Session 08

Dr. Laurie Leshin is a space scientist with extensive leadership experience in academia and government. She is currently the University Professor of Space Futures at Arizona State University. Leshin was Director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory from 2022 to 2025, where she oversaw the successful development and launch of major NASA missions including Psyche, Europa Clipper, and SPHEREx. She was President of Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts from 2014 to 2022, and she earlier served in senior leadership roles in NASA’s science and human spaceflight programs. The International Astronomical Union named asteroid 4922 Leshin to honor her contributions to planetary science.

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