Dr. Jack Kaye, Earth Science Division Associate Director
Jack Kaye currently serves as Associate Director for Research of the Earth Science Division
within NASA's Science Mission Directorate. He has been a member of the Senior Executive Service
since August, 1999, managing NASA's Earth Science Research Program. Earlier positions in his nearly
24 year career at NASA include being a Space Scientist at the Goddard Space Flight Center and
Manager of the Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling and Analysis Program at NASA HQ. His academic training
is in chemistry (B.S. Adelphi University, 1976; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology,
1982).
As Associate Director for Research, Dr. Kaye is responsible for the research and data analysis programs for Earth System Science, covering the broad spectrum of scientific disciplines that constitute it. He represents NASA in many interagency and international activities and has been an active participant in the US Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) in which he currently serves as NASA principal and Vice Chair of the Subcommittee on Global Change Research, as well as NASA's representative to the Senior Users' Advisory Group for the National Polar Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System and to the Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology. He is a member of the Steering Committee for the Global Climate Observing System.
He has received numerous NASA awards, as well as been recognized as a Meritorious Executive in the Senior Executive Service in 2004. He was elected to serve as co-secretary of the Atmospheric Sciences Section of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) for 1998-2000. The AGU has recognized him on two occasions with a Citation for Excellence in Refereeing. He has published more than 50 refereed papers, contributed to numerous reports, books, and encyclopedias, and edited the book Isotope Effects in Gas-Phase Chemistry for the American Chemical Society.