Staff Bios

Dr. Lisa Carnell

Dr. Lisa Carnell is the Division Director of the Biological and Physical Sciences Division in the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters. She is responsible for providing strategic direction for the division and overseeing the planning and execution of its two-pronged mission of pioneering scientific discovery and enabling human spaceflight exploration.

Diana Ly

Diana C. Ly is the Deputy Division Director for NASA’s Biological and Physical Sciences (BPS) Division of the Science Mission Directorate. She has served NASA in numerous high-impact roles, including managing the cost, technical schedule, and risk of Space Biology experiments.

Francis Chiaramonte

Dr. Francis Chiaramonte is the Program Scientist for Physical Sciences in the Biological and Physical Sciences Division. Research areas include: Biophysics, Combustion, Complex Fluids, Fluid Physics, Materials and the Physical Sciences Informatics System.

Kevin Sato

Dr. Kevin Sato is the Biological and Physical Sciences Program Scientist for Exploration.