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Staff
Richard E. Rowberg is currently Associate Executive Director for the Division of Engineering and Physical Sciences (DEPS), and Interim Director of the DEPS Space Studies Board and Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board of the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences. He retired from the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress at the end of 2001. From 1994 to his retirement, he was a Senior Specialist in Science and Technology with the Resources, Science, and Industry Division of CRS. From 1985 to 1994, he was Chief of the Science Policy Research Division of CRS. From 1975 to 1985 he worked for the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment where he was manager of the Energy and Materials Program from 1979 to 1985. He also served as a research engineer and adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering of the University of Texas at Austin from 1969 to 1974. He received a BA in physics from UCLA in 1961, and a Ph.D. in plasma physics from UCLA in 1968. Alan Angleman has been a senior program officer for the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board since 1993, directing studies on the modernization of the U.S. air transportation system, system engineering and design systems, aviation weather systems, aircraft certification standards and procedures, commercial supersonic aircraft, the safety of space launch systems, and other aspects of aeronautics and space research and technology. Previously, Mr. Angleman worked for consulting firms in the Washington area providing engineering support services to the Department of Defense and NASA Headquarters. His professional career began with the U.S. Navy, where he served for nine years as a nuclear-trained submarine officer. He has a B.S. in engineering physics from the U.S. Naval Academy and an M.S. in applied physics from the Johns Hopkins University. Mr. Angleman is also the pastor of Dickerson United Methodist Church and Forest Grove United Methodist Church in Dickerson, Maryland. Carmela J. Chamberlain has worked for the National Academies since 1974. She started as a senior project assistant in the Institute for Laboratory Animals for Research, which is now a board in the Division on Earth and Life Sciences, where she worked for 2 years, then transferred to the Space Science Board, which is now the Space Studies Board (SSB). She is now an administrative coordinator with the SSB. Catherine Gruber is an editor with the Space Studies Board and the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board. She joined the SSB as a senior program assistant in 1995. Ms. Gruber first came to the NRC in 1988 as a senior secretary for the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board and has also worked as an outreach assistant for the National Academy of Sciences-Smithsonian Institution’s National Science Resources Center. She was a research assistant (chemist) in the National Institute of Mental Health’s Laboratory of Cell Biology for two years. She has a B.A. in natural science from St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Paul Jackson is an associate program officer for the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board of the National Academies. He joined the Academies in 2006 and was previously the DEPS media relations contact for the Office of News and Public Information. He is the study director for a number of ASEB’s current projects, including the Committee to Assess NASA’s NAOMS Project and proposal review projects sponsored by the Ohio Department of Development. Paul earned a B.A. in philosophy from Michigan State University in December 2002 and an M.P.A in policy analysis, economic development, and comparative international affairs from Indiana University in 2006. Celeste A. Naylor is an information management associate for the Aeroanutics and Space Engineering Board and the Space Studies Board. She joined the NRC in June 2002 as a senior project assistant for the Space Studies Board. She has worked with the Committee on Assessment of Options to Extend the Life of the Hubble Space Telescope, the Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics, the Committee on Microgravity Research and the Task Group on Research on the International Space Station. Ms. Naylor is a member of the Society of Government Meeting Professionals and has more than nine years of experience in event management. Tanja Pilzak is the manager of program operations for the the Aeroanutics and Space Engineering Board and the Space Studies Board. She comes to the board from the Division on Earth and Life Studies where she was a research associate for five years in the Board on Earth Sciences and Resources and the Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources. Prior to becoming a research associate, Ms. Pilzak was a proposal specialist and a contract assistant in the Office of Contracts and Grants for three years as. She holds an M.S. in environmental management from the University of Maryland University College and a B.S. in natural resources management from the University of Maryland College Park. Maureen Mellody has been a program officer with the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board since 2002, where she has worked on studies related to NASA’s aeronautics research and development program, servicing options for the Hubble Space Telescope, and other projects in space and aeronautics. Previously, she served as the 2001-2002 AIP Congressional Science Fellow in the office of Congressman Howard L. Berman (D-CA), focusing on intellectual property and technology transfer. Maureen also worked as a post-doctoral research scientist at the University of Michigan in 2001. Maureen received a Ph.D. in applied physics from the University of Michigan in 2000, an M.S. in applied physics from the University of Michigan in 1997, and a B.S. in physics in 1995 from Virginia Tech. Her research specialties include acoustics and audio signal processing. Andrea Rebholz joined the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board as a program associate in January 2009. She began her career at the National Academies in October 2005 as a senior program assistant for the Institute of Medicine's Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation. Prior to the Academies, she worked in the communications department of a DC-based think tank. Ms. Rebholz graduated from George Mason University's New Century College in 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts in Integrative Studies--Event Management and has over 7 years of experience in event planning. Robert Riemer joined the National Research Council in 1985. He is a staff member for the Board on Physics and Astronomy who is shared with SSB and ASEB. He served as senior program officer for the two most recent decadal surveys of astronomy and astrophysics and has worked on studies in many areas of physics and astronomy for the Board on Physics and Astronomy (where he served as associate director from 1988-2000). Prior to joining the NRC, Dr. Riemer was a senior project geophysicist with Chevron Corporation. He received his Ph.D. in experimental high-energy physics from the University of Kansas-Lawrence and his Bachelor of Science in physics and astrophysics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Christina Shipman is the financial officer for the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board and Space Studies Board. She came to work at the SSB on a fulltime basis in January 2005, having worked with both the SSB and the NRC Executive Office immediately prior to that. She was also the financial officer for the Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications for many years. She attended Mercer University and majored in sociology. John Wendt joined the ASEB / NRC as a part-time, off-site senior program officer in 2002. His main activities have involved proposal evaluations for the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the State of Ohio. He retired in 1999 as director of the von Karman Institute (VKI) for Fluid Dynamics. The VKI is a NATO-affiliated international postgraduate and research establishment located in a suburb of Brussels, Belgium. Three departments constitute the core of the VKI's activities: Aeronautics/Aerospace, Industrial and Environmental Fluid Dynamics, and Turbomachinery and Propulsion. The hallmarks of the VKI are the ability to combine numerical and experimental methods, close contacts with industry, training in the methodology of problem resolution, and an international atmosphere in which "training in research through research" can take place. As director, Dr. Wendt’s main responsibility was to ensure the continued excellence of the Institute's teaching and research programs by providing effective leadership and administrative and financial management. Dr. Wendt’s career at the VKI began as a post-doctoral researcher in 1964. He served as head of the Aeronautics/Aerospace Department and dean of the faculty prior to becoming director in 1990. His research interests were rarefied gas dynamics, transonics, high angle of attack aerodynamics and hypersonic reentry including major inputs to the European Hermes space shuttle program in the 1980’s. Dr. Wendt has served as a consultant to the US Air Force, NATO, and the European Space Agency. He is a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Aerospace. Dr. Wendt received a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, and M.S.and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Astronautical Sciences from Northwestern University SANDRA WILSON is a senior financial assistant for the Aeroanutics and Space Engineering Board and the Space Studies Board. She came to the NRC in 2007 and previously, was a temporary assistant in the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, The National Materials Advisory Board and the Space Studies Board. During this time, she worked on the Independent Assessment of the Nation’s Wake Turbulence R&D Program, The Assessment of NASA’s Aeronautics Research Program, Assessing Corrosion Education and the Lunar Research and Technology Workshop. Mrs. Wilson previously served in a managerial capacity in the retail industry for two years. She is currently enrolled at Prince George’s Community College, majoring in Accounting. Site managed by the ASEB WebTeam. |
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