NASA Chief Scientist

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Chief Scientist is the most senior science position at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The chief scientist serves as the principal advisor to the NASA Administrator in science issues and as interface to the national and international science community, ensuring that NASA research programs are scientifically and technologically well founded and are appropriate for their intended applications.[1]

History

The Chief Scientist position was created to advise the NASA Administrator on budget, strategic objectives, and current content of NASA's science programs. The Chief Scientist works closely with appropriate representatives of the NASA Strategic Enterprises and the Field Centers, as well as advisory committees and the external community. The Chief Scientist represents the agency's scientific objectives and accomplishments to other federal agencies, industry, academia, other government organizations, the international community, and the general public.[1]

The chief scientist chairs the NASA Science Council, a forum for discussion of the agency policies, practices, and issues from the viewpoint of the science disciplines.[2]

The NASA chief scientist position was discontinued in September 2005 and many of the functions moved to be within the Science Mission Directorate (SMD).

The position was restored in 2011[3] and was eliminated for a second time in 2025.[4]

List of chief scientists

The following is a list of NASA chief scientists. All officeholders have earned multiple masters and doctoral degrees in a hard science or engineering.[5]

No. Image Name Term start Term end Notes
1 File:Frank B. McDonald.jpg Frank B. McDonald 1982 1987 [6]
2 File:Imagenoel-w-hinners-bw.jpg Noel Hinners 1987 1989 [7][8][9][10]
3 File:France A. Córdova official photo.jpg France A. Córdova 1993 1996 [11]
4 File:US Navy 090428-N-2852B-001 Dr. Kathie Olsen, senior adviser in the National Science Foundation Office of Information and Resource Management, speaks to employees of the Office of Naval Research.jpg Kathie L. Olsen May 24, 1999 April 2002 [12][13]
5 File:ShannonLucid.jpeg Shannon Lucid February 2002 September 2003 [14][15]
6 File:John Grunsfeld.jpg John M. Grunsfeld September 2003 October 20, 2004 [16][17]
7 File:51st Annual Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium (cropped).jpg James B. Garvin October 21, 2004 September 2005 [17][18]
Position was eliminated in September 2005[19] but was restored in January 2011
8 File:Waleed Abdalati.JPG Waleed Abdalati January 3, 2011 December 2012 [3][20]
acting File:Gale Allen.jpg Gale Allen December 2012 August 24, 2013 [21]
9 File:Ellen Stofan (10409828915).jpg Ellen Stofan August 25, 2013 December 2016 [22][23]
acting File:Gale Allen.jpg Gale Allen December 2016 April 30, 2018 [24]
10 File:James L Green.jpg Jim Green May 1, 2018 December 31, 2021 [25][26]
11 File:Katherine Calvin (NHQ202201100001 002).jpg Katherine Calvin January 10, 2022 March 11, 2025 [26][4]
Position was eliminated in March 2025.[4]

References

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