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Scott Hubbard
Carl Sagan Chair for the Study of Life in the Universe
G. Scott Hubbard has been recognized as an innovator and leader in science, technology and management for more than 30 years - including 20 years with NASA. He currently is a Professor in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University and also holds the Carl Sagan Chair at the SETI Institute. From 2002 to 2006 Hubbard was the director of NASA's Ames Research Center with an operating budget of $700 million and responsibility for 2,600 people. In 2003 he served full time as the sole NASA representative on the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB), where he directed impact testing that demonstrated the definitive physical cause of the loss of the Columbia. In 2000 Hubbard served as NASA's first Mars program director and successfully restructured the entire Mars program in the wake of mission failures. He is the founder of NASA's Astrobiology Institute, establishing it in 1998. He conceived the Mars Pathfinder mission with its airbag landing and was the manager for NASA's highly successful Lunar Prospector Mission. Earlier in his career, Hubbard led a small start-up high technology company in the San Francisco Bay Area and was a staff scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Hubbard has received many honors including NASA's highest award, the Distinguished Service Medal. He was elected to the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and also was awarded the Von Karman medal by the AIAA. He has authored more than 50 scientific papers on research and technology. Hubbard received his undergraduate degree in physics and astronomy at Vanderbilt University and his graduate education in solid state and semiconductor physics at the University of California at Berkeley. He continues his 40-year interest in music by regularly playing guitar in a jazz group.
Scott has also accepted a Visiting Scholar appointment at Stanford University, effective February 1, 2006.
From Nobel Prize Winner and SETI Institute Trustee Baruch Blumberg, to his fellow members of the SETI Institute Board:
“Dear Colleagues, I am very pleased that Scott Hubbard will be joining the SETI Institute. I first met Scott when I was appointed the Director of the NASA Astrobiology Institute. He was responsible for setting up the structure of NAI before I was appointed the "Founding" Director. (Scott actually "founded" it.) His knowledge of space science and his long experience with NASA administration was of great help to me and will be of great value to the SETI Institute. Soon after my appointment as Director NAI, I started looking for a non-government organization with which we could partner for the furtherance of the astrobiology mission; I contacted colleagues at the SETI Institute with that in mind. The SETI Institute is now in a position to champion astrobiology science and assure its progresses.
Sincerely, Baruch Blumberg”
From Dr. Blumberg to Scott:
“Dear Scott, Welcome to the SETI Institute, and congratulations. As you may know, I have been a member of the Board of SETI Institute for about three years and am pleased that we will continue to work together. You will be holding a prestigious Chair to which you will add further prestige. I believe that the SETI Institute is in a position to become an even greater leader in astrobiology and greatly add to the efforts of NAI and to other NASA activities. I look forward to seeing you in your new post.
With kind regards,
Barry”
From Ann Druyan, long-time collaborator and widow of Carl Sagan, and CEO, Cosmos Studios:
“I well remember Carl's admiration for Scott Hubbard. In the years since Carl's death, I've had a chance to get to know Scott through his visionary leadership of Ames. I am delighted to learn of his acceptance of the Carl Sagan Chair for the Study of Life in the Universe at the SETI Institute. I simply can not think of a better choice to organize the approach and to advance our understanding of this endlessly fascinating question.”