Weiler Assumes
Official Role As Nasa Science Chief
(7 May 2008) Administrator Michael
Griffin announced Wednesday that Ed Weiler will remain as NASA's associate
administrator for the agency's Science Mission
Directorate.
Weiler was named interim chief of the directorate
March 26.
"I'm very pleased to have Ed officially accept a more
long-term position as science chief. His leadership style and 26 years of
Headquarters experience will be vital to the success of upcoming science
activities and missions," said Griffin.
As chief executive of NASA's
Science Mission Directorate, Weiler will direct a wide variety of research and
scientific exploration programs for Earth studies, space weather, the solar
system, and the universe. In addition, he will manage a broad spectrum of
grant-based research programs and spacecraft projects.
Weiler was
appointed director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., in
August 2004. Previously, he had served as the associate administrator for the
agency's Space Science Enterprise from 1998 to 2004.
Prior to his
selection as associate administrator, Weiler served as the director of the
Astronomical Search for Origins Program at NASA Headquarters in Washington. He
was a member of the Princeton University Space Astrophysics Research Staff from
1976 until 1978. Weiler joined Headquarters in 1978 as a staff scientist and
was promoted to the chief of the Ultraviolet/Visible and Gravitational
Astrophysics Division in 1979. He also served as the chief scientist for the
Hubble Space Telescope from 1979 until 1998.
A native of Chicago, Weiler
earned his doctorate in Astrophysics from Northwestern University in
1976.
(source: NASA)
