Dr. Jennifer Wiseman
Senior Project Scientist for the Hubble Space Telescope
Bio:
grew up in a rural area where being surrounded by nature was normal. I really loved wandering through forests, stomping around in streams, looking for wildlife and looking up at the sky at night. We lived out in the country where the sky was pretty dark, so I was able to see lots of stars, and I was fascinated by them. It also helped that when I was in school and growing up the Voyager space probes were first passing the outer planets of our solar system and sending back images of the moons of those planets, which I found to be absolutely fascinating.
My job description says something like, “make sure Hubble is as scientifically productive as possible.” With that I either panic or look around to the many, many people around me here at Goddard who are world class experts on science, engineering and management and get their input. I work with them to make sure that we as a team are making sure Hubble is as scientifically productive as possible.
That work takes on many facets including overseeing Hubble’s budget and working with an organization called the Space Telescope Science Institute, which helps us orchestrate Hubble’s science observations and coordinates planning with us for the best use of Hubble’s instruments. I think my favorite role though is reviewing the top science results that come from teams all over the world using Hubble and sharing and explaining them to the public through press releases, presentations and media interactions. So I get to be aware of the greatest science Hubble is being used for and then I give many talks about what we’re finding with Hubble. I’m basically a science spokesperson both within the agency and outside the agency.
Senior Project Scientist for the Hubble Space Telescope
Bio:
grew up in a rural area where being surrounded by nature was normal. I really loved wandering through forests, stomping around in streams, looking for wildlife and looking up at the sky at night. We lived out in the country where the sky was pretty dark, so I was able to see lots of stars, and I was fascinated by them. It also helped that when I was in school and growing up the Voyager space probes were first passing the outer planets of our solar system and sending back images of the moons of those planets, which I found to be absolutely fascinating.
My job description says something like, “make sure Hubble is as scientifically productive as possible.” With that I either panic or look around to the many, many people around me here at Goddard who are world class experts on science, engineering and management and get their input. I work with them to make sure that we as a team are making sure Hubble is as scientifically productive as possible.
That work takes on many facets including overseeing Hubble’s budget and working with an organization called the Space Telescope Science Institute, which helps us orchestrate Hubble’s science observations and coordinates planning with us for the best use of Hubble’s instruments. I think my favorite role though is reviewing the top science results that come from teams all over the world using Hubble and sharing and explaining them to the public through press releases, presentations and media interactions. So I get to be aware of the greatest science Hubble is being used for and then I give many talks about what we’re finding with Hubble. I’m basically a science spokesperson both within the agency and outside the agency.