Dr. Michael Hankins is the Curator of US Air Force History. This collection contains over a dozen aircraft tracing the evolution of Air Force technology throughout the post-World War II period, including the F-86A...

Lauren Anne Horelick has been an objects conservator at the Museum since 2012. She has a BFA in Sculpture from the San Francisco Art Institute, a BA in Art Conservation from the University of Delaware, and an MA in archaeological and ethnographic conservation from University of California at Los...

Dr. Ross Irwin received his bachelor of science in geological sciences from Virginia Tech in 1997 and a PhD in environmental sciences from the University of Virginia in 2005. He completed a post-doctoral appointment at the Center for Earth and Planetary Studies in 2010. For two years he worked...

Dr. Jeremy R. Kinney is the Chair of the Aeronautics Department of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum. He curates three collections at the Museum: interwar and World War II American military aviation, air racing, and aircraft propulsion. They number approximately 4,000...

Mr. Lee is a curator in the Aeronautics Department of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum. He curates two collections: sport and recreation aircraft including homebuilts, hang gliders, ultralights, and sailplanes, and the collection of Japanese World War II aircraft....

Dr. Jennifer Levasseur received her BA in history from the University of Michigan in 1999, an MA in American Studies from The George Washington University in 2002, and a PhD in history at George Mason University in 2014. Her forthcoming book, Through Astronaut Eyes: Photography from Early...

Dr. Cathleen Lewis is curator of International Space Programs and Spacesuits at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum, specializing in Soviet and Russian programs. Lewis has completed both bachelor’s and a master’s degrees in Russian and East European Studies at Yale...

Dr. Emily Martin is a research physical scientist in the Museum's Center for Earth and Planetary Studies. Emily’s research interests are in planetary surface processes and tectonic deformation across our solar system, especially the icy bodies of the outer solar system. Developing a better...

Christopher Moore received his BA in European History from the University of California, San Diego, and his MA in American History from George Mason University. He curates the Museum’s collection of aircraft armament—including guns, cannon, missiles, and bombs—representing the...

Dr. Alex Morgan is a geologist who uses spacecraft data, computer modeling, and field work to decipher the environmental conditions present during the evolution of planetary landscapes. He is primarily focused on the geologic history of the martian surface - Mars today is a cold, dry, global...