Bobak Ferdowsi is the Fault Protection lead for the joint NASA-ISRO mission, an Earth-observing satellite evaluating global environmental change and hazards. His prior positions have included Europa Clipper flight system engineer, Integrated Launch and Cruise Engineer on Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity, and Science Planner on the Cassini mission. In addition he served as a Flight Director during Curiosity operations. Bobak earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics i
Dr. Michelle Thaller is the Assistant Director of Science for Communications at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Michelle has a Bachelor's in astrophysics from Harvard and a Ph.D. from Georgia State University. Michelle has used ground and space-based telescopes to study massive binary star systems and published her research in journals such as the Astrophysical Journal. After a post-doctoral research fellowship at Caltech, Michelle became particularly interested in public outreach and scie