Leadership

Division of Physical Sciences

Miguel García-Garibay, Ph.D.
Dean, Physical Sciences

Faculty Director

Jacob Bortnik, Ph.D.

Professor and Department Chair

Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Executive Director

Ranga Ram Chary, Ph.D.

Astrophysicist

Department of Earth, Planetary & Space Sciences

UCLA Faculty Involved with the SPACE Institute

Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Rong Fu, Ph.D.

Professor

Atmospheric Chemistry

Roger Varney, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Space Physics

Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences

Vassilis Angelopoulos, Ph.D.
Professor
Geophysics,
Space Physics

Hao Cao, Ph.D.
Professor
Geophysics,
Space Physics

David Paige, Ph.D.
Professor
Geophysics,
Planetary Sciences

Hilke Schlichting, Ph.D.
Professor
Planetary Science

Amy Mainzer, Ph.D.
Professor

Planetary Science

Marco Velli, Ph.D.
Professor
Geophysics,
Space Physics

Christopher Russell, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor
Geophysics,
Space Physics,
Planetary Science

Physics and Astronomy

Paulo Alves, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Plasma Physics

Walter Gekelman, Ph.D.
Professor
Plasma Physics

Pradip Gatkine, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Astrophotonics

Henry Samueli School of Engineering

Ann Karagozian, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor
Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering

Prineha Narang, Ph.D.

Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Artur Davoyan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering

Material Science and Engineering

Aaswath Raman, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Material Science & Engineering

Space Medicine

Haig Aintablian, M.D.

Director

UCLA Space Medicine

Anderson School of Management

Brian Newton
Lecturer, Strategic Advisor