Gregory J. Byrne, Deputy Director, Astromaterials, Research & Exploration Science
Space and Planetary Sciences
NASA / KA
gregory.j.byrne@nasa.gov
Wk: 281-483-0500
Ph.D. Space Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, 1985
B.S. Physics, Syracuse University, 1979
Research Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Houston, 1989-1991
Research Associate, Space Science, Rice University & University of Houston, 1985-1989
Greg currently serves as the Deputy Director for the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) Directorate at the NASA Johnson Space Center. He helps manage and direct the ARES organization's core areas of expertise and capabilities.
Greg earned a B.S. in Physics from Syracuse University and a Ph.D. in Space Physics and Astronomy from Rice University. His doctoral work at Rice centered on atmospheric processes, and since that time his interests have shifted progressively higher in altitude. He joined the Space Physics group at the University of Houston as a Research Associate and then as a Research Assistant Professor investigating the stratosphere, ionosphere, and magnetosphere, with a focus on polar processes. He conducted field campaigns in both the Arctic and Antarctic, including at the South Pole.
In 1991, Greg began his NASA career in support of manned spaceflight, certifying as a Space Shuttle flight instructor. In addition to training Shuttle astronaut crews, he participated in training development for the International Space Station. He continued to support Space Shuttle missions through the end of the Shuttle Program in 2011. Greg joined the Space and Life Sciences Directorate at JSC in 1996 as a senior scientist, working in the Earth and Image Sciences. In 1998, his managerial duties began when selected as the Assistant Chief of the Space Science Branch. Most recently, he was selected as Deputy Director of ARES in 2008. He has over 50 publications covering a wide range of atmospheric and space science topics.
E. A. Bering, III, J. R. Benbrook, R. H. Holzworth, G. J. Byrne, and S. P. Gupta, Latitude gradients in the natural variance in stratospheric conductivity - implications for studies of long term changes, Adv. Space Res., 35, 1385-1397, 2005.
E. A. Bering, III, J. R. Benbrook, R. H. Holzworth, G. J. Byrne, and S. P. Gupta, Long term changes in the electrical conductivity of the stratosphere, Adv. Space Res., 32, 1725-1735, 2003.
Byrne, G. J., J. R. Benbrook, E. A. Bering, A. A. Few, G. A. Morris, W. J. Trabucco, and E. W. Paschal, Ground-based instrumentation for measurements of atmospheric conduction current and electric field at the south pole, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 2611-2618, 1993.
Byrne, G. J., E. A. Bering, and J. R. Benbrook, Balloon observations of stratospheric electricity above the south pole: Vertical electric fields, conductivity, and conduction current, J. Atmos. Terr. Phys., 53, 859-868, 1991.
Byrne, G. J., J. R. Benbrook, E. A. Bering, and D. M. Or\'o, Solar radiation (190-230 nm) in the stratosphere: Implications for photoelectric emissions from instrumentation at balloon altitudes, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 5,557-5,566, 1990.
Hofmann, D. J., T L Deshler, P. Aimedieu, W.A. Matthews, P.V. Johnston, Y.Kondo, W.R. Sheldon, G.J. Byrne, and J.R. Benbrook, Stratospheric clouds and ozone depletion in the Arctic during January 1989, Nature, 340, 117-121,1989.