Valerie Casasanto, Program Coordinator

GEST Research Group:

Administrative Staff

GSFC Code:

610.6

Mailing Address:

GEST Center
Building 22, Room 168
NASA GSFC, Code 610.6
Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA

Phone:

(301) 286-6605

Fax:

(301) 286-0574

Email:

Valerie.A.Casasanto@nasa.gov

Research Interests:

Microgravity experiments, student space education and outreach, marine mammal conservation and Earth Sciences.

Biography:

Valerie Casasanto has been GEST's Program Coordinator since late 2005, where she has managed the Short-Term Visitor program, NASA's Graduate Student Summer Program in Earth Sciences and undergraduate Summer Institute in Earth Sciences program, GEST's self-directed interns, the GEST fellowship program, and the Goddard Visiting Fellows Program (since 2008). Her former work includes management of the International Space University's Summer Programs, and facilitating educational experiments on the Space Shuttle. She is currently a member of NASA Goddard's Education Implementation team, the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) Education and Outreach Committee, and NASA Goddard's Native American Advisory Committee.