NASA Chief Scientist Honored in West Virginia by Thierstein Inaugurated as West Virginia Wesleyan
National Youth Science Foundation
College’s 19th President
Dr. Julie Robinson, chief scientist for the International Science
Station (ISS) for NASA at Johnson Space Center, was honored in
Charleston, WV, as the National Youth Science Camp Alumna
of the Year by the National Youth Science Foundation.
“We are proud to honor Dr. Robinson for her impressive
career path and unique work and experiments on the Inter-
national Space Station,” says Dr. Andrew Blackwood, the
foundation’s executive director. “Not only does she have an
ongoing connection to STEM education in West Virginia, but
Dr. Robinson has an inspirational story about worldwide col-
laboration and constant innovation on the frontier of outer
space. Dr. Robinson is a prime example of the type of student
selected for the National Youth Science Camp that goes on to
have a positive impact on our world.”
Robinson began her career at NASA Johnson Space Center
working for Lockheed Martin in the Image Science Labora-
tory and later led a major NASA-sponsored scientific project
to facilitate a distribution network for global maps of coral
reefs in the world. She has collaborated with ecologists and
conse