Tue, Feb 28
|Athenaeum
Caltech Y Presents: An Evening with Dr. Laurie Leshin
Please join us for an intimate discussion with Dr. Leshin as she talks about her journey to becoming JPL’s 10th director and her vision for JPL moving forward.
Time & Location
Feb 28, 2023, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Athenaeum, 551 S Hill Ave, Pasadena, CA 91106, USA
About The Event
Dr. Laurie Leshin, director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory since May 2022, is a distinguished geochemist and space scientist with extensive leadership experience in academia and government, including senior NASA positions.
As the Director of JPL, Dr. Leshin also serves as Vice President of Caltech and as Bren Professor of Geochemistry and Planetary Science at Caltech. She will continue as co-investigator for two instruments on NASA's Mars Curiosity rover.
Before joining Caltech and JPL, Dr. Laurie Leshin was the president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute from 2014 to 2022 and previously served as Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute School of Science dean. At NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center from 2005 to 2008, she served as director of science, then deputy director for science and technology, leading strategy, planning, and implementation of more than 50 Earth and space flight projects. In 2010, she became deputy
associate administrator of the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate…
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