Eric Mamajek

About Eric Mamajek

I am Deputy Program Chief Scientist of the Exoplanet Exploration Program (ExEP), a NASA program managed by the Astrophysics Division of NASA\'s Science Mission Directorate (SMD). The ExEP Program Office is at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, where I am also an astronomer within the JPL Astrophysics and Space Sciences Section. My research focuses on the the formation, evolution, and characterization of exoplanets and their host stars. Recently, at JPL I\'ve also been 1) Project Scientist on the SHERA Small Explorer mission concept at JPL, 2) member of the Habitable Worlds Observatory Science Team and co-chair of the HWO Target Stars & Systems Working Group, and 3) chair of the JPL Palomar Advisory Committee (JPAC), which administers observing time for JPL and IPAC scientists on the Palomar 200-inch (5-meter) Hale telescope.

Experience

1. Discipline Program Manager, Exoplanets - Astronomy & Physics Directorate

   NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

   Apr 2020 — Present · Pasadena, CA, US

Education

• Penn State University

  BS, Physics, Astronomy & Astrophysics

  1993 — 1998

• UNSW

  MSc, Physics

  1998 — 1999

• University of Arizona

  PhD, Astronomy

  1999 — 2004

Skills

• Mathematical Modeling
• Fortran
• Science Education
• Publication Writing
• Science
• R
• Idl
• Physics
• Optics
• Image Processing
• Spectroscopy
• Theory
• Teaching
• Astronomy
• Statistics
• Astrophysics
• Mathematica
• Academic Advising
• Data Analysis
• Scientific Computing
• Public Education
• Research
• Public Speaking
• Numerical Analysis
• Telescope
• University Teaching
• Latex