) and a Flight Mission Division (experiment). Headquarters retained the science role to determine what programs are to be done and why, and some project management functions were moved to the Centers which determine how to do programs and then implement them. Roles & missions between Centers were clarified.

Served as the NASA Institutional Program Officer responsible for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Negotiated a new contract with JPL, changing from fixed-fee to a larger performance-based fee with an intensive performance review process by NASA Headquarters. This change resulted in a marked improvement in JPL business operations over the first four years of the five year contract.

Developed a new interdisciplinary approach to Space Science by establishing the four science themes (Structure and Evolution of the Universe, Astronomical Search for Origins, Exploration of the Solar System, and Sun-Earth Connection). Established a Science Board consisting of four

Science Theme Directors, with the AA as Chair of the Board, to run the Space Science

Enterprise. Achieved community consensus for this revolutionary approach.

Led the new Space Science Enterprise successfully through a threatening period of time in an era of declining budgets for NASA and Federal R&D funding. Current budget outlook has recovered from flat and declining to increasing and with much stronger support from the public, the Administration and Congress.

Led a major revolution in Space Science to convert it from a conservative, costly, technologyaverse, moribund culture to a forward-looking, technology-aggressive, cost-conscious, innovative, high-performance enterprise.

Established technology development as a key objective in revolutionizing Space Science missions:

- created a Division technologist and eventually a Technology Division

- created a Technology Strategic Plan to complement the Program Strategic Plan

- created a pathway for technology experiments on science flights

- created and invested in a new technology flight test program (New Millenium)

- created a relationship with DoD to acquire SDI-developed technologies thru

cooperation on the Clementine mission and other programs

- advocated successfully for the transfer of all Space Science related technology development programs from other NASA organizations to make it more responsive to Space Science requirements

Changed the cultural approach in implementing Space Science missions from distributed responsibility at the organizational level to individual responsibility and accountability, and from arms-length, hostile relationships with contractors to teaming relationships and partnership with contractors.

Established cost as the invariant parameter in mission development, with performance as the variable. Risk against cost uncertainty mitigated by adequate early investment in technology development and mission definition (“No mission shall start before it’s technological time.”)

Result was virtual elimination of cost and schedule overruns in project development and renewed confidence in the Administration and Congress.

Established Education and Public Outreach as a key objective for Space Science through development of a separate strategic plan, establishment of education and public outreach goals as selection criteria for mission proposals, creation of a direct report for education and outreach, establishing a partnership with the National Science Teachers Association, and providing a separately funded Space Science program in this area.

Established the new interdisciplinary science of Astrobiology and provided the program funding.

Astrobiology, defined as the study of the origin and early evolution of life in the universe, expanded upon the existing Exobiology program to include more microbiology, paleobiology and evolutionary biology towards exobiological goals.

Initiated the concept of a virtual institute for the new science of Astrobiology utilizing modern information technology to connect remote researchers.

Created community-defined and developed missions in the Explorer and Discovery programs

(“PI-mode” or “science-buy”) in which the agency buys whole missions from a consortium of principal investigator (PI), industry and (if required) a NASA Center.

Totally restructured the Explorer program along the new science-buy Discovery line and into lower-cost mission classes to increase flight opportunities for the science community.

Restructured the FUSE mission from $300M class to $100M class as a demonstrator for creating a new lower-cost means for conducting Explorer missions.

Led the Space Science community in development of a Strategic Plan for Space Science in 1994 and 1997. These plans provide the basis for the future in Space Science and require the development of a concensus in an often contentious space science community.

The 1994 Strategic Plan outlined the actions required to navigate tough fiscal times

- restructure current flight programs (AXAF, Cassini and ISTP in particular) redirect new mission starts towards lower cost, more frequent programs

- invest in new technologies and flight testing for more capability at lower cost

- establish cost rather than performance as invariant in project development

- increase international cooperation

The 1994 plan was very successful, and all but a few of its objectives were met before construction of the 1997 plan. Objectives achieved:

- Completion of Cassini, ISTP and AXAF mission development

- Continuation of the Discovery program line after Mars Pathfinder and NEAR

- New start for the Mars Surveyor program

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- New start for NASA’s contribution to the ESA Rosetta comet orbiter mission

- New start for NASA’s contribution to the ISAS Astro-E mission

- New start for SOFIA to replace the KAO

- New start for SIRTF to complete the Great Observatories program

- New start for TIMED to begin the S-T probes line

- New start for the New Millenium program of technology flight tests

Led the international space science community through threats by the agency and Congress to cancel the Cassini mission, requiring the communication of its importance to a new

Administrator, a new Administration and to several Congresses.

Prevented cancellation of either Cassini or AXAF, and termination of several operating missions and loss of 20% in research funds in the FY1995 budget process by effective communication with the science community and Congress.

Led a Space Science effort to recover from contractor cost overruns, obtaining Congressional support and preventing the cancellation of the Wind and Polar missions by the agency. Enabled the addition of Equator-S to the ISTP constellation of missions.

Recovered science lost by program cancellations through new starts for less expensive international collaborations: Astro-E for the cancelled AXAF-S and Rosetta/Champollion for the cancelled Comet Rendezvous and Asteroid Flyby mission.

Enabled NASA participation in international missions including Integral and Planck with the

European Space Agency, and Planet-B, Solar-B, Astro-F and MUSES-C with ISAS of Japan.

Provided for recovery from the Ariane 5/Cluster disaster to rebuild the Cluster mission with

ESA.

Led the agency’s response to the Mars Observer disaster to communicate effectly with the public, media, Administration and Congress, preventing an overly negative reaction and instilling in agency stakeholders an appreciation for the inherent risk in space exploration and for trying the hard things. One year later, a new start was achieved for a whole new approach to Mars exploration: the Mars Surveyor program.

Developed and acquired a new start for the Mars Surveyor program for long-term exploration of

Mars using a series of low-cost missions; spreading risk over multiple launches in multiple celestial opportunities.

Provided for a reflight of the HETE mission after a Pegasus launch vehicle failure.

Provided extended missions for the Ulysses and Galileo missions.

Led the response to nuclear protestors opposing the Cassini launch, resulting in a balanced public presentation of the issues, a positive public consensus and a successful Cassini launch without incident.

Created the “Origins” concept as a new interdisciplinary thrust within Space Science by building on ideas generated while Director of the Solar System Exploration Division. The Origins concept assembles current missions and future mission ideas into an intellectual framework towards the goal of understanding the origin of the universe, of galaxies, of stars, of planets and of life in the universe.

Channeled the considerable Administration reaction to the “Mars Rock” announcment of August

7, 1996, into a consideration of its importance as a precipitating event in a larger scientific context; not just about Mars, but about Origins.

At the request of the Vice-President, orchestrated the National Research Council Workshop on

Origins and the subsequent Vice-Presidential Workshop on Origins on December 11, 1996. The latter resulted in the Origins Initiative in Space Science contained in the President’s FY1998 budget proposal to Congress.

Created the concept of Roadmaps in Space Science Strategic planning and applied it to the development of the 1997 Strategic Plan. Developed a process to bring the science community, mission designers, technologists, educators and public communicators together to devise a longrange (25 year) vision for Space Science, from which a roadmap towards this vision can be contructed for both science and technology development.

Led the creation of the 1997 Strategic Plan using the Roadmaps developed for each Science

Theme. This was a contentious process to synthesize a fiscally-constrained, realistic Space

Science Strategic Plan from more community desires than could be accommodated. It is the first plan with wholly new content since 1991. Created science community consensus for a totally new vision, mission statement, program content and priorities in Space Science. The plan and the process have been uniformly praised within NASA and the Administration.

Engaged the Administration (thru Office of Management and Budget participation) in the final stages of constructing the 1997 Strategic Plan to gain their ownership of its contents. Broadened the plan to include the concepts of Origins, Evolution and Destiny to embrace all of Space

Science.

Obtained Administration and Congressional approval in the FY1998 budget process for the

Origins Initiative contained in the 1997 Strategic Plan:

- Acceleration of SIRTF development

- Augmentation for the Keck II Interferometer

- Space Interferometer Mission and early studies for the following Planet Finder

- New Generation Space Telescope including early technology development

- Augmentation for Mars Surveyor to enable a sample return mission in 2005

- A new line of Outer Planet missions including a Europa Orbiter, Pluto/Kuiper Belt

Flyby, and Solar Probe

- Spacecraft technology to support development of chip-level subsystems, with a

goal to develop a low-cost, easy-to-operate “spacecraft-on-a-chip[set]” by 2006

- A new Astrobiology research program

Obtained Administration approval in the President’s FY1999 proposal to Congress for all remaining missions proposed in the 1997 Strategic Plan with the exception of Constellation.

New content proposed:

- Extention of the ISTP set of missions through solar maximum

- Continuation of the Solar-Terrestrial Probe series beyond TIMED

- New start for NASA’s contribution to ESA’s FIRST mission

- New start for GLAST, the follow-on to GRO

- Technology development to prepare for Constellation, follow-on to AXAF

Maintained the research program content of the Space Science budget at a constant level during a period of budget decline. Established the policy that research grants, mission data analysis, technology development, information systems, suborbital research and Explorers and Discovery were mandatory and fundamental to the Space Science Enterprise; major flight programs were discretionary and therefore comprised the elastic part of the Space Science budget.

Established Level-of-Effort programs for the lowest-cost flight missions as a means to uphold outyear funding for Space Science in NASA budgets. Acquired new starts for Discovery, Mars

Surveyor, New Millenium, the Outer Planets Mission line and the Solar-Terrestrial Probes series.

Division Director, Solar System Exploration Division

Tenure:

August 1990 thru September 1992

Reporting to:

Dr. Lennard Fisk: Associate Administrator, Office of Space Science and Applications


Develop and lead the U.S. program in exploring the Solar System.


Conceived the concept of low-cost planetary missions which ultimately became the Discovery program. Achieved consensus within the planetary science community for the concept. Divised the cultural changes required in planetary mission development for the Discovery program in concert with mission engineers, and gained acceptance for the concept at JPL and within NASA.

Worked with JPL and the HQ technology office to develop the Mars Pathfinder concept as a test of the hardest type of mission that might be done in Discovery.

Achieved new starts for both Mars Pathfinder and the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) missions as demonstration missions for the Discovery program.

Conceived and developed the idea of Planetary System science, broadening planetary science from essentially planet-centered disciplines (i.e. Mars science, Venus science, etc.) to understanding the Solar System as a system of planetary bodies, moons and small objects.

Established a program in comparative planetology, including an annual international workshop on the subject, as a part of Planetary System science.

Broadened planetary science and exploration to move its boundaries beyond the borders of the

Solar System; to embrace the science of understanding planetary system formation and to search for planets around other stars. Established the search for planets around other stars as a strategic objective for the Division.

Led the planetary science community, and engaged the NASA astrophysics community, in developing the idea of an interdisciplinary overlap between planetary science and astrophysics towards pursuing an understanding of planetary system formation and a search for planets around other stars. This was the beginning of what became the Origins Initiative in Space Science in

1997.

Funded the building of the Palomar 100m baseline IR interferometer as a first step in developing the technologies required to search for planets around other stars.

Enabled NASA’s one-sixth partnership with the California Association for Research in

Astronomy to develop further the technique of optical-IR interferometry using the 10m aperture,

85m baseline, twin Keck telescopes.

Restructured the CASSINI mission to lower development and operations cost when the NASA budget climate changed from double-digit growth to flat. This restructuring required leadership in making massive changes to an international program with large development momentum and powerful constituencies resistant to change. This process became the model for restructuring of other large agency science programs such as AXAF.

Achieved extensions for the Magellan mission each year in the annual budget process until the end of the mission.

Achieved annual increases in the planetary science research grants program.

Promoted and achieved the establishment of an International Mars Exploration Working Group to provide a forum for the coodination of Mars mission objectives and the development of an internationally cooperative long-term strategic plan for the exploration of Mars.

Special Assistant to the Director, Earth Science and Applications Division

Tenure:

July 1988 thru July 1990

Reporting to:

Dr. Shelby Tilford: Director, Earth Science and Applications Division


Non-Civil Service, detailed by Caltech.

Function as the Deputy Director supporting the Director in managing the Division.

Represent the Division in the absence of the Director at conferences and meetings.

Assist the Director in Division reorganization and science program restructuring.

Assist the Director in developing an interagency global change research program.

Manage the Airborne Geosciences Program and Remote Sensing Applications Program.

Conduct monthly Division Reviews.

Write Testimony.

Produce and make presentations to Congressional staff and external organizations.

Manage Office organization and personnel.

Chair the US/USSR Bilateral meetings and manage cooperative programs.


Assisted in development of the interagency U.S. Global Change Research Program

Assisted in developing the NASA Mission to Planet Earth initiative

Developed the Division Strategic Plan

Established and funded a new interdisciplinary program in global change research

Contributed to acquisition of a new start for the Earth Observing System

Wesley T. Huntress, Jr.

Career History at Caltech/JPL

Research Positions

Academic Positions

Project Science Positions

Program Management

Line Management

History of

JPL Research Positions

Research Position - JPL Senior Research Scientist

Tenure:

September 1981 thru June 1988

Reporting to:

Dr. Charles Elachi, Manager of the Space Science Division


Conduct research in earth and planetary atmospheric chemistry, and the chemistry of comets and interstellar clouds.

Continue concurrent duties in JPL Line and Program Management, and NASA assignments, as described separately.


1987-1988: Member, NASA HQ Office of Space Science and Applications Science Advisory

Committee.

1986-1988: Interdisciplinary Scientist, Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby Project

1986-1988: Pre-Project Study Scientist, for the CASSINI Saturn Orbiter/Titan Probe Mission

1986-1987: Project Scientist, Pathfinder Project (Space Defense Initiative Earth Orbiter

Mission)

1982-1988: Co-Investigator, GIOTTO Ion Spectrometer (European Space Agency Comet Halley

Mission).

Continued fundamental laboratory investigations and theoretical modelling research in astrochemistry. Published an additional 30+ more papers before moving to NASA HQ.

With V. Anicich and M. J. McEwan, the first to identify and measure ion-molecule radiative association reactions in the laboratory and to confirm their importance in interstellar chemistry.

Used the ion mass spectrometer data from GIOTTO to produce the first in-situ analysis of the chemical composition of cometary comae. Showed dominance of CO as the major carbon component but with some CO2 and CH4 as well. Identified many nitrogen, sulfur and organic components.

Research Position - JPL Research Scientist

Tenure:

October 1969 thru September 1981

Reporting to:

Dr. Daniel Elleman, Supervisor, Molecular Physics Research Group


Develop the Ion Cyclotron Resonance Spectrometer (ICR) as a technique for fundamental research in ion-molecule collision dynamics and chemical reactions.

Conduct research in earth and planetary atmospheric chemistry, and the chemistry of comets and interstellar clouds.


Developed ICR methods for measuring ion-molecule reaction product distributions and rate constants. This provided the first available technique for direct measurement of branching ratios for multiple products from an ion-molecule reaction. Also produced in collaboration with J.

Beauchamp of Caltech the method for trapping ions in an ICR, and used this as the means to develop techiques for measuring ion-molecule reaction rate constants in an ICR.

Identified ion-molecule reactions as the cause for extremely large D/H ratios in interstellar molecules and for differential C13/C12 isotope fractionation in interstellar molecules.

Identified many of the reaction pathways by which complex and organic molecular species are synthesized in interstellar clouds, comets and planetary atmospheres.

Produced in collaboration with V. Anicich, M. J. McEwan and others a large database of ionmolecule reaction kinetics for application to the chemistry of interstellar clouds, comets and planetary atmospheres.

Produced in collaboration with S. Prasad and G. F. Mitchell an extensive model of chemical reaction networks in interstellar clouds forming the basis for much of the theoretical and laboratory work which followed on chemical evolution in interstellar clouds. These data were also applied to observational work on the detection and distribution of chemical species in the

ISM.

Established the science of astrochemistry through landmark papers (generally in the

Astrophysical Journal) on chemical evolution in interstellar clouds and comets. This work was contemporary and sometimes in collaboration with others establishing this field in the 1970’s including Alex Dalgarno, William Watson and others.

Published 80+ papers in astrochemistry and ion-molecule collision physics and chemistry.

1977-1978: Pre-Project Study Scientist, Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite.

History of

Caltech Academic Positions

Academic Position - Caltech Visiting Professor

Institution:


4800 Oak Grove Drive

Pasadena, CA 91109

Tenure:

September 1987 thru June 1988

Reporting to:

Prof. Andrew Ingersoll, Chair of the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences


Develop, in collaboration with Prof. Geoffrey Blake, a new interdisciplinary graduate course in

Cosmochemistry.

Collaborate with department members (Y. Yung, M. Allen) in continuing research in planetary atmospheric chemistry, and the chemistry of comets and interstellar clouds.

Continue concurrent assignments at JPL.


Cosmochemistry course attracted students from the Chemistry Dept., Dept. of Astronomy and planetary science students from the Dept. of Geological & Planetary Sciences, achieving its interdisciplinary goals, and was rated very highly by the students. Course is still being tought today by G. Blake and others.

Proposed and conducted observational work at the Canada-France-Hawaii telescope on molecular species in 2-micron objects, discovering the splitting of narrow molecular lines of CO into separate velocity components due to discrete outflows.

History of

JPL Project Science Positions

Project Scientist - Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite Pre-Project

Tenure:

January 1977 thru March 1978

Reporting to:

Dr. James King, JPL Earth and Planetary Science Program Office

Dr. Shelby Tilford, NASA Earth Science and Applications Division


Develop the science mission measurement requirements for the UARS in conjunction with the joint JPL-GSFC pre-project study team. Key scientific objectives were to understand dynamical and chemical process in the stratosphere, and to detect evidence for change in the global stratosphere with a focus on ozone depletion.


Landmark Mission Science Document for an interdisciplinary mission in which theory, spacecraft observations and ground studies were definied and coordinated through a common data system towards common scientific goals instead of simply a set of disparate measurements by individual instruments.

Project assigned to GSFC after JPL withdrew from competion for the project.

Project Scientist - SDI Pathfinder

Tenure:

June 1985 thru June 1987

Reporting to:

Mr. Jim Evans, Project Manager


Develop the science mission, observation plan and instrument set for the Shuttle-launched SDI

Pathfinder mission; an unclassified earth orbiter to observe targets and to measure the background spectral radiation field from the UV through the IR for target detection and identification puposes. Define and execute spectral imaging instrument technology developments for both SDI and NASA future mission purposes.


Project terminated by SDIO after the Challenger accident.

Project Scientist - Cassini Pre-Project

Tenure:

March 1986 thru June 1988

Reporting to:

John Beckman, Manager of the CRAF/Cassini Pre-project study


To chair the international pre-project science study team to develop the science goals of the mission and the science measurement requirements for the Saturn orbiter and the Titan probe.

Define a strawman instrument suite to carry out these measurements, and work with the project engineers to develop the spacecraft and mission design to accomplish the science.


Consensus among the international group of scientists on Cassini/Huygens science, measurements, instruments, spacecraft and mission design.

Succssful development of both science and spacecraft design to meet mission objectives.

Successful advocacy for a new start for CRAF/Cassini.

Interdisciplinary Scientist - CRAF

Tenure:

October 1986 thru June 1988

Reporting to:

Mr. Ron Draper, Manager of the CRAF/Cassini Project


Selected through peer review by NASA as the Comet Coma Interdisciplinary Scientist for the mission (prior to new start approval).


Resigned position to move to NASA Headquarters in 1988. Project terminated by OMB in 1992.

History of

JPL Program Management Positions

Program Manager - JPL Earth Sciences Program

Tenure:

September 1982 thru April 1986

Reporting to:



Direct interface with NASA Headquarters program managers for all of JPL’s research programs in NASA Earth Sciences, consisting of 150 Ph.D. scientists and instrument engineers. Program value $15M.

Manager of the JPL Balloon Flight Facility.

Science Manager for the NASA Upper Atmosphere Balloon Campaign, a series of stratospheric balloon flights involving many international payloads in 1983.

Continued as Group Supervisor (1976-1988) of the Astrochemistry Research Group.


Established JPL as a major contributor to NASA’s Earth Science and Applications program in the areas of laboratory chemistry and flight instrument development.

Accomplished many successful JPL and international cooperative balloon research flights into the stratosphere.

Program Manager - JPL Atmospheres Program

Tenure:

September 1980 thru September 1982

Reporting to:



Direct interface with NASA Headquarters program managers for JPL’s research programs in

Earth and Planetary Atmopheric Sciences, consisting of 60 Ph.D. scientists. Program value $7M.



Initiated several new programs for instruments to fly on the Upper Atmosphere Research

Satellite and on balloon platforms.

Executive Secretary for the first NASA Workshop on Global Change, Woods Hole, 1982. This workshop set national and agency-wide goals for NASA’s Global Change Program.

Program Manager - JPL Planetary Atmospheres Program

Tenure:


Reporting to:



Direct interface with NASA Headquarters program managers for JPL’s research program in planetary atmopheres, consisting of 20 Ph.D. scientists. Program value $3M.



Detailed to NASA HQ for 4 months as Assistant Manager for the NASA Planetary Atmospheres

Program and reorganized HQ-funded laboratory studies towards more relevance to planetary science and NASA missions.

History of

JPL Line Management Positions

Line Manager - JPL Earth Atmophere & Ocean Science Section

Tenure:

February 1983 thru December 1985

Reporting to:

Dr. Moustafa Chahine, Manager of the Space Science Division


Managed a Section of 105 Ph.D. scientists involved in laboratory, theoretical and observational research in Earth Atmospheric and Oceanographic sciences, including instruments for balloons, aircraft and spacecraft. These were research programs in science and scientific instrument development funded almost exclusively by the NASA Earth Science and Applications Division.



1983-1985: Member, Small Bodies Working Group member of the NASA HQ Solar System

Exploration Committee.

1983-1985: Member, Management Operations Working Group for the NASA HQ Astrophysics

Program.

Line Manager - JPL Molecular Physics and Chemistry Section

Tenure:


Reporting to:

Dr. Moustafa Chahine, Manager of the Space Science Division


Managed a section of 30 Ph.D. scientists conducting varied laboratory and theoretical research programs in Molecular Physics, Chemistry and Aerodynamics funded almost exclusively by

NASA Headquarters.

Continued as Group Supervisor (1976-1988) of the Astrochemistry Research Group, renamed from the Molecular Physics Research Group.


Launched a new Laser Physics Group.

Member, NASA HQ Planetary Atmopheres Management Operations Working Group.

Line Manager - Supervisor, JPL Molecular Physics Research Group

Tenure:


Reporting to:

Mrs. Marcia Neugebauer, Manager of the Molecular Physics and Chemistry Section


Supervised 6-8 Ph.D. scientists, and led group research in laboratory studies of molecular processes in planetary atmospheres, interstellar clouds, and comets. Supervised additional research on excimer laser development and earth atmospheric remote sensing.


Executive Secretary, NASA International Conference on The Stratosphere and Related Problems,

1976, in Logan, Utah. This conference set the scientific and programmatic basis for what became

NASA’s Earth Science program.

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