JASON works with cutting-edge researchers who are learning about our world right now. By partnering with institutions like NOAA, NASA, and National Geographic, JASON is able to tell the story of how these researchers became interested in their work, and how they hope to inspire the next generation of explorers.

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	JASON Host Researchers
	Terminal Velocity Lisa Jones Research Fish Biologist, NOAA, Biloxi, MS Kobie Boykins Staff Mechanical Engineer, NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, CA Dan Sawyer Metrologist, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD Matt Brumbelow Senior Research Engineer, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Arlington, VA Operation: Tectonic Fury Dr. Mike Wise Mineralogist, Smithsonian Institution - National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. Dr. Virginia Dale Mathematical Ecologist, Center for BioEnergy Sustainability - Oak Ridge National Labs, Oak Ridge, TN Dr. George Guthrie Mineralogist, Geological and Environmental Systems, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Morgantown, WV Dr. Walter Smith Geophysicist, NOAA Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry, Silver Spring, MD Operation: Resilient Planet Dr. Russell Cuhel Ecologist, Great Lakes WATER Institute, Milwaukee, WI Dr. Robert Ballard JASON Founder & Chief Scientist, Explorer-in-Residence, National Geographic Society, Lyme, CT Dr. Sylvia Earle Oceanographer, Explorer-in-Residence, National Geographic Society, Oakland, CA Dr. Enric Sala Ecologist, National Geographic Emerging Explorer, Madrid, Spain Dr. Leila Hatch Ocean Noise Specialist, NOAA, Scituate, MA   Operation: Infinite Potential Dr. Janet Green Space Weather Meteorologist, NOAA, Boulder, CO Dr. Vasily Titov Senior Tsunami Modeler, NOAA, Seattle, WA Dr. Larry Shadle Research Group Leader, Model Validation Research Group, NETL, Morgantown, WV Dr. Martin Keller Director, BioEnergy Science Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN Constance Adams Space Architect, Emerging Explorer, NASA, National Geographic Society Fellow, Houston, TX   Operation: Monster Storms Anthony Guillory Airborne Science Manager, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, VA Robbie Hood Meteorologist, NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL Tim Samaras National Geographic Emerging Explorer; Senior Electrical Engineer, Applied Research Associates, Denver, CO Jason Dunion Research Meteorologist, University of Miami; NOAA/Atlantic Ocean Meteorological Laboratory, Hurricane Research Division, Miami, FL Shirley Murillo Research Meteorologist, NOAA/Atlantic Ocean Meteorological Laboratory, Hurricane Research Division, Miami, FL