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People of Goddard

Get to know your friendly neighborhood space flight center and the people that make up the largest community of scientists, engineers, and technologists on planet.

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Conversations With Goddard is a collection of Q-and-A profiles that highlight the breadth and depth of the talented and diverse workforce of all campuses of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. The Conversations have been published twice a month on average since May 2011.

meet the Goddard Leadership

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Goddard Center Director

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Goddard Deputy Center Director 

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Deputy Director for Technology and Research Investments

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Associate Center Director

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Wallops Flight Facility Director

Latest People of Goddard

Jennifer Krottinger: Designing Ways to Serve
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At NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York City, Jennifer Krottinger pairs her artistic vision with a passion…

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Renee King: Ensuring Space for Everyone
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Renee King calls herself Goddard Space Flight Center’s conscience: She helps make sure that at NASA Goddard, there truly is…

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PACE Mission’s Sujung Go: Helping Humanity and the Environment
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Research scientist Sujung Go analyzes atmospheric data to help humanity and the environment. Name: Sujung Go Title: Research scientist Organization:…

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Sislyn ‘Pauline’ Barrett: Procuring the Perfect Engineering Services
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Procurement manager Sislyn “Pauline” Barrett takes great joy in helping people go beyond what they think they can. Name: Sislyn…

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Michael Thorpe Studies Sediment from Source to Sink
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Sedimentary and planetary geologist Michael Thorpe finds the stories rocks have to tell, those on Earth and those from Mars.

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Joshua Schlieder: Feet on the Ground, Head in the Stars
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Goddard astrophysicist Dr. Joshua Schlieder supports NASA's Roman Space Telescope and Swift Observatory with creativity, community, and curiosity.

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NASA Engineers Push Limits of Physics to Focus Light
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Photon sieves focus extreme ultraviolet light and can enable Sun science.

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NASA Audio Specialist Named in Forbes 30 Under 30 List of Innovators
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Katie Konans, NASA’s audio and podcasting lead at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, is one of…

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Bethany Theiling: Researching Oceans on Earth and Beyond
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Bethany Theiling is a planetary research scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

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