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The designation "Senior Research Scientist" (SRS) has been established at JPL to provide special recognition, benefits, responsibilities and privileges for outstanding individual researchers in science and technology.

Eligibility is established by demonstrated research achievement comparable to that required for appointment as a professor at a leading university. This appointment is limited to people whose research is of the highest quality and significance, who have had a major impact on their field and who are widely recognized in the scientific community for their accomplishments. In addition to research ability, as established by peer review, the appointment also takes into account the individual’s institutional contribution to JPL.

Nomination for promotion to Senior Research Scientist is required for all appointments.

The technical Division Managers submit formal nominations to the JPL Chief Scientist. Additionally, current JPL Senior Research Scientists may make recommendations directly to the appropriate Technical Division Managers.


NAME/Ph.D APPT. DATE RESEARCH SPECIALTY
Ajello, Joseph M. – 1969 07/96 Ultraviolet Emission Spectroscopy
Armstrong, John W. – 1975 06/00 Gravitational Wave and Radio Astronomy
     
Bar-Cohen, Yoseph – 1979 06/01 Nondestructive Evaluation and Characterization
Bayard, David S. – 1984 07/98 Theory & Application of Adaptive Control Systems
Beer, Reinhard – 1960 08/85 Infrared Spectroscopy/Atmospheres
Beichman, Charles – 1979 06/06 IR Astronomy and Astrophysics
Bell, L. Douglas – 1987 02/09 Condensed Matter Physics
Bellan, Josette – 1974 07/98 Multiphase Flows Dynamics & Combustion
Bock, James – 1994 06/06 Experimental Astrophysics and Cosmology
Brown, Linda – 1976 02/09 Atmospheric Infrared Laboratory Spectroscopy
Buratti, Bonnie – 1983 06/06 Planetary Astronomy
     
Carlson, Robert – 1970 11/07 Planetary Science
Chahine, Moustafa – 1960 04/79 Atmospheric Science
Chien, Steve – 1990 11/07 Autonomous Space Systems
Chutjian, Ara – 1966 05/90 Atom and Ion Scattering
Coleman, Max L. – 1970 03/04 Life Detection Program
Crisp, David – 1984 08/99 Atmospheric Physics & Radiation
Cutler, Curt -1989 04/06 Gravitational Wave Science
     
Dickey, Jean – 1976 06/07 Planetary Geodesy, Climate
Dimotakis, Paul 10/06 Aeronautics and applied physics
Diner, David – 1977 11/07 Imaging Spectroradiometry and Polarimetry
Divsalar, Dariush – 1978 08/99 Digital Communication, Information and Coding Theory
     
Elachi, Charles – 1971 09/81 Radar Remote Sensing Science
     
Fu, Lee-Lueng – 1980 05/94 Physical Oceanography
     
Goebel, Daniel - 1981 11/06 Plasma Devices, Communications
Goldsmith, Paul F. – 1979 06/06 Millimeter/Submillimeter Astronomy
Golombek, Matthew – 1981 06/06 Planetary Geology
Gorski, Kris – 1987 01/03 CMB Research
Green, Robert O. - 2003 06/06 Environmental Imaging Spectroscopy
Grunthaner, Frank J. – 1973 01/86 Semiconductor Surface Interface Science
Gulkis, Samuel – 1965 12/80 Planetary Radio Astronomy
Gunapala, Sarath – 1985 06/00 Semiconductor Device Research
     
Hadaegh, Fred Y. – 1984 07/97 System Identification/Field of Control
Halpern, David – 1969 08/88 Ocean Sciences
Havelund, Klaus – 1994 02/09 Software Reliability, Runtime Verification
Holzman, Gerard J. - 1979 02/05 Computer Science, Software Reliability
     
Imbriale, William A. – 1969 07/96 Reflector Antennas
     
Jain, Abhinandan – 1986 02/09 Multibody System Dynamics
Johnson, Torrence V. – 1970 09/81 Planetary Surfaces/Remote Sensing
     
Kanik, Isik – 1988 06/06 Laboratory Spectroscopy
Kliore, Arvydas J. – 1962 07/87 Spacecraft Radio Science
Kwok, Ronald - 1980 06/00 Remote Sensing of the Ice-Covered Oceans
     
Lange, Andrew 10/06 Observational Cosmology
Langer, William D. – 1968 07/97 Astronomy
LeDuc, Henry – 1983 06/06 Superconducting Devices
Liu, W. Timothy – 1978 09/93 Physical Oceanography/Air-Sea Interactions
Lopes, Rosaly – 1986 02/09 Planetary Geology and Volcanology
     
Manney, Gloria – 1988 06/01 Atmospheric Dynamics and Chemistry
Matson, Dennis L. – 1972 07/86 Planetary science
Matthies, Larry – 1989 06/01 Computer vision in the field of robotics
McCleese, Daniel J. 10/06 Atmospheric Physics
McDermid, I. Stuart – 1976 07/97 Atmospheric laser spectroscopy
McGrath, William R. – 1985 08/99 Applied condensed matter physics
Meier, David – 1977 06/06 Theoretical Astrophysics
Menzies, Robert T. – 1970 08/88 Laser remote sensing
Milman, Mark H. – 1980 06/07 Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization
Mouroulis, Pantazis – 1981 06/06 Optics, Optical Engineering
     
Nelson, Robert M. – 1977 08/88 Remote sensing reflectance spectrophotometry
Ngheim, Son – 1991 02/09 Remote Sensing
Njoku, Eni – 1976 06/06 Remote Sensing, Hydrologic Processes
     
Orton, Glenn S. – 1975 06/95 Atmospheres of the Outer Planets
     
Papanastassiou, Dimitri - 1970 11/98 Evolution of Meteorites & Planets
Pappalardo, Robert - 1994 11/07 Planetary Geophysics
Pogorzelski, Ronald J. – 1970 06/01 Electromagnetics/Antennas
Prince, Thomas A. 10/06 Astrophysics
     
Rappaport, Nicole J. – 1980 07/98 Planetary Ring Dynamics
Readhead, Anthony 10/06 Astronomy
Rignot, Eric - 1991 06/06 Radar Interferometry, Glaciology
     
Sander, Stanley P. – 1980 07/96 Chemical Kinetics/Atmospheric Science
Sekanina, Zdenek – 1963 06/84 Comet Science
Serabyn, Eugene – 1984 06/01 Infrared/Millimeter Astrophysics
Siegel, Peter – 1983 06/06 Terahertz Sensor Technology
Smith, Edward J. – 1959 03/80 Space plasmas & fields
Sotin, Christophe - 1983 11/07 Planetary Geophysics
Stoica, Adrian - 1996 11/07 Adaptive and Evolvable Hardware
     
Toon, Geoffrey – 1984 06/06 Atmospheric Remote Sensing
Traub, Wesley - 1968 11/07 Atmospheric Spectroscopy and Exoplanet Detection
Trauger, John T. - 1972 07/97 Visible/ultraviolet astronomy
Tsurutani, Bruce T. – 1972 07/86 Plasma physics
     
Velli, Marco - 1985 11/07 Space Plasma Physics
Venkateswaran, Kasturi - 1982 02/09 Molecular Microbial Diversity
     
Waliser, Duane - 1992 11/07 Climate dynamics and modeling
Webster, Christopher R. - 1977 05/90 Laser Spectroscopy/Atmospheric Chemistry
Weissman, Paul R. – 1978 06/95 Cometary Physics and Dynamics
Werner, Michael W. – 1968 06/91 Infrared Astrophysics
West, Robert – 1977 06/06 Radiative Transfer & Retrieval
Williams, Colin P. – 1989 06/01 Quantum Computing, Information Theory
Williams, James – 1969 02/09 Solar System Dynamics
     
Yeomans, Donald Keith – 1970 05/94 Solar System Dynamics
Yorke, Harold W. - 1974 12/97 Protostars & Protoplanetary Disks
     
Zak, Michail – 1964 09/93 Nonlinear Dynamics
Zmuidzinas, Jonas 10/06 Submillimeter Astronomy
Zurek, Richard W. - 1974 09/93 Atmospheric Dynamics

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