Senior Research Scientist
The Senior Research Scientist program recognizes the fact that benefits derived by both NASA and JPL from outstanding individual researchers are comparable to those derived from mission management personnel and leaders of engineering activities.
2024
| Name | Area of Achievement |
|---|---|
| Shannon Brown | Design, development, and calibration of passive radiometers for Earth and planetary science missions |
| Andrea Donnellan | Earthquakes and Land Surface Processes |
| Olivier Dore | Data-oriented cosmologist |
| Jonathan I Lunine | - |
| Andrey Matsko | Frequency, Timing, and Photonic Instruments |
| Charles Miller | Greenhouse Gas Spectroscopy and Remote |
| James E. Polk | Fundamental and mission-development research in plasma propulsion physics |
| Raghvendra Sahai | Multi-waveband imaging and spectroscopy of dying Sun-like stars |
| Joshua K. Willis | Sea level rise and ocean changes under a warming climate |
2023
| Name | Area of Achievement |
|---|---|
| Tzu-Ching Chang | Cosmology and Intensity Mapping |
| Ken Cooper | Submillimeter Wave Radar Science and Technology |
| Brian Drouin | Atmospheric Spectroscopy |
| Pierre Echternach | Superconducting Detectors |
| Ichiro Fukumori | Ocean Data Assimilation, Sea Level Variability and Ocean Circulation |
| Jonathan H. Jiang | Earth Atmospheric Physics; Exoplanets |
| Junjie Liu | Carbon Cycle Science |
| Nathaniel J. Livesey | Microwave Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Composition |
| Margaret Meixner | Astrophysics and Space Sciences |
| Ryan S. Park | Planetary ephemeris development and gravity field investigation |
| Karen Willacy | Astrochemistry |
2022
| Name | Area of Achievement |
|---|---|
| Amy Braverman | Uncertainty Quantification |
| Julie Castillo-Rogez | Planetary Interiors and Geophysics |
| Soon-Jo Chung | Robotics and Spacecraft Autonomy |
| Michael E. Hoenk | Device Physicist and Detector Expert |
| Douglas Hofmann | Alloy Development and Manufacturing and Metal Matric Composites |
| Laurie Leshin | Planetary Geochemistry & Astrobiology |
| Ioannis (Yiangos) Mikellides | - |
| John Pearson | Physics of Non-Rigid Molecules |
| Carl Percival | Atmospheric Chemistry |
| Mina Rais-Zadeh | Integrated Microsensors and Microsystems |
| Sassan Saatchi | Carbon and Ecosystem Science |
| Marc Simard | Coastal Ecosystems |
| Mark R. Swain | Adaptive and Evolvable Hardware |
| Joao P. Teixeira | Earth Atmosphere, Planetary Boundary Layer and Cloud dynamics |
| David Ray Thompson | Technologist |
2021
| Name | Area of Achievement |
|---|---|
| Bruce Bills | Planetary Interiors and Geodesy |
| Eric Fielding | Earth Surface Deformation and Topography |
| Murthy S. Gudipati | Physics and Chemistry of Ices & Evolution of Organic Matter |
| Cathleen Jones | Application of Radar Remote Sensing of the Earth |
| Tong (Tony) Lee | Observations and Assimilation in Physical Oceanography |
| Dimitri Mawet | Exoplanet Discovery and Science |
| Carol A. Raymond | Planetary Geophysics |
| Linda J. Spilker | Thermal and Dynamical Studies of Planetary Rings |
| Karl Stapelfeldt | Protoplanetary and Debris Disks, Exoplanets, and Star Formation |
| Michele Vallisneri | Gravitational Astrophysics |
2017
| Name | Area of Achievement |
|---|---|
| Tapio Schneider | Climate Science |
2016
| Name | Area of Achievement |
|---|---|
| Jeffrey J. Plaut | Planetary Geology |
| Jason D. Rhodes | Astrophysics and Dark Matter Cosmology |
| Paul A. Rosen | Satellite Radar Interferometry |
| Michelle L. Santee | Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Composition |
| Daniel K. Stern | Extragalatic Astrophysics |
2015
| Name | Area of Achievement |
|---|---|
| Joel W. Burdick | Robotics, Kinematics, Mechanical Systems and Control |
| Goutam Chattopadhyay | THz Technology for Space and Earth Science |
| Scott Hensley | Radar Interferomety |
| Simon J. Hook | Earth Science with the Thermal Infrared Techniques |
| Robert A. Jacobson | Solar System Dynamics |
| Boris Karasik | Condensed Matter Physics: Superconductivity; Detectors & Mixers: Hot Electron Bolometer |
| Anthony J. Mannucci | Ionospheric and Atmospheric Remote Sensing |
| Sergio Pellegrino | Astrophysics |
| David Schimel | Ecosystems and Carbon Cycle Science |
| Nan Yu | Quantum Sensors, Optical Micro-Resonators |
| Yuk Yung | Planetary Atmospheres; Planetary Science |
2013
| Name | Area of Achievement |
|---|---|
| Steve Chesley | Solar System Dynamics |
| Peter Day | Superconducting Detectors |
| Jean-Pierre Fleurial | Solid State Energy Conversion |
| Suzanne E. Smrekar | Planetary Geophysics |
| Simon H. Yueh | Active and Passive Microwave Remote Sensing |
2012
| Name | Area of Achievement |
|---|---|
| Todd Gaier | Millimeter-wave Science Instruments |
| Charles Lawrence | Cosmology, CMB |
| Shouleh Nikzad | Optoelectronic Materials/Devices |
| John D. Prestage | Atomic Clocks, Fundamental Physics |
| Graeme L. Stephens | Radiative Transfer, Cloud Physics & Climate |
| David Z. Ting | Semiconductor Devices/Physics |
2010
| Name | Area of Achievement |
|---|---|
| Richard Gross | Geodesy |
| Imran Mehdi | Terahertz Technology Instruments |
2009
| Name | Area of Achievement |
|---|---|
| L. Douglas Bell | Condensed Matter Physics |
| Klaus Havelund | Software Reliability, Runtime Verification |
| Abhinandan Jain | Multibody System Dynamics |
| Rosaly M. Lopes | Planetary Geology and Volcanology |
| Son Nghiem | - |
| Kasthuri Venkateswaran | Molecular Microbial Diversity |
| James G. Williams | Solar System Dynamics |
2008
| Name | Area of Achievement |
|---|---|
| Richard Woo | - |
2007
| Name | Area of Achievement |
|---|---|
| Steve A. Chien | - |
| David Diner | Imaging Spectroradiometry and Polarimetry |
| Robert T. Pappalardo | Planetary Geophysics |
| Adrian Stoica | Adaptive and Evolvable Hardware |
| Marco C. Velli | Space Plasma Physics |
| Duane E. Waliser | Climate dynamics and modeling |
2006
| Name | Area of Achievement |
|---|---|
| Charles A. Beichman | IR Astronomy and Astrophysics |
| James Bock | Experimental Astrophysics and Cosmology |
| Bonnie Buratti | Planetary Astronomy |
| Curt Cutler | Gravitational Wave Science |
| Paul Dimotakis | Experiments, instrumentation, and simulations in Fluid Dynamics, mixing and combustion; and remote sensing |
| Dan M. Goebel | Plasma Devices, Communications |
| Paul F. Goldsmith | Millimeter/Submillimeter Astronomy |
| Matthew P. Golombek | Planetary Geology |
| Robert O. Green | Environmental Imaging Spectroscopy |
| Henry G. LeDuc | Superconducting Devices |
| Pantazis Mouroulis | - |
| Eric J. Rignot | Radar Interferometry, Glaciology |
| Geoffrey C. Toon | Atmospheric Remote Sensing |
| Jonas Zmuidzinas | Submillimeter Astronomy |
2004
| Name | Area of Achievement |
|---|---|
| Max Coleman | Life Detection Program |
2003
| Name | Area of Achievement |
|---|---|
| Krzysztof M. Gorski | CMB Research |
2001
| Name | Area of Achievement |
|---|---|
| Yoseph Bar-Cohen | Nondestructive Evaluation and Characterization |
| Larry Matthies | Computer vision in the field of robotics |
| Eugene Serabyn | Infrared/Millimeter Astrophysics |
2000
| Name | Area of Achievement |
|---|---|
| Sarath D. Gunapala | Semiconductor Device Research |
1999
| Name | Area of Achievement |
|---|---|
| Dariush Divsalar | Digital Communication, Information and Coding Theory |
1998
| Name | Area of Achievement |
|---|---|
| David S. Bayard | Theory & Application of Adaptive Control Systems |
1997
| Name | Area of Achievement |
|---|---|
| John T. Trauger | Space astronomy |
1995
| Name | Area of Achievement |
|---|---|
| Glenn S. Orton | Atmospheres of the Outer Planets |
1994
| Name | Area of Achievement |
|---|---|
| Lee-Lueng Fu | Physical Oceanography |
1993
| Name | Area of Achievement |
|---|---|
| Richard W. Zurek | Atmospheric Dynamics |
1991
| Name | Area of Achievement |
|---|---|
| Michael W Werner | - |
1990
| Name | Area of Achievement |
|---|---|
| Chris R. Webster | Laser Spectroscopy/Atmospheric Chemistry |