Astronaut for Hire

C.V.

Experience

• 2010-Present:   Co-founder, President/CEO - Astronauts for Hire, Inc.
• Aug-Sep 2010:   Mapping Watchstander - NOAA Okeanos Explorer, Guam to Hawaii transit leg
• Jan-Feb 2010:   Commander - MDRS Expedition 89, Utah, USA
• Summer 2009:   Chief Geophysicist - FMARS Expedition XII, Devon Island, Canada
• 2005-Present:   Geophysicist - NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, Ewa Beach, Hawaii
• 2000-2005:   Research or Teaching Associate - Washington University, Earth & Planetary Sciences
  field expeditions: Northern Mariana Islands (03), Tonga (02), Antarctica (02), Fiji (01, 02), US/Canada (01)
• summer 1999:   Expedition Member - Juneau Icefield Research Program
• summer 1998:   NSF-REU Intern (remote sensing) - University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska Satellite Facility
• summer 1997:   NSF-REU Intern (physics) - Rice University and NASA JSC

Education

• 2007-2010:   MS - University of North Dakota, Space Studies
• summer 2005:   SSP - International Space University, Space Studies Program Certificate (policy & law)
• summer 2003:   NASA Planetary Sciences Summer School: The Mission Lifecycle Process (JPL)
• summer 2002:   NASA Summer School for High Performance Computing in Earth & Space Sciences (GSFC)
• 2002-2005:   PhD ABD - Washington University, Earth & Planetary Sciences (planetary geophysics)
• 2000-2002:   MA - Washington University, Earth & Planetary Sciences (geophysics)
• 1996-2000:   BA - Northwestern University, Integrated Science Program, Geological Sciences, Physics

Awards

• NASA Spaceward Bound scholarship for MDRS (2010)
• NASA Human Spaceflight scholarship for International Space University (2005)
• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention (2002)
• Carl Tolman Prize for outstanding graduate teaching assistant (2001)
• NASA Space Grant fellowship and NSF scholarship for the Juneau Icefield Research Program (1999)
• International Science & Engineering Fair: 3rd Place Physics (1996)
• Westinghouse Science Talent Search Semifinalist (1996)
• National Merit Scholar Finalist (1996)
• Yale Science & Engineering Association Award (1995)
• US Army and Navy science scholarship (1995)
• Eagle Scout with 5 Palms (1993)