John Cumbers has been working as a synthetic biologist at NASA Ames since 2008 where he was instrumental in starting NASA’s Synthetic Biology Program and where he co-chaired the first workshop on the applications of synthetic biology to NASA’s mission. John has a Ph.D in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry from Brown University and […]

A history of my horn playing and experience in air and space by Arthur Schwartz In the 4th grade, I borrowed a single horn from my public school in New Rochelle, NY.  In 1945, I used my Bar Mitsvah gift money to buy a King double horn which I still have.  Soon, I began private […]

Frank is an aeronautical engineer specializing in basic experimental and computational aerodynamics of helicopter rotors. A graduate of Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Stanford university, he has worked for the U.S. Army Aeroflightdynamics Directorate for the past 42 years – at the NASA Ames Research Center in California. Frank is happily married and has two grown […]

Zhenzhen Cumbers grew up in Mountain View, CA and has been acting since she was a young child.  She regularly plays and sings and loves to be around new people.  She has long dreamed of going into space, ever since she saw the Curiosity Rover landing on Mars when she was just a baby.  Zhenzhen […]

Terence Pagaduan is responsible for Intergovernmental relations at NASA Ames Research Center

I have been lucky enough to meet with Jack Boyd! Here is a bit more on the incredible story of Jack Boyd and NASA Ames. Jack is part of the International Space Orchestra. Jan 15, 2012  marked the 65th anniversary of the day that Jack Boyd, senior advisor to the Ames center director, first reported […]

Marianne Ryan serves as Director of Leadership & Engagement at Singularity University. She’s also an alum of Singularity University’s first Graduate Studies Program in 2009. Marianne is an ethicist and attorney whose work explores the humanistic impact of disruptive innovation upon our personal values, as well as our relationships with one another. Her research examines […]

Scott Poll is the Deputy Lead of the Diagnostics and Prognostics Group in the Intelligent Systems Division at NASA Ames Research Center. He is also leading an effort to incorporate technologies originally developed for NASA’s aerospace missions into Sustainability Base, a LEED Platinum office building recently constructed at the Ames’ campus. Scott’s music experience includes […]

My name is Leighton Anunciacion, contractor with Deltha-Critique at NASA Ames Research Center.  I work in the Technology Partnerships Division as an Agreements Specialist Coordinator and also support various projects within the division.  Music has been a part of my life from a as long as I can remember.  My parents would play different genres […]

Dr. Janice Bishop is a chemist and planetary scientist who explores the planet Mars using spectroscopy. Her investigations of CRISM data of Mars are revealing clays and sulfates in the ancient rocks that provide information about the geochemical environment at that time. Dr. Bishop studies the spectral fingerprints of minerals and rocks in the lab […]