John Rummel
John Rummel is a Principal Partner with Friday Harbor Partners, LLC, in Friday Harbor, Washington, USA – almost in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada – continuing his work . He was formerly a Visiting Scholar at McGill University’s Institute of Air and Space Law in Montréal, and a Professor of Biology and Director of the Institute for Coastal Science and Policy at East Carolina University in North Carolina. He is a former Chair of the Panel on Planetary Protection of the International Council of Science’s Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), and recently represented COSPAR on The Hague International Space Resources Governance Working Group. Rummel has extensive experience in managing space life-science programs, and has worked at NASA Headquarters as Senior Scientist for Astrobiology and as NASA’s Planetary Protection Officer. Rummel is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1990) “for leadership in fostering NASA-sponsored life science research,” the recipient of the Life Sciences Award from the International Academy of Astronautics (2005) “for significant and lasting contributions to the advancement of the astronautical sciences,” and was awarded the NASA Exceptional Performance Award (2008) “for outstanding management of space science programs.”
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