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.
Lauren Jozwiak
Planetary geologist; Planetary volcanologist
Mary Keller
Geophysicist
Hyosub Kil
Ionospheric Physicist
Rachel Klima
Planetary Geologist
Haje Korth
Europa Clipper Deputy Project Scientist; MESSENGER Deputy Project Scientist; MESSENGER MAG Instrument Scientist
Martha Kusterer
Software Engineer
David Lawrence
Physicist; Planetary Scientist
Jeffrey Leeburn
Remote sensing specialist
Daniel Lein
Electronics Engineer
Kan Liou
Space Physicist
Carey Lisse
Planetary Astronomer; Stellar Astrophysicist; Infrared Spectroscopist
Ralph Lorenz
Planetary Scientist
Adrienn Luspay-Kuti
Planetary Scientist
Jacob Lustig-Yaeger
exoplanet astronomer; astrobiologist