Thomas Zurbuchen Leads NASA Science   
   Portrait photo of Thomas Zurbuchen   
       
   "It's absolutely thrilling to be embarking on this journey. Today, NASA is   
   leading efforts to answer a host of important questions for humanity: Where do   
   we come from? How did life originate? How are Earth's environments changing?   
   There has never been a more pivotal time to solve these mysteries, and I'm   
   looking forward to the charge."   
       
   Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen is the Associate Administrator for the Science Mission   
   Directorate at the Agency's Headquarters in Washington, D.C.   
       
   Previously, Zurbuchen was a professor of space science and aerospace   
   engineering at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He also was the   
   university's founding director of the Center for Entrepreneurship in the   
   College of Engineering. Zurbuchen's experience includes research in solar and   
   heliospheric physics, experimental space research, space systems, and   
   innovation and entrepreneurship.   
       
   During his career, Zurbuchen has authored or coauthored more than 200 articles   
   in refereed journals on solar and heliospheric phenomena. Although he has   
   never worked for NASA, Zurbuchen has connections to the agency. He has been   
   involved with several NASA science missions -- Ulysses, the MESSENGER   
   spacecraft to Mercury, and the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE). He also   
   has been part of two National Academy standing committees, as well as various   
   science and technology definition teams for new NASA missions.   
       
   Zurbuchen earned his Ph.D. in physics and master of science degree in physics   
   from the University of Bern in Switzerland.   
       
   His honors include receiving the National Science and Technology Council   
   Presidential Early Career for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) Award in 2004,   
   a NASA Group Achievement Award for the agency's Ulysses mission in 2006, and   
   the Swiss National Science Foundation's Young Researcher Award in 1996-1997.   
       
       
   Regards,   
       
   Roger   
   P.S. Let's hope he gets this [CENSORED!] link fixed, although that may bnot be   
   his field.   
      
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