Wesley T. Huntress
Director/Board Member at Geophysical Laboratory
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Wesley T.
Huntress was appointed to the Board of Directors of SpaceDev, Inc. in June 1999 as an Independent Director and is a Member of the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
Since 1998, he has been Director of the Geophysical Laboratory at the Carnegie Institution of Washington in Washington D.C., where he leads an Interdisciplinary Group of Scientists in the fields of high-pressure science, astrobiology, petrology and biogeochemistry.
From October 1993 to September 1998, Dr. Huntress served as the Associate Administrator for Space Science at NASA. In 1969, he became a Permanent Research Scientist at Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where he served as Co-Investigator for the Ion Mass Spectrometer Experiment in the Giotto Halley's Comet Mission and as an Interdisciplinary Scientist for the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite and Cassini Missions.
Dr. Huntress spent a year as a Visiting Professor in the Department of Planetary Science and Geophysics at Caltech.
He received a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry from Brown University and a Doctorate degree in Chemical Physics from Stanford University.
Wesley T. Huntress active positions
Companies | Position | Start |
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Geophysical Laboratory | Director/Board Member | 31/12/1997 |
Former positions of Wesley T. Huntress
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SpaceDev, Inc.
SpaceDev, Inc. Aerospace & DefenseElectronic Technology SpaceDev, Inc. develops spacecraft microsats, nanosats and maneuvering and orbital transfer vehicles. The company was founded by James Benson in 1997 and is headquartered in Sparks, NV. | Director/Board Member | 07/11/2007 |
National Aeronautics & Space Administration | Corporate Officer/Principal | 31/08/1998 |
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Jet Propulsion Laboratory operates a national research facility. It is a federally funded research and development center. The firm specializes in robotic space and Earth science missions. The company was founded by Frank Malina, Ed Forman, and Jack Parsons on October 31, 1936 and is headquartered in Pasadena, CA. | Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer | - |
Training of Wesley T. Huntress
Brown University | Undergraduate Degree |
Stanford University | Doctorate Degree |
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SpaceDev, Inc.
SpaceDev, Inc. Aerospace & DefenseElectronic Technology SpaceDev, Inc. develops spacecraft microsats, nanosats and maneuvering and orbital transfer vehicles. The company was founded by James Benson in 1997 and is headquartered in Sparks, NV. | Electronic Technology |
National Aeronautics & Space Administration | Government |
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Jet Propulsion Laboratory operates a national research facility. It is a federally funded research and development center. The firm specializes in robotic space and Earth science missions. The company was founded by Frank Malina, Ed Forman, and Jack Parsons on October 31, 1936 and is headquartered in Pasadena, CA. | Commercial Services |
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