CSTAR Leadership
CSTAR’s leadership is committed to organizing, integrating, and facilitating Georgia Tech’s space science and technology research activities.
Directors
Jud Ready
Director
GTRI Electro-Optical Systems
Nanotechnology Lab
Jennifer Glass
Associate Director
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Glass Lab
Morris Cohen
Associate Director
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Low Frequency Radio Lab
Our Members
CSTAR is composed of interdisciplinary experts with a range of experience and connections.
Krish Ahuja
Aerospace Engineering
Azadeh Ansari
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conner Awald
GTRI Electro-Optical Systems
Ebenezer Arunkumar
GTRI Electro-Optical Systems Laboratory
David Ballantyne
Physics
Megan Birch
GTRI Electro-Optical Systems
Tamara Bogdanović
Physics
Mariel Borowitz
International Affairs
Blair Brettman
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Rob Butera
Biomedical Engineering
Greg Badura
GTRI Electro-Optical Systems
Christopher Carr
Aerospace Engineering
John Christian
Aerospace Engineering
Winnie Chu
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Christopher Coen
GTRI Advanced Concepts
Morris Cohen
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Bara Cola
Mechanical Engineering
Dan Cook
GTRI Sensors SEAL
Christopher Cordell
GTRI Electro-Optical Systems
Mark Costello
Aerospace Engineering
John Cressler
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Laura Cadonati
Physics
John Dec
Aerospace Engineering
Gregory Durgin
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Rafael de la Llave
Mathematics
Phillip First
Physics
Katherine Fu
Mechanical Engineering
Rob Funk
GTRI-Aero Trans Adv Sys
Karen Feigh
Aerospace Engineering
Lauren Garten
Materials Science and Engineering
Caroline Genzale
Mechanical Engineering
Scott Gilliland
Interactive Media Tech Center
Jonathan Giuliano
Business
Jennifer Glass
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Matthew Gombolay
Interactive Computing
Martha Grover
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Kelsey Gulledge
Aerospace Engineering
Brian Gunter
Aerospace Engineering
Hamid Garmestani
Materials Science and Engineering
Doug Hope
GTRI Electro-Optical Systems
Koki Ho
Aerospace Engineering
Zhigang Jiang
Physics
Brant Jones
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Ryan James
GTRI-Aero Trans Adv Sys
Joshua Kovitz
GTRI Advanced Concepts
Julia Kubanek
Biological Sciences
Thomas Kurfess
Mechanical Engineering
Farah Kashlan
College of Engineering
Gongjie Li
Physics
Glenn Lightsey
Aerospace Engineering
Julie Linsey
Mechanical Engineering
Mark Losego
Materials Science and Engineering
Nelson Lourenco
GTRI Advanced Concepts
Daniel Lundberg
GTRI Sensors SEAL
Seung Woo Lee
Mechanical Engineering
Sandy Magnus
Aerospace Engineering
Matt McDowell
Mechanical Engineering
Jason Maderer
College of Engineering
Andrew Newman
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Alexander Oettl
Business
Thom Orlando
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Nepomuk Otte
Physics
Feryal Özel
Physics
Jonathan Odom
GTRI Advanced Concepts
Keith Prussing
GTRI Electro-Optical Systems
Sterling Peet
Aerospace Engineering
Elena Plis
GTRI Senior Research Engineer
Chris Reinhard
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
John Reynolds
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Frances Rivera-Hernandez
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Alvaro Romero-Calvo
Aerospace Engineering
Frank Rosenzweig
Biological Sciences
Lawrence Rubin
International Affairs
Stephen Ruffin
Aerospace Engineering/GTPE
Devesh Ranjan
Mechanical Engineering
Jud Ready
GTRI Electro-Optical Systems
Meisha Shofner
Materials Science and Engineering
Greg Showman
GTRI Sensors SEAL
Shi (Joyce) Sim
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
James Sowell
Physics
Leda Sox
GTRI Electro-Optical Systems
Paul Steffes
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Natalie Stingelin
Materials Science and Engineering
Amanda Stockton
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Surabhi Sachdev
Physics
Micah Schaible
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Jeff Tillie
GTRI Electro-Optical Systems
Sedina Tsikata
Aerospace Engineering
Panagiotis Tsiotras
Aerospace Engineering
Evangelos Theodorou
Aerospace Engineering
Peter Thompson
Business
Chris Valenta
GTRI Electro-Optical Systems
Mick West
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mark Whorton
GTRI-CTO
Aimee Williams
GTRI-Aero Trans Adv Sys
John Wise
Physics
James Wray
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Mitchell Walker
Aerospace Engineering
Krista Walton
College of Engineering
Ida Yoshinaga
Literature, Media, Communication
Lisa Yaszek
Literature, Media, Communication
Jeannette Yen
Biological Sciences
Fumin Zhang
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Past CSTAR Leadership
Former Directors
Glenn Lightsey
2019-2023
Aerospace Engineering
Space Systems Design Lab
Thom Orlando
2016-2019
Chemistry & Biochemistry
EPICS Lab
Bobby Braun
2013-2016
Planetary Science
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