Speaker: SGx Keynote Series at SATELLITE 2019

Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen is the Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. In this role, Dr. Zurbuchen works to ensure that NASA’s science missions are part of a balanced portfolio that enable great science, help us unveil the unknown and facilitate a better understanding of our place in the cosmos. He brings a wealth of scientific research, engineering experience and hands-on knowledge to NASA’s world-class team of scientists and engineers. Zurbuchen sets the NASA Science strategy and enables the teams to carry it out. Previously, he was a professor of space science and aerospace engineering at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Dr. Zurbuchen earned his Ph.D. in physics and master of science degree in physics from the University of Bern in Switzerland.