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Meet the NSSDC Civil Service Staff

NSSDC (GSFC/633), is part of the Space Science Data Operations Office (GSFC/630), and a peer of the Astrophysics Data Facility (GSFC/631) and the Space Physics Data Facility (GSFC/632). More complete biographies than those below are also available.

Biographies


Donald M. Sawyer Computer Scientist, Acting Head of NSDSC. Ph.D. Candidate Certificate in Space Physics, University of Minnesota, 1973. Head of the NASA/Science Office of Standards and Technology (NOST) and active in promoting multi-discipline data standards including the Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System (OAIS). Author of AP-8 Trapped Proton Environment models.

Curtiss C. Barrett Archive Operations Manager. M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from The Catholic University of America, 1967. Primarily responsible for the preservation of and access to archived space science data for and by the NSSDC customer community.
Beth A. Brown Scientist. Ph.D. in Astronomy, University of Michigan, 1998. Research interests in X-ray studies of elliptical galaxies. Responsible for NSSDC astrophysics data acquisition for permanent archiving.
David Han Computer Scientist. B.S. in Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park, 1984. M.S. in Computer Science from George Washington University, 1996.  Responsible for the maintenance and enhancement of Common Data Format software package, including CDF tools.  Also responsible for interacting with other data format groups and promote interoperability.
Barry E. Jacobs Senior Research Computer Scientist. Ph.D. in Mathematics from the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, 1975. Responsible for the development and evolution of Electronic Handbooks (EHBs) -- Internet-based tools that support the paperless documentation and management of complex distributed processes. 
Nathan L. James Computer Scientist. B.S. in Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park, 1986. NSSDC Webmaster, responsible for the coordination of NSSDC's World Wide Web (WWW) activities and the oversight/maintenance of NSSDC WWW resources. Interests in space science education outreach, minority mentoring programs, and multi-cultural diversity in the workplace. 
James R. Thieman Scientist/Data System Manager. Ph.D. in Astrophysics, University of Florida, 1977. Research interests in planetary radio astronomy and magnetospheric physics. Responsible for the evolution of the NSSDC Information Systems. Head of the Science Administration Support Office for the coordination of the processing of NASA Research Announcement space science grants at GSFC. 


Version 1.0, Last Updated: 10 February 2003 [NLJ]
Page Author: Nathan James, NSSDC 
NASA Official: Donald M. Sawyer, Acting Head, NSSDC