Current NPP Fellows

Center NPP Fellow NPP Advisor Research Proposal Title
Goddard Ahrens, Caitlin Joannah Noah Petro Spatial and temporal thermal properties of water ice at Lunar PSRs and modeling accumulation
Goddard Alemu, Woubet Gashaw Christopher S. Rudasill-Neigh Cropland Mapping, Yield Estimation, and Forecasting for Food Security Using Satellite Microwave and High Resolution Optical Datasets in the Amhara Region, Ethiopia
Astrobiology Alvarez Carreño, Claudia Loren Dean Williams On the origins and evolution of the first folded protein domains
JPL Anderson, Marin Mallory Joseph Lazio Diagnosing habitability: Radio signatures from stars and extrasolar planets
Langley Aryana, Kiumars Hyunjung Kim Phase-change-metasurface-based tunable optical components for next-generation spaceborne applications
JPL Auddy, Sayantan Neal Turner Star and Planet Formation
JPL Ballew, Conner K Goutam Chattopadhyay Inverse-designed 3D metastructures for terahertz remote sensing
Astrobiology Barlow, Erica V Chris House Exploring universal signs of life in the geological record on Earth
Astrobiology Benites, Luiz Felipe de Almeida Debashish Bhattacharya Emergence of genomic novelty in early eukaryotes driven by horizontal gene transfer with viruses: tempo, mode and units of transfer
Goddard Bolin, Bryce Theodore Keith Noll Prospecting for the Solar System's Original Planetesimals
Ames Borlaff, Alejandro Serrano Pamela M. Marcum The ultra-low surface brightness Universe with HST/JWST
Goddard Briesemeister, Zack Wyatt Neil Zimmerman Studies in Support of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Mission
Goddard Brill, Aryeh Louis Jeremy S. Perkins Understanding the Origins and Implications of Variability in Gamma-ray-emitting Blazars with Machine Learning
Astrobiology Buessecker, Steffen Anne Dekas Linking methanogen activity and biomarkers across diverse ocean habitats
NASA HQ Burcar, Bradley Mary Voytek NPMP Proposal for Opportunity 18344 - Position with Mary Voytek
Goddard Burtt, David Stern, Jennifer An Analog for Martian Return Samples: Carbon and Oxygen Isotopes of Synthetic Mg[1]Fe Carbonates
JPL Cale, Bryson Lee Charles Beichman A Universal Package For Precise Radial Velocities
Glenn Caltagirone, Peter Enoch Cheryl L Bowman Advancement of SMA research and development through implementation of improved visualization tools, visual guides, and machine learning techniques
Goddard Canas, Caleb I Knicole Colon Astrophysics: Discovery and Characterization of Transiting Exoplanets
Goddard Cann, Jenna Marie Kimberly Ann Weaver The Hunt for Intermediate Mass Black Holes
Ames Caprace, Denis-Gabriel Patricia Ventura Diaz High-Fidelity Computations of Advanced Air Mobility Vehicle Concepts
Goddard Carcaboso Morales, Fernando Adam Szabo Heliophysics: Studying Energetic Particles in the Heliosphere
Langley Carroll, Brian James Amin Nehrir Investigating the Interplay between Water Vapor, Shallow Clouds, and Large Scale Circulations: Application of HALO Lidar Retrievals in Addressing a World Climate Research Program Grand Challenge
Goddard Case, Parker Alexander Peter Colarco Towards a more complete representation of stratospheric aerosols in the GEOS Earth System Model
JPL Ciraci, Enrico Eric Rignot GLACIER DYNAMICS IN WEST ANTARCTICA FROM MULTIPLE SATELLITE TECHNIQUES
Langley Collister, Brian Leigh Chris Hostetler Remote Sensing of Marine Ecosystem Stocks and Characteristics Using Multi-Wavelength High Spectral Resolution Lidar
Goddard Colmenares, Nicholas Raymond Stephen Merkowitz Lunar Laser Ranging Improvements for Enhanced Tests of General Relativity and Studies of the Moon’s Interior Structure
JPL Connor, Thomas Daniel Stern Exploring the Growth and Origins of the First Supermassive Black Holes
Marshall Conrad, Jack William Caleb Fassett Crater Morphology on Mercury: Exploring Crustal Structure
Goddard Cothard, Nicholas Flood Jason Glenn Multispectral Ultrasensitive KIDs for the Galaxy Evolution Probe
JPL Czaplinski, Ellen Claire Robert Hodyss Laboratory Studies of Chemistry on Titan's Surface
Goddard Dahal, Sumit Alan J. Kogut Finding Primordial Gravitational Waves with PIPER
JPL Dahl, Emma Katherine Glenn S. Orton Color and Structure of Jupiter's Disturbed Equatorial Zone: Implications for Dynamical Mechanisms
Goddard Delaria, Erin Glenn Wolfe Elucidating the atmosphere-biosphere exchange of Nox
Goddard Delfavero, Vera Eris John Baker Astrophysics: Gravitational Radiation as a Window on the Universe
Langley Demetillo, Mary Angelique Laura Judd Tropospheric Chemistry
Ames Dias, Bruno Jeremie Meurisse UNIFIEd flow and material Response Solver (UNIFIERS)
Ames Dubois, David Ella M. Sciamma-O'Brien Investigating Negative Ion Chemistry in Space: Application to Titan’s Upper Atmosphere Environment
Goddard Duncan, Jessie McBrayer Albert Shih Heliophysics Science: High-Energy Aspects of Solar Flares
Goddard Eagle, Jordan Lynn Elizabeth Hays Astrophysics: Gamma-Ray Astronomy
Astrobiology Ely, Tucker Drew Brandy Marie Toner Solving for all possible seawater compositions on ocean worlds to reveal candidate mission measurements.
Goddard Esman, Teresa Alexa Halford EXPLORING THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE SOLAR WIND AND THE MARTIAN IONOSPHERE
Ames Esposito, Vincent John Timothy Lee Theoretical Astrochemisty
JPL Estrela, Raissa Freitas Mark Swain Probing the atmospheres of super-Earths with combined ground-space observations
JPL Fackrell, Laura Elizabeth Kasthuri Venkateswaran Microbial Diversity of Spacecraft and Associated Surfaces
Goddard Fair, Zachary Hartgrove Carrie Vuyovich Toward the use of ICESat-2 elevation measurements for snow depth retrievals in support of the SnowEx mission
Glenn Fallon, Adam John D. Lekki Development of a robust quantum memory architecture
JPL Faramarzi, Farzad Peter Day Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detector Arrays
Goddard Farnsworth, Kendra Kathleen Melissa Trainer An Experimental Investigation of the Prebiotic Chemistry in Titan Impact Craters
Goddard Farrish, Alison O'Connor Katherine Garcia-Sage Investigating Solar and Stellar Drivers of Planetary Atmospheric Escape
Goddard Feldman, Andrew F Benjamin Poulter Quantifying the terrestrial biosphere’s response to changing rainfall frequency and intensity using NASA’s MODIS, SMAP, and OCO-2 Vegetation Indices
Ames Felton, Ryan Christopher Sonny Harman The Future is Hazy: Aerosol Photochemical-Climate Simulations for Temperate Exoplanets
JPL Fitch, Erin Piper Rosaly M.C. Lopes Modeling the Effects of Molten Fuel–Coolant Interaction on Planetary Volcanism: Implications for Eruptions on Mars, Io, and Titan
Langley Gallo, Francesca Richard Moore Synthesis of in situ and combined lidar-polarimeter airborne observations of aerosols and clouds from recent NASA and DOE North Atlantic field campaigns
Goddard Garofali, Kristen Elise Andy Ptak Putting a Timestamp on X-ray Binary Evolution: Spatially Resolved Star Formation Histories as Probes of Binary Evolution
Langley Gissinger, Jacob Kristopher Wise Dynamic Modeling of Carbon-Carbon Composite Production]{Dynamic Modeling of Carbon-Carbon Composite Production for Hypersonic Flight
Ames Gkouvelis, Leonardos Amanda Brecht CONSTRAINING THE MARTIAN CHEMISTRY IN THE MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE
GISS Glaser, Donald Michael Way Arid Planets Are Likely Habitable and may be Fruitful Targets for Biosignature Investigation
KSC Gott, Ryan Patrick Elspeth Petersen Plasma Technology Development for Trash-To-Gas Conversion, Plant Sterilization, and Plant Treatments
Ames Gouasmi, Ayoub Scott Murman Development of a robust computational framework for the simulation of turbulent hypersonic flows
Goddard Gwirtz, Kyle Weijia Kuang Innovative computational tools for the next generation of geomagnetic data assimilation systems
JPL Harris, Camilla Tom Andre Nordheim Developing Modelling Framework For Europa's Space Environment
JPL Hatchfield, H Perry Paul Goldsmith Unraveling the Relationship between Dynamics, Turbulence, and Star Formation in the Milky Way’s Galactic Center
JPL Hibbard, Shannon Maria Matt Golombek Characterization of Icy Terrain at Future Human Mission Landing Sites on Mars
Glenn Hill, Elyse Joseph Connolly Electrified Aircraft Propulsion Control with Model Predictive Control
Goddard Himes, Michael David Natalya Kramarova Earth Science: Application of Machine Learning Methods for Analysis and Interpretation of Hyper-Spectral Spaceborne Measurements
Ames Hinshaw, Robert Egle Cekanaviciute Automated Biotechnology Systems for Space Exploration
Ames Howells, Alta Emily Tori Hoehler Assessment of Chemical and Energetic Boundaries of a Serpentinized Fluid Methanogen
Goddard Huang, Stacey Amy Jeanne Marie Sauber-Rosenberg MISSiV: A Novel Approach to Remote Sensing of Surface Deformation in Highly Vegetated Terrain
Glenn Huddleston, William Vadim Lvovich Advanced Solid State Lithium-Sulfur Battery Electrochemistry and Materials Development
Goddard Hull, Samuel Vendrell Stephen James Smith Optimization of Transition-Edge Sensors Towards Future X-ray Microcalorimetry Instruments
Goddard Hutchison, Taylor Alexandra Jane Rigby Astrophysics: James Webb Space Telescope Science and Instrumentation
JPL Johnson, Samson Alexander Geoff Bryden Toward a Holistic Synthesis of Exoplanet Demographics
Glenn Kaleel, Ibrahim Evan Pineda A unified progressive damage and failure analysis toolbox for composites
Ames Kasapis, Spiridon Irina Kitiashvili Heliophysics Science: Advanced analysis of observational data to predict solar activity
Ames Kegerreis, Jacob Alexander Richard Elphic Formation and Composition of Phobos and Deimos
Goddard Khadim, Fahrad Khan Sujay Kumar Enhancing information extraction from terrestrial remote sensing observations
Langley Kim, Doyeon Patrick Taylor Evaluating Arctic warming mechanisms from observation, reanalysis, and model simulations: role of local and remote atmospheric processes
JPL Kim, Ji-Won Baijun Tian Climate studies through analyzing satellite observations and climate model simulations
Ames Klier, Pavel Richard Quinn Development of Membrane Potential Measurements for Life Detection
Goddard Knuth, Trevor Albert Y. Shih FAST TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS WITH SOLAR X-RAY INSTRUMENTS
JPL Kuhn, Emily Rita Michael Seiffert
Goddard Kumari, Anshu Natchimuthuk Gopalswamy New Techniques for Magnetic Field Measurements in the Inner Heliosphere
Goddard Lambrides, Erini Andrew Ptak Causation vs Correlation: Disentangling the Role of AGN Triggering and AGN Feedback on Global Galaxy Properties
Goddard Lawson, Kellen Dunn Michael McElwan Astrophysics: Direct Exoplanet and Disk Imaging with the JWST
Ames Le Gouellec, Valentin Thomas Greene Characterizing the physical processes governing the evolution of young protostars via near[1]infrared spectroscopy
Goddard Le Roch, Alexandre Jean-Marie Lauenstein Optoelectronic and Radiation Engineer - Ph.D. Candidate (Dec. 2019)
Goddard Leite, Rodrigo Christopher Neigh Earth Science: Vegetation and Soil Sciences
Ames Lester, Katie Victoria Steve B. Howell Fundamental Astrophysical Properties of Binary Exoplanet Host Stars
Goddard Lewis, Tiffany Rose Tonia Venters Theory of Particle Acceleration and Polarization in Blazar Jets
JPL Lopez, Amanda Mulcan Christine Lee Impacts of Wildfires on Columbia River Discharge and Coastal Water Quality
Goddard Louie, Dana Renee Knicole D. Colon A New Catalog of TESS Multi-planetary Systems Suitable for JWST Atmospheric Characterization
Ames Luchsinger, Kristen Jennifer Heldmann Developing a physical model of lunar polar ice layering using a novel integrated collection of datasets with varying detection sensitivities
JPL Luis, Kelly Michelle Gierach Solar Radiation for Coral Reefs: The Generation and Evaluation of Shallow Water Photosynthetically Available Radiation (PAR) Products
Goddard Macorps, Elodie Batuhan Osmanoglu RAID: RESOLUTION AND ACCURACY IMPROVED DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS (DEMS) FOR IMPROVED HAZARD ASSESSMENTS OF FLOODS AND MASS FLOWS
Glenn Malakooti, Sadeq Stephanie L. Vivod Novel Carbon Nanotube Sheet Wrapped Carbon Fiber-Polymer Aerogel Composites with High Impact Energy Absorption Capabilities
Ames Maragkoudakis, Alexandros Christiaan Boersma PAH Emission Bands As Astrophysical Probes In The JWST Era
Goddard Mathews, Nathaniel Hodge Barbara J Thompson A Physics-Informed Neural Net Emulator for Magnetohydrostatic Systems
Astrobiology Mathis, Cole Nicholas Chris Kempes Agnostic Life Detection from Measurements to Theory
Goddard Matus, Alexander Victor John E. Yorks Improving detection of wildfire smoke transport using spaceborne lidar and machine learning
Ames Mayer, Marisa Hayley Mary Parenteau ACID-TOLERANT ANOXYGENIC PHOTOTROPHS AND THEIR UNIQUE LIPID BIOMARKERS: IMPLICATIONS FOR RE-INTERPRETING ENVIRONMENTAL SETTINGS ON THE EARLY EARTH
JPL McCarthy, Kevin Spencer Daniel Stern Simulating the Euclid Galaxy Redshift Survey to Model and Mitigate Observational Systematics for Probing Dark Energy
Goddard McKibben, S. Morgaine Stephanie Uz Optical discrimination of phytoplankton taxa in estuarine waters: application of a hyperspectral, bio-optical algorithm to aid Chesapeake Bay resource managers
GISS Menzel, Molly Clara Orbe Tropical Stratospheric-Tropospheric Interaction in a Changing Climate
KSC Meyers, Alexander Ye Zhang Responses of Crops to the Space Environment
JPL Mirocha, Jordan Tzu-Ching Chang Opportunity: Cosmic Dawn and Large-scale Structure with Intensity Mapping Proposal Title: Testing Feedback Models with Intensity Mapping at High Redshifts
Goddard Mitchell, John Georgia de Nolfo A Multi-Pronged Approach to Understanding SEPs
Goddard Mojarro, Angel Jason Dworkin Molecular Characterization of Organic Matter from Asteroid Bennu Amenable by Pyrolysis-Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
Marshall Mondal, Biswajit Amy Winebarger Heliophysics: Solar Physics Research
Goddard Myers, Ava Judith Racusin BurstCube:A CubeSat for Gravitational Wave Counterparts
Goddard Nasipak, Zachary John G. Baker Resonant Effects on the Signals of extreme-mass-ratio compact binaries
Goddard Nayak, Omnarayani Erin Smith Astrophysics:  James Webb Space Telescope Science and Instrumentation
JPL Nelson, Kevin John Chi Ao Scientific Applications of Atmospheric Radio Occultations
NExSS Noviello, Jessica Shawn Domagal-Goldman My Plan to Promote Interdisciplinary, Inclusive Exoplanet Science
Goddard Noyes, Katherine Teresa Ralph A. Kahn Toward a Global Inventory of Wildfire Smoke Particle Properties, Their Evolution and Controlling Factors, Using Space-Based Observations
GISS Obiso, Vincenzo Ron Miller Modeling of mineralogy-based dust-radiation interactions
Ames Okorn, Kristen Elizabeth Laura T. Iraci Examining Wildfire Smoke Evolution Using Ground-Based, Airborne, and Satellite Measurements
JPL Oropeza Gomez, Daniel Douglas Hofmann Leveraging Hyperspectral Imaging Spectroscopy Data to Detect Glacial Meltwater
JPL Pan, Boyang Michelle Gierach Constraining the timescale of energy deposition in corona
Goddard Paquette, John Anthony Joseph Andrew Nuth An Improved Model of Silicate Grain Nucleation and Growth in the Circumstellar Outflows of Oxygen-Rich Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars
Goddard Peterson, Colten Kerry Meyer Earth Sciences: Remote Sensing of Clouds and Aerosols
Goddard Pfeifle, Ryan Kimberly Weaver Probing the Known Population of Dual AGNs
JPL Pou, Sophal Laurent Mark Panning Planetary Seismology
JPL Prasanth, Sai Ziad Haddad Characterizing the structure and evolution of convective stormsusing Geostationary and Microwave Radiometer measurements
JSC Prescott, Rebecca Danielle Aaron Benjamin Regberg The role of quorum sensing in bacterial-fungal interactions on the colonization and degradation of meteorite surfaces
JPL Pucci, Fulvia Neal Turner NPP Transition Opportunity - JPL
Astrobiology Pulletikurti, Sunil Ramanarayanan  Krishnamurthy Exobiology: Prebiotic Evolution
Ames Punnakayathil, Najeeb Andrew Mattioda Existence and evolution of PAHs and their derivatives in the ISM
Ames Puukila, Stephanie April April Elizabeth Ronca The effect of a complex dietary supplement on oxidative stress and neuroconsequences of spaceflight environment
JPL Racz, Gabor Alina Kiessling Compactified Cosmological Simulations of an Infinite Universe
Goddard Rahin, Roi Maurice Leutenegger TBD
Goddard Rahmani, Maryam Eric Switzer CHARACTERIZING ON-CHIP SPECTROMETERS FOR THE EXCLAIM MISSION
Langley Rawat, Prajjwal James Crawford Inferring near-surface air quality from remote sensing observations
Marshall Remington, Jackson Roe Timothy Lang Groundbreaking Lightning and Atmospheric Electricity Research
Ames Roberts Kingman, Garrett A Lynn Justine Rothschild Expanding the known limits of life through adaptive laboratory evolution, functional metagenomics, and synthetic biology
Goddard Robertson, Ellen Faith Marilia Samara Advancing our understanding of auroral particle pitch-angle measurements
Marshall Rosati, Robert James Tyson B. Littenberg Improving Primordial Stochastic Background Detection with LISA
Goddard Saberi, Atousa Andrea Molod EXPLORING SOURCES OF PREDICTABILITY IN THE OCEAN
USING NASA GEOS-S2S VERSION 2
Goddard Safarzadeh, Mohammadtaher Scott C. Noble Nature of fast-merging binary neutron stars with gravitational wave observation by LISA
Goddard Scanlon, Kathleen Elizabeth W. Brent Garry Testing Glaciovolcanic Hypotheses in the Tharsis Region
Langley Schlosser, Joseph Snorre Stamnes Validation and retrieval of aerosol microphysical properties and aerosol forcing from joint polarimeter and lidar observations in clear, broken cloud and cloudy sky conditions
JPL Schools, Joseph William Sue Smrekar Constraining the Structure and Dynamics of the Venusian Lithosphere through Numerical Modeling of Coronae Formation, with Applications for Global Resurfacing
JPL Seaton, Kenneth Bryana Henderson Chemical and physical processes that impact habitability and life-detection investigations
JPL Shreevastava, Anamika Glynn Hulley Investigating the role of urban land use land cover in the heatwave - urban heat island interactions
JSC Simpson, Sarah Lauren Elizabeth B. Rampe Characterization of impact glass alteration products in terrestrial craters and comparison to Martian clay minerals and X-ray amorphous materials
Marshall Singam, Srikanth Panini Kiranmayee Kilaru Post-fabrication figure correction techniques for high-resolution X-ray optics
Astrobiology Sobol, Morgan Betul Kacar RCN - What life wants: Exploring the Natural Selection of Elements
Glenn Sorini, Christopher William Evan Pineda Unified High-Fidelity Multi-Physics Multiscale Modeling Framework
JPL Spratt, Rachel Mary Jorge Vazquez Examining the relationships between precipitation, vapor transport, runoff, and nitrogen budget, primary productivity in the coastal surface ocean
Goddard Steinhebel, Amanda L Regina Caputo Gamma-ray Astronomy for Dark Matter with AMEGO-X
JPL Styczinski, Marshall John Steven Vance Improved magnetic sounding of icy moons through synthesis of electromagnetic theory and geophysical models
JBL Talbot, Michael Leonidas Moustakas Mapping the Lens-Dynamic Mass Discrepancy
Goddard Taylor, Alexander David Mahmooda Sultana A compact ultraviolet spectrometer using a quantum dot filter array and visible light detector
Ames Tibere-Inglesse, Augustin Claude Brett Alexander Cruden Radiation of hypersonic expanding plasma flows
Ames Torres, Hilario Cardenas Scott Murman Accelerators for Decelerators - Fluid Structure Interaction for Parachute Applications on Heterogeneous High Performance Computing Systems
Astrobiology Trowbridge, Alexander Simone Marchi Habitable Worlds
Goddard Tuchow, Noah Wolfe Christopher Stark Astrophysics: Extrasolar Planets and Planet Formation: Theory and Observations
Glenn VanSant, Kaitlyn Timothy J Peshek Perovskites in Space
Goddard Villanueva, Steven Knicole D. Colon Establishing TESS's Legacy of Long-Period Planets
JPL Villenave, Marion Karl R. Stapelfeldt Characterising dust vertical settling in edge-on protoplanetary disks
Astrobiology Vincent, Lena Nguyen Aaron Noell Exobiology - Biosignatures and Life Elsewhere
JPL Wallace, Matthew James L Lambert Isolation and Concentration of Biogenic Particles via Flow Cytometry for Icy Moons
Goddard Wallace, Samantha Nicholeen Viall-Kepko Characterizing the In Situ Observed Solar Wind by its Solar Source Locations
Langley Wang, Ningchao Marty Mlynczak The behavior of Nitric Oxide Concentration in the Upper Atmosphere Derived from SABER Observations
Marshall Watters, Daniel Christopher Patrick Gatlin Novel Validation of IMERG Precipitation
Goddard Weiss, Andreas Teresa  Nieves-Chinchilla Analytical modelling of deformable and distorted magnetic flux ropes
JPL Wharton, Robert Stockton Walid Majid Novel Searches for Radio Pulsars in the Galactic Center
Marshall Whitaker, Justin William Gary J. Jedlovec Investigating the Role of the Mid-Level Vortex in Tropical Cyclogenesis using Current and Upcoming NASA Datasets
Goddard Whitney, Kristen John Bolten Earth Science:  Remote Sensing and Modeling of the Global Water and Energy Cycle
Ames Wijesekara, Piyumi Egle Cekanaviciute Human Airway Responses to Simulated Spaceflight Stressors
Goddard Wilkins, Olivia Harper Stefanie Milam Constraining Interstellar Ice Chemistry Using Isotopologues
Goddard Wilson, Robert Forrest Patricia T. Boyd A Full-Scale Search for Tra.S.H. in TESS -- Mapping the Demographics of Planets with Evolved Hosts
Astrobiology Winnikoff, Jacob Pete Girguis Energetic Costs of Life in Extreme Environments
Goddard Wong, Ian Stefanie Milam Detailed Spectroscopic Characterization of Trojans, Hildas, and KBOs – Uncovering the Traces of Solar System Evolution
Goddard Yeo, Li Hsia Rosemary Killen Solar System Exploration: Support the SSERVI LEADER Lunar Science Institute
Goddard Yocum, Katarina Stefanie Milam Submillimeter Flight Instrument Detection Capabilities and Physical Structure Analysis of Glycine Molecules Sublimated from Cosmic Ices
JPL Yoo, Changyun Boris Karasik THz heterodyne detectors for space
Goddard Younes, George Tod E. Strohmayer Unravelling Magnetar Variability with NICER
Goddard Yung, Long Yan Aaron Jonathan P. Gardner Semi-analytic model for high-redshift multi-messenger surveys and multi-instrument synergy
Goddard Zhang, Haocheng Tonia Venters Numerical Study of Blazar γ‑Ray and Multi‑Wavelength Signatures

Total number of Fellows: 181