The NASA Ames Science Directorate acknowledges the exceptional contributions of (imagined delegated right) Maurice Valdez, Niki Parenteau, Dori Myer, and Judy Alfter. Their dedication to the NASA objective represents the entrepreneurial spirit, technical knowledge, and collective personality required to explore this world and beyond.
Area Science and Astrobiology Star: Maurice Valdez
Maurice Valdez is a system administrator, supporting desktop systems and site advancement for the Space Science and Astrobiology Division. Maurice is acknowledged for his focus and dedication to supporting the department's clinical performance by keeping systems certified and working. His can-do mindset makes him crucial in the success of the group, whether he is discovering brand-new services for hybrid conferences, repairing devices, patching systems, or repairing concerns.
Area Science and Astrobiology Star: Niki Parenteau
Niki Parenteau, a research study researcher for the Exobiology Branch, embodies the real spirit of an interdisciplinary astrobiologist. She has actually used her proficiency to determine prospective biosignatures of life on exoplanets and has actually taken a leading function in the task workplace for the advancement of the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO), where she helps with collective efforts of Ames researchers throughout the department and shepherds the bigger clinical neighborhood to allow observations of biosignatures with HWO.
Area Biosciences Star: Dori Myer
Archivist Dori Myer has actually made an exceptional contribution in the Flight Systems Implementation Branch's multi-year effort to digitize and maintain institutional understanding. Under her assistance, the records management group digitized 10s of countless historic records, maintaining the branch's institutional understanding for several years to come. Her remarkable effort and devotion have actually changed our record management procedures, guaranteeing the availability of NASA's abundant institutional understanding while improving its gain access to in the modern-day age.
Earth Science Star: Judy Alfter
Judy Alfter, a Deputy Project Manager in the Earth Science Project Office (ESPO), has actually mastered her multi-faceted function throughout the field project for the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem Post-launch Airborne eXperiment (PACE-PAX). Judy introduced the implementation stage of PACE-PAX, leading the effort to establish Twin Otter flight operations at Marina Municipal Airport in California. Following this stage, she transitioned to Santa Barbara in California to support the mobilization of PACE-PAX ship operations and concluded implementation activities at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center's primary school as ESPO website supervisor for ER-2 flight operations.
