“The airplane has unveiled for us the true face of the Earth.”

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Albert Wu

Albert Wu

Earth Sciences Technical Manager

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Biography

Albert Wu is a technical manager in NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s Earth Sciences Division. He currently serves as the ESD Airborne Sciences Support Lead and is the deputy investigation manager for the Snow4Flow Earth Venture Suborbital (EVS-4) mission. He has over a decade of experience planning and executing airborne science missions, including hundreds of flight hours on field campaigns investigating aspects of the Earth’s atmosphere, cryosphere, hydrology, and biodiversity from South Africa to the Arctic Ocean.

Interests

  • Rock climbing
  • Smart growth
  • Aviation and drones
  • LGBTQ+ issues
  • Climate and geopolitics

Education

  • Graduate Certificate in International Science and Technology Policy, 2018

    Elliott School of International Affairs

  • M.Eng. in Aerospace Engineering Sciences, 2010

    University of Colorado at Boulder

  • B.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering Sciences, 2008

    University of Colorado at Boulder