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Reaching Outer Space Starts with a Team that Goes Farther

Imagine creating spacecraft and instruments that travel millions —sometimes billions — of miles to explore planets, moons, asteroids and even the Sun. It’s what the people of APL Civil Space get to do every day. And our success begins with our team’s passion and incomparable expertise. Meet the scientists, engineers and other professionals who collaborate to expand humanity’s reach and knowledge.

About Our Leadership Team

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Jesper Gjerloev

Space Physics
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Matina Gkioulidou

Space Physicist
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Dawn Graninger

Physicist
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Benjamin Greenhagen

Planetary Scientist
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Yanping Guo

Space Mission Designer
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Matthew Halstead

Nuclear Engineer
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Musad Haque

AI Scientist specializing in spacecraft autonomy; swarming; multiagent systems
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Patricia Harrington-Duff

Software Engineer
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Christopher Haskins

RF/Electrical Engineer
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Kenneth Hibbard

Dragonfly Mission/Project Systems Engineer
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Charles Hibbitts

Planetary Scientist
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George Ho

Space Physicist, Planetary Physicist
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Dana Hurley

Planetary scientist
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Kaushik Iyer

Materials Physicist
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Noam Izenberg

Comparative Planetologist; Planetary Geologist; Planetary Scientist