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Jonathan Stock

Chief Scientist for Innovation

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Dr. Jonathan Stock is the Chief Scientist for Innovation at NASA Ames Intelligent Systems Division. During his career, his roles have evolved from a highly specialized research scientist, using new techniques to solve challenging natural hazards problems at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), to developing the case for targeted research to solve national needs as Director of the USGS National Innovation Center, to aligning diverse voices around an existential challenge and working with national leadership to solve challenges, at NASA. He founded the USGS National Innovation Center, played a key role in developing the opportunity to collocate USGS with NASA Ames, and has developed numerous partnerships between industry and government to solve national challenges using scarce federal dollars to best serve the public.  In short, he invites technically diverse talent together to solve national challenges.  Stock holds degrees from University of California, Santa Cruz, University of Washington, and University of California, Berkeley. 

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jonathan.d.stock@nasa.gov