Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space (NETS-2023) Plenary SPeaker

Suzanne Dodd

JPL Director

Interplanetary Network Directorate

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA)

Suzanne Dodd is the JPL Director for the Interplanetary Network Directorate. She has over 30 years of experience in spacecraft operations, including project manager roles on the Voyager Interstellar Mission, the Spitzer Space Telescope, and the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array. Most recently she lead the Operational Missions Office of the Astronomy, Physics & Space Technology Directorate. Suzanne worked at Caltech for 11 years as the Spitzer Space Telescope Science Center Manager and the Manager of the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center, NASA's multi-mission center of expertise for long-wavelength astrophysics. Suzanne as also worked in the area of mission planning and uplink on the Cassini Mission to Saturn, the Mars Observer Project, and the Voyager Uranus and Neptune Missions.

Suzanne has a BS degree in Engineering and Applied Science from Caltech, a BA degree in Math/Physics from Whitman College, and a MS degree from the University of Southern California in Aerospace Engineering. She is the recipient of a NASA Exceptional Service Medal, NASA Public Service Medal, NASA Silver Achievement Medal and NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal.