Carlos Del Castillo | |
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 Carlos Del Castillo with his Presidential award | |
| Born | c. 1965 |
| Nationality | Puerto Rican |
| Occupation | Scientist |
| Notes | |
Del Castillo is the co-editor of "Remote Sensing of the Coastal Environment" | |
Carlos Del Castillo (born c. 1965) is a scientist who, in 2004, became the recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) award, the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on scientists and engineers beginning their independent careers. Del Castillo was the Program Scientist for the Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry Program at NASA Headquarters, in Washington, D.C. He is currently the Chief of the Ocean Ecology Laboratory at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Previously, among other things, he was a member of the Senior Professional Staff and Section Supervisor with the Space Department of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.[1]