Executive Director, NASA Exoplanet Science Institute

NASA’s Exoplanet Exploration Program (ExEP) is seeking candidates to serve as the next Executive Director of the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute (NExScI) at Caltech. NExScI is the science center for ExEP and serves as a central hub for the exoplanet research community, providing critical infrastructure, data services, and scientific support for the astronomical community.

Major NExScI initiatives include: curating the NASA Exoplanet Archive, ExoFOP service, NEID Archive, and Keck Observatory Archive; creating and running data tools and pipelines; running the annual Sagan Summer Workshops and co-leading the NASA Hubble Fellowship Program; and managing NASA’s time on the two Keck Observatory 10m telescopes.

The Executive Director of NExScI will be a Jet Propulsion Laboratory employee, work from an office at Caltech, and may hold a joint appointment to Caltech PMA. The role requires extensive engagement with ExEP, JPL, IPAC, NASA Headquarters, Caltech, and the broader astronomical community.

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