Doris Daou

Doris Daou
Born 1964 (1964)
Lebanon
Residence
Alma mater Université de Montréal
Known for NASA communications
Scientific career
Fields Astronomy
Institutions

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Ames Research Center

Doris Daou (born 1964)[1] is a Lebanese-born astronomer from Canada who works for NASA in education and public outreach. She is Associate Director of the NASA Lunar Science Institute[2] and the program contact for NASA's "Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration (SIMPLEx)".[3][4]

Early life and education

Daou's family fled war-ravaged Lebanon when she was a child, and settled in Canada. Daou was educated at the Université de Montréal in Quebec, where she studied the atmospheric parameters of variable stars.[1] She holds a B.Sc in Physics and Mathematics, as well as a M.Sc in Astronomy and Astrophysics[5].

Career

She then moved to Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States, where she spent nine years working on the Hubble Space Telescope. In 1999, Daou transferred to the team preparing to launch the Spitzer Space Telescope,[6] where she worked in education and public outreach[2] and helped found the Spitzer Space Telescope Research Program for Teachers and Students. She joined the NASA Headquarters in 2006, and has served their institution in a variety of roles, including: Education and Public Outreach Program Officer, Director of Education and Public Outreach at the Ames Research Centre[7], the Ames Research Center's Associate Director of the Institute, and has been actively involved in NASA's grant programs[8][3][5]. As of 2018, she continues her work as an astronomer at the NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C.[9] and serves as Senior Scientist, and Program Officer and Chief of Staff for the Director of the Planetary Science Division in the Science Mission Directorate (2014-Present)[10][11][5].

She has worked as an outreach and education specialist at Ames Research Center[12] and for NASA's grant programs. From 2012-2018, Daou served as an associate of commissions for the International Astronomical Union[13], and has been involved in the following commissions:

  • "55 Communicating Astronomy with the Public (2012-2015)
  • 55 WG CAP Conferences (until 2015)
  • C2 WG CAP Conferences (2015-2018)
  • 55 WG Outreach Professionalization & Accreditation (until 2015)
  • Outreach Professionalization & Accreditation (2015-2018)
  • 55 WG Washington Charter For CAP (until 2015)"[13]

She is the creator and producer of the Ask an Astronomer video podcast.[14] Her research interests include: observational astronomy, astrophysics, and astronomy[11], as well as solar systems, exoplanets, and international partnerships[10], and she actively publishes in science journals.[15][16][17] In 2008, she co-authored Touch the Invisible Sky, which is a book written in Braille.[18]

Selected publications

Daou, D. et al. (1990) Spectroscopic studies and atmospheric parameters of pulsating da white-dwarf (zz-ceti) stars, Astrophys. J. 364(1), 242-250. DOI: 10.1086/169407

Daou, D. (1998) NICMOS pointed thermal background: Results from on-orbit data, Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports (STAR). 36.

Daou, D. (2009). Education and Public Outreach Initiatives from National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. S260(5). DOI:10.1017/S1743921311003590

References

  1. 1 2 "SIRTF Profiles: Doris Daou". Spitzer Space Telescope. NASA. Retrieved 11 January 2017. I was only five years old... They are walking on the moon, she said."
    "My journey started at the University of Montreal, where I completed my degree. I worked on determining the atmospheric parameters of a group of pulsating stars.
  2. 1 2 Trouille, Laura (September 11, 2014). "Women in Astronomy, Career profiles: Astronomer to Associate Director of the NASN Lunar Science Institute" (PDF). Northwestern.edu. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  3. 1 2 "NASA ROSES-16 Amendment 35: C.21 SIMPLEx deferred to ROSES-2017". www.spaceref.com. October 4, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  4. ↑ Kovo, Yael (2018-04-26). "Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration released as amendment 2 to SALMON-3". NASA. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
  5. 1 2 3 Daou, Doris (2018). "LinkedIn". Retrieved September 22, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Profiles: Doris Daou". legacy.spitzer.caltech.edu. August 2001. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  7. ↑ Times, Khaleej. "Tribune Business News". search-proquest-com.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
  8. ↑ "SERVI - Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute". nasa.gov. July 19, 2009. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  9. ↑ "NASA - NASA Unveils Cosmic Images Book in Braille for Blind Readers". www.nasa.gov. January 15, 2008. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  10. 1 2 "Candidate Statement: Doris Daou | American Astronomical Society". aas.org. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
  11. 1 2 Science, Doris DaouNASA · Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute 17 82 · Master of. "Doris Daou | Master of Science | NASA, Washington, D.C. | Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
  12. ↑ "NASA educative video uplink for aspiring Emirati astronauts". Khaleej Times. 11 May 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2017 – via HighBeam Research. (Subscription required (help)).
  13. 1 2 "International Astronomical Union | IAU". www.iau.org. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
  14. ↑ "NASA - Cool Cosmos Videos". www.nasa.gov. April 10, 2009. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  15. ↑ Daou, Doris (2015). "NASA's Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute – Expanded Goals and More Partners" (PDF). European Planetary Science Congress. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  16. ↑ Bailey, B.; Schmidt, G.; Daou, D.; Pendleton, Y. (2014). "A New Direction for NASA's Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute: Combining Science and Exploration" (PDF). European Planetary Society Congress. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  17. ↑ Daou, D. (2012). "The NASA Lunar Science Institute, International Efforts" (PDF). European Planetary Science Congress. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
  18. ↑ Flatow, Ira (18 January 2008). "'Invisible Sky' Presents NASA Images in Braille". NPR. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
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