Dr. Lucas Paganini
Program Executive for the Roman Space Telescope
Dr. Lucas Paganini is a scientist and Program Executive in NASA’s Astrophysics Division, where he provides executive leadership for major scientific missions and strategic partnerships. He serves as Lead Program Executive for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, NASA’s next flagship astrophysics observatory, designed to investigate dark energy, dark matter, exoplanets, and infrared astrophysics.
His portfolio also includes ULTRASAT, an international ultraviolet mission focused on transient astrophysical phenomena, and the NASA–Keck Partnership, which provides the scientific community access to one of the world’s premier ground-based observatories.
SA highlight of Dr. Paganini’s scientific career was leading long-term observational studies of Jupiter’s moon Europa, a key target in NASA’s search to understand potentially habitable worlds. He has authored more than 30 peer-reviewed scientific publications in planetary science, icy bodies, and instrumentation. Asteroid (33323) Lucaspaganini was named in recognition of his contributions.
Dr. Paganini’s work spans astrophysics, planetary science, astrobiology, and mission leadership, with expertise in international collaboration, scientific partnerships, and mission development. He also remains active in science communication and public engagement across the Americas.
Dr. Paganini earned a Ph.D. in Natural Sciences from the University of Freiburg, Germany, and a master’s degree in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Mendoza, Argentina.
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