Paul L. Hertz

Paul Louis Hertz
Born
Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, United States
Alma materHarvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Known forDirector of the Astrophysics Division, NASA (2012–2022)
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy
InstitutionsNASA, Naval Research Laboratory
ThesisSurveys of Globular Cluster and Galactic Plane X-Ray Sources (1983)
Websitehttps://science.nasa.gov/about-us/leadership/dr-paul-hertz

Paul Louis Hertz is an American astrophysicist, and is best known for being the longest-serving[1] Director of the Astrophysics Division at NASA, with a tenure from 2012 to 2022.[2]

  1. ^ "Dr. Paul Hertz, Senior Advisor to the Associate Administrator | Science Mission Directorate". science.nasa.gov. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  2. ^ "Biography of Dr. Paul Hertz, Astrophysics Division Director" (PDF). July 12, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2022.