Education:
Brooks Institute of Photography, Santa Barbara, CA
BA Industrial/Scientific Photography, Minor Color Technology, 1987
Work History:
1988-1990, Photo Lab Technician, Capital Color at NASA Ames
1990-1997, Photographer, NASA Ames, Imaging Technology Branch
1997-2017, Photographic Technologist, NASA Ames, Low-Speed Aerodynamics Branch and Experimental Aero-physics Branch
2017-25, Physical Scientist, NASA Ames, Experimental Aero-physics Branch
Professional Societies:
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Associate Fellow, Class of 2023
International Symposium on Flow Visualization, Technical Board, Plenary Lecturer, 2023
Publications:
First authorships in the Journal of Visualization and AIAA Journal
100+ Co-authorships for conferences and journal articles
Images in the press – New York Times, Financial times, CNN home page, National Geographic, NASA.com Image of the Day,
Cover of Aviation Week
- millions of views through hundreds of news sites worldwide.
Patents:
Retroreflective focusing schlieren method, 1994
Photogrammetric recession measurement for arc-jet samples, 2008
Airborne Background Oriented Schlieren imaging method, 2019
Awards:
NASA Exceptional Engineering Medal, 2012
AIAA Ground Test Award, 2018
NASA Honor Award for the Engineer category, 2019
Best science images of 2019, the Journal Nature