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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

Leonard F. Burlaga

lburlagahsp@verizon.net
301-286-5956

Natalia Buzulukova

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

Haihong Che

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

Li-Jen Chen

li-jen.chen@nasa.gov
301-286-5358

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

lan.jian@nasa.gov
301-286-3309

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

Norman F. Ness

nfnudel@yahoo.com
N/A

Neel P. Savani

neel.savani@nasa.gov
301-286-9425

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

swang@astro.umd.edu
301-352-4676

Yongli Wang

yongli.wang-1@nasa.gov
240-432-8787

Solar System News

NASA Planet Hunter on Its Way to Orbit April 19, 2018
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has launched on the first-of-its-kind mission to find worlds beyond our solar system, including some that could support life.
NASA Ready to Study Heart of Mars March 29, 2018
NASA is about to go on a journey to study the interior of Mars. The space agency held a news conference today at its Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, detailing the next mission to the Red Planet.
NASA Prepares to Launch Next Mission to Search Sky for New Worlds March 28, 2018
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is undergoing final preparations in Florida for its April 16 launch to find undiscovered worlds around nearby stars, providing targets where future studies will assess their capacity to harbor life.

Image of the Day

Celebrating 28 Years of the Hubble Space Telescope April 19, 2018
This colorful image, taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, celebrates the Earth-orbiting observatory’s 28th anniversary of viewing the heavens, giving us a window seat to the universe’s extraordinary stellar tapestry of birth and destruction.
Sounding Rocket Launches CHESS Mission to Study the Matter Between Stars April 17, 2018
The Colorado High-resolution Echelle Stellar Spectrograph, or CHESS 4, was successfully launched on a NASA Black Brant IX sounding rocket at 12:47 p.m. EDT, April 16 (4:47 a.m. local, April 17) from the Kwajalein Atoll in The Republic of the Marshall Islands.
Seasons of Snow Cover in the West April 16, 2018
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station captured this photo while flying over the western United States. The wide field of view stretches from the Sierra Nevada of California to the Columbia Plateau of Oregon and the Snake River Valley of Idaho. Lake Tahoe is nestled on the border of California and Nevada.