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GPHI Faculty

Levon Avanov

levon.a.avanov@nasa.gov
301-286-8825

Naoki Bessho

naoki.bessho@nasa.gov
N/A

Scott Boardsen

scott.a.boardsen@nasa.gov
301-286-0837

Natalia Buzulukova

natalia.y.buzulukova@nasa.gov
301-286-8961

Haihong Che

haihong.che@nasa.gov
301-286-5616

Dennis Chornay

dennis.j.chornay@nasa.gov
301-286-2588

Denny De Oliveira

denny.m.deoliveira@nasa.gov
301-286-1206

Ariadna Farres

ariadna.farresbasiana@nasa.gov
301-286-0228

Melvyn L. Goldstein

melvyn.l.goldstein@nasa.gov
301-286-7828

Johnson, Philip

pjohnson@american.edu
202-885-2761
Associate Director – American University

Alexander J. Klimas

alexander.j.klimas@nasa.gov
301-286-3682

Andriy Koval

andriy.koval-1@nasa.gov
301-286-5227

nand.lal-1@nasa.gov
301-286-7350

Robert Leamon

robert.j.leamon@nasa.gov
301-286-3011

Ronald P. Lepping

ronald.p.lepping@gmail.com
301-286-5413

jason.t.link@nasa.gov
301-286-9440

Alexander Lipatov

alexander.lipatov-1@nasa.gov
301-286-0906

jan.merka-1@nasa.gov
301-286-8751
Associate Director – UMBC

Robert Michell

robert.g.michell@nasa.gov
301-286-5959

Kyle Murphy

kyle.r.murphy@nasa.gov
301-286-5458

Jonathan Ng

jonngwx@gmail.com
617-820-3987

Norman F. Ness

nfnudel@yahoo.com
N/A

Jeewoo Park

jeewoo.park@nasa.gov
301.286.9517

xshaoup@yahoo.com
301-405-7936

Jason Shuster

jason.r.shuster@nasa.gov
301-286-5574

Surja Sharma

surjasharma@gmail.com
301-405-1528
Associate Director – UMCP

Steven J. Sturner

steven.j.sturner@nasa.gov
301-286-8447

Lun-Chang Tan

lunctan@gmail.com
301-405-9431

James R. Thieman

james.r.thieman-1@nasa.gov
301-286-3714

Parker Space Probe's First Pictures

NASA spacecraft on mission to ‘touch the sun’ sends back first images

Parker Probe Launched on Historic Journey to Touch Sun

Aug. 12, 2018 RELEASE 18-072

Solar Winds

Eugene Parker’s Journey to the Sun

Parker Solar Probe ready for the Sun

The Parker Solar Probe will explore the surface of the Sun like never before.

NASA Selects Proposals to Study Sun, Space Environment

NASA has selected nine proposals under its Explorers Program that will return transformational science about the Sun and space environment...

Solar Simulation At NASA

The scientists’ solar simulation; constructed using IMAX projectors to recreate the heat and light the probe will experience at the surface of the Sun.

5,200 Days in Space

An exploration of life aboard the International Space Station, and the surprising reasons the mission is still worthwhile

Scientists Discover a New Type of Magnetic Event

By Deborah Byrd in EARTH | SPACE | May 16, 2018

Solar System News

NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Groundbreaking Astrophysics Mission July 8, 2019
NASA has selected SpaceX of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the agency’s Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission, which will allow astronomers to discover, for the first time, the hidden details of some of the most exotic astronomical objects in our universe.
NASA Awards Contract for WFIRST Science Operations Center July 1, 2019
NASA has awarded a contract to the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland for the agency’s Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) mission Science Operations Center (SOC).
NASA Selects Teams to Study Our Moon, Mars’ Moons, and More June 28, 2019
NASA has selected eight new research teams to collaborate on research into the intersection of space science and human space exploration as part of the Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI).