Joseph Westlake

Dr. Joseph Westlake is the Director of NASA's Science Mission Directorate's Heliophysics Division at NASA Headquarters where he leads a world-class team in understanding Earth’s most important and life-sustaining star. Dr. Westlake oversees NASA’s work to study key space phenomena and improve situational awareness of the very space our astronauts, satellites, and robotic missions travel through as they explore the solar system and beyond. His portfolio also included NASA’s robust space weather research to help the U.S. Government better predict space weather, which can interfere with radio communications, affect GPS accuracy, and even–when extreme–affect electrical grids on the ground.