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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.

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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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NASA Researcher Honored by Goddard Tech Office for Earth Science Work

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Goddard researcher Dr. Antonia Gambacorta the 2023 IRAD Innovator of the Year for her work developing hyperspectral microwave technology to…

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NASA Engineer Earns Goddard Innovation Award for Sun-studying Photon Sieves

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Goddard Engineer Kevin Denis receives innovation award for photon sieves.

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Joshua Abel: Delivering Roman’s Optical Telescope Assembly On Time, On Target

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Joshua Abel's job as lead systems engineer for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's Optical Telescope Assembly is "to deliver…

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meet the Goddard Leadership

Portrait of Makenzie Lystrup, smiling at the camera. She has medium brown hair, lighter closer to the ends. She is wearing brownish, plastic-rimmed glasses, and a black, red and gold scarf, and black blazer. Behind her is the American flag.

Goddard Center Director

Cynthia Simmons sits at a table with her hands clasped in front of her. She wears a red blazer with a black shirt underneath.

Goddard Deputy Center Director 

Christyl Johnson with long, flowing black hair. She is wearing a black blazer with a white shirt underneath. The background is blue with an American flag over her right shoulder.

Deputy Director for Technology and Research Investments

Ray Rubilotta, white and grey hair poses for a portrait. He is wearing a tweed brown suit jacket over a light blue collared shirt with a multi-colored tie. Behind him is a blue background with an American flag over his right shoulder.

Associate Center Director

Dave Pierce, a white man with white hair, wears a pair of black-rimmed glasses, a dark-colored blazer with a light blue shirt and yellow tie. Behind him is the American flag against a blue background.

Wallops Flight Facility Director