NASA has named physicist and former astronaut John Grunsfeld as the new associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate. Grunsfeld currently serves as the deputy director of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore. His background includes research in high energy astrophysics, cosmic ray physics, and in the emerging field of exoplanet studies with specific interest in future astronomical instrumentation.
For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/dec/HQ_11-396_Grunsfeld.html.
