Join Us for Breakfast
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Open Chat Begins at 7:30am
Program Starts at 8:00am
Link to Event:
https://www.bigmarker.com/national-space-club-huntsvil/NSC-January-2021-Breakfast
Special Guest
Dr. Mark Clampin, Director Sciences and Exploration Directorate NASA GSFC
Brief Bio
Dr Clampin is currently the Director of the Sciences and Exploration Directorate. He previously served at Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) as the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Observatory Project Scientist., and subsequently as Director of the Astrophysics Science Division. Prior to joining GSFC, Dr Clampin was the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) Group Lead at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), where he worked on three Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Servicing Missions. Dr Clampin is a Co-Investigator with the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), and the Advanced camera for Surveys (ACS) science team and served as the Detector Scientist. His research interests focus on studying the formation and evolution of planetary systems. Dr Clampin has also designed ground-based telescope instruments including adaptive optics systems, coronagraphs and detectors.
Research Interests
Formations and Evolution of planetary systems
Direct imaging of Exoplanets
Astronomical instrumention
- Flight detector systems
- Coronagraphs
Stellar Populations
Current Projects
James Webb Space Telescope
Co-I Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
Co-Investigator and Detector Scientist for Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) science team.
Education
1986, Ph.D. Physics, University of Saint Andrews1982, B.S. Physics, University of London