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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

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

Jason McLain

jason.l.mclain@nasa.gov
301-614-5011

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

Jeewoo Park

jeewoo.park@nasa.gov
301.286.9517

Ian Giles Richardson

ian.g.richardson@nasa.gov
301.286.3079

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

Teresa Tatoli

teresa.tatoli@nasa.gov
301-286-4636

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 to Live Stream Symposium on Exoplanet Science October 31, 2019
The symposium, titled “Rocky Exoplanets in the Era of NASA’s Webb: Theory and Observation” is the second symposium hosted by the Sellers Exoplanet Environments Collaboration (SEEC) at Goddard.
NASA Scientist to Discuss “From the Sun to Solar Wind” at Library of Congress Lecture October 31, 2019
The public is invited to a free lecture called ‘From the Sun to Solar Wind: The Perplexing Solar Corona and the Space Environment it Creates.'
NASA’s Planetary Protection Review Addresses Changing Reality of Space Exploration October 18, 2019
NASA released a report Friday with recommendations from the Planetary Protection Independent Review Board (PPIRB) the agency established in response to a recent National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report and a recommendation from the NASA Advisory Council.