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NGAPS+ Early Careers @ NASA Goddard @ngaps.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Emmie Aufderheide (she/they) is a planetary geologist at NASA Goddard, scanning Mars' canyon walls for ancient volcanic ash to help piece together the Red Planet's early atmosphere. 🌋🔴 A University of Vermont grad, she says resilience, learning when to pivot, is her top research skill.

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NGAPS+ Early Careers @ NASA Goddard @ngaps.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Bradley Gay's path to Earth system science wasn't linear, field ecology, climate policy, five years as a studio artist. All before NASA Goddard, where he now builds physics-bound AI to track Arctic permafrost thaw & the carbon it releases into our atmosphere. 🧊🌍

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NGAPS+ Early Careers @ NASA Goddard @ngaps.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Tathagata Pal's love of the cosmos began on a rooftop in India with his grandfather's telescope 🔭 Now an astrophysicist at NASA Goddard, he studies galaxy evolution using JWST & Hubble data, and helps ready Roman for 2026 launch. 🌌

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NGAPS+ Early Careers @ NASA Goddard @ngaps.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Outer space isn't empty...it's full of plasma. Space physicist Ian DesJardin studies the waves that spark the aurora, now being tracked by NASA's TRACERS mission. ⚡🌌 Check out his spotlight in the replies!

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NGAPS+ Early Careers @ NASA Goddard @ngaps.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Meet Denise Buckner, an astrobiologist studying organics in meteorites and asteroid Bennu samples to trace the chemical origins of life 🧪 She also hunts for biosignatures on Mars via Perseverance's SHERLOC instrument 🪐 science.gsfc.nasa.gov/600/ECSS/spo...

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NGAPS+ Early Careers @ NASA Goddard @ngaps.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

A teenage brush with hurricane winds in Orlando set Charanjit Pabla on a path into meteorology. Now a radar meteorologist at NASA Wallops, he runs the NPOL radar, checking ground data against satellite readings for the GPM mission. 🌧️📡 science.gsfc.nasa.gov/600/ECSS/spo...

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NGAPS+ Early Careers @ NASA Goddard @ngaps.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

🌊 James Allen didn't set out to study the ocean—he was headed toward glaciology until a NASA summer program showed him what satellite color imagery of the sea could reveal. That view changed everything. Now he's an optical oceanographer at NASA Goddard building algorithms for the PACE mission 🛰️

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NGAPS+ Early Careers @ NASA Goddard @ngaps.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

🔬 Astrobiologist Erin Gibbons hunts chemical fossils, the invisible molecular traces microbes leave in ancient rock, to probe whether Mars once harbored life. Her fieldwork in the Mojave Desert and Iceland's glaciovolcanic lakes bridges Earth's extremes with the search for life on other worlds.

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NGAPS+ Early Careers @ NASA Goddard @ngaps.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

🌌 Abhishek Desai studies some of the universe's most extreme objects, supermassive black holes in distant galaxies, using gamma rays, neutrinos, and now AI. His work at NASA Goddard is helping build the data tools that will power the next generation of high-energy astrophysics missions. 🔭

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NGAPS+ Early Careers @ NASA Goddard @ngaps.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Surya Rachamadugu develops next-generation microshutter arrays at NASA Goddard silicon-based MEMS devices that make multi-object spectroscopy possible in space 🔬 Her work connects JWST tech to the upcoming Habitable Worlds Observatory, which aims to find out if habitable worlds exist beyond Earth 🌍

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NGAPS+ Early Careers @ NASA Goddard @ngaps.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

What do Bollywood, cricket, and NASA glaciology have in common? Shashank Bhushan! 🌍 This Earth Scientist at NASA Goddard uses satellite photogrammetry & ICESat-2 to measure how glaciers, ice sheets & forests change over time. Read his story: science.gsfc.nasa.gov/600/ECSS/spo...

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NGAPS+ Early Careers @ NASA Goddard @ngaps.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Meet Michael Coughlin, a space physicist at NASA Goddard! He went from studying journalism to forecasting space weather using machine learning. Now he's helping build AIMFAHR; a unified AI framework that traces solar activity from the Sun to Earth's surface to improve space weather predictions. ☀️🌍

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NGAPS+ Early Careers @ NASA Goddard @ngaps.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

🪐 Organic planetary chemist Joseph Pasterski is preparing instruments for when NASA's Dragonfly lands a rotorcraft on Saturn's moon Titan. He analyzes Earth-made Titan analogs called tholins using laser desorption mass spectrometry. His work may help answer whether Titan edges toward life. 🧪

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NGAPS+ Early Careers @ NASA Goddard @ngaps.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

She came to study rocket propulsion and ended up unraveling one of the universe's most powerful energy processes. 🌌 Now a postdoc at NASA Goddard, she uses particle simulations and machine learning to study magnetic reconnection. 🧲 science.gsfc.nasa.gov/600/ECSS/spo...

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NGAPS+ Early Careers @ NASA Goddard @ngaps.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

🌕 Yesenia Arroyo (@vividreams.bsky.social) is a Planetary Geologist at NASA studying craters on the Moon to detect signs of volcanic outgassing—and building public engagement for the Habitable Worlds Observatory from the ground up. Because discovery is never a straight line. 🪐 go.nasa.gov/40qe9Lw

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NGAPS+ Early Careers @ NASA Goddard @ngaps.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Meet Dr. Kathryn Moore! 🌍 She studies how rare aerosol particles freeze supercooled clouds in polar regions—work that's vital for understanding Earth's energy balance & improving climate models. Her journey took her from chemistry to oceanography to atmospheric science! ☁️

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Kathryn Moore - Early Career Scientist Spotlight

Explore Kathryn Moore's work and contributions as an Early Career Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

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NGAPS+ Early Careers @ NASA Goddard @ngaps.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

🌍 Juan Martín de Blas is a geophysicist at NASA Goddard detecting lava tubes in volcanic regions on Earth to prepare for planetary cave exploration on Mars and the Moon. His magnetic surveys could one day protect astronauts in hostile environments 🚀 science.gsfc.nasa.gov/600/ECSS/spo...

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Juan Martin de Blas - Early Career Scientist Spotlight

Explore Juan Martin de Blas's work and contributions as an Early Career Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

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NGAPS+ Early Careers @ NASA Goddard @ngaps.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Meet Laboratory Astrochemist Patrick Tribbett, whose work explores how ices in space evolve under extreme conditions. His experiments reveal clues about the origins of organic molecules and the chemistry that shapes habitable worlds. ❄️🔬 🔗 science.gsfc.nasa.gov/600/ECSS/spo...

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NGAPS+ Early Careers @ NASA Goddard @ngaps.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Meet Nhut Truong, a computational astrophysicist exploring how supermassive black holes influence galaxies and clusters over cosmic time. By bridging simulations and X-ray data from XRISM & Chandra, he reveals how the Universe evolves. 🔗 science.gsfc.nasa.gov/600/ECSS/spo...

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NGAPS+ Early Careers @ NASA Goddard @ngaps.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Dr. Mahya Hashemi turns satellite data and AI into actionable insights for water and ecosystem conservation. Her work at NASA Goddard helps bridge global restoration goals with on-the-ground decisions. 🌍💧 🔗 science.gsfc.nasa.gov/600/ECSS/spo...

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NGAPS+ Early Careers @ NASA Goddard @ngaps.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

From Sardinia to NASA Goddard, Dr. Francesca Di Mare explores turbulence in space plasmas—revealing how solar storms shape auroras 🌌 and disrupt satellites. Her work advances our ability to predict and withstand space weather impacts. 🚀 🔗 science.gsfc.nasa.gov/600/ECSS/spo...

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NGAPS+ Early Careers @ NASA Goddard @ngaps.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

🌍 Evan Kelly’s journey took him from Houston to Hawai‘i and now NASA Goddard, where he develops cutting-edge Raman spectrometers to explore the Moon and beyond. His goal? Build tools that unlock answers for planetary science. More here: science.gsfc.nasa.gov/600/ECSS/spo...

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NGAPS+ Early Careers @ NASA Goddard @ngaps.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

What protects a planet’s atmosphere—and makes it habitable? 🌌 Dr. Fatima Bagheri investigates the magnetic shields of exoplanets & how stellar winds shape their space environments. Bio: science.gsfc.nasa.gov/600/ECSS/spo...

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NGAPS+ Early Careers @ NASA Goddard @ngaps.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

From Charleston to NASA Goddard, Dr. Kellen Lawson’s journey explores how planets + disks form around distant stars 🌠. Using JWST, he’s uncovering the diversity of planetary systems across our galaxy. Discover his path + research: science.gsfc.nasa.gov/600/ECSS/spo...

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NGAPS+ Early Careers @ NASA Goddard @ngaps.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Dr. Linda Bogerd’s path to science began in human geography before shifting to the physics of clouds & precipitation. Now at @ NASA, she validates snowfall data from satellites to improve global forecasts. ❄️☁️ 🔗 science.gsfc.nasa.gov/600/ECSS/spo...

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NGAPS+ Early Careers @ NASA Goddard @ngaps.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

"🌌 Dr. Vidushi Sharma explores gamma-ray bursts—cosmic events that outshine entire galaxies in seconds. At @NASA, she advances the General Coordinates Network, connecting global observatories to unravel the Universe’s biggest mysteries. 🔗 science.gsfc.nasa.gov/sci/bio/vidu...

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NGAPS+ Early Careers @ NASA Goddard @ngaps.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

"Meet Dr. Stephanie Howard 🌍➡️🚀 A space plasma physicist at NASA Goddard, she studies how solar storms disturb planetary magnetospheres—from Mars to the Moon. Her work helps us understand and prepare for space weather challenges. 🔗 science.gsfc.nasa.gov/sci/bio/1008...

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NGAPS+ Early Careers @ NASA Goddard @ngaps.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

📡 Meet Manh-Hung Le (he/him), Hydrologist at NASA Goddard from Dien Bien, Vietnam. He builds DAPI — using satellite soil moisture to forecast vegetation health & crop yields by combining in-situ, satellite & model data. Q: Always a hydrologist? No... Bio: science.gsfc.nasa.gov/sci/bio/manh...

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NGAPS+ Early Careers @ NASA Goddard @ngaps.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Dr. Reetika Joshi, Solar Physicist at NASA Goddard, dives into solar flares & magnetic reconnection! From her roots in India to Oslo’s Rosseland Centre, she’s forging global collaborations. Cricket enthusiast & TEDx speaker inspiring future scientists! science.gsfc.nasa.gov/sci/bio/reet...

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