Steven R Chesley

Steve Chesley received his B. S. and M.S. degrees in Aerospace Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1986 and 1993, and his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1998. He is currently a Senior Research Scientist in the Solar System Dynamics Group at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where he led the development of Sentry, JPL’s automated asteroid impact monitoring system. His long-term research focus is on impact hazard assessment and precision orbit determination and ephemeris prediction for small solar system bodies.