Sid-Ahmed Boukabara

Sid A. Boukabara received the Ingénieur degree in electronics and signal processing from the National School of Civil Aviation (ENAC), Toulouse, France, in 1994, the M.S. degree in signal processing from the National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse, Toulouse, in 1994, and the Ph.D. degree in remote sensing from the Denis Diderot University, Paris, France, in 1997. He currently serves as the Senior Program Scientist for strategy of the Earth Science Division (ESD) within NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD). He has been a member of the ESD leadership team since April 2023, supporting the Director and Deputy Director in framing and executing NASA Earth Science strategy and the multiagency collaboration efforts. As a Senior Program Scientist, he is also responsible for facilitating strategic science initiatives that require coordination across multiple elements of ESD encompassing technology, flights, data systems, research, and earth action.