Jitendra Joshi Ph.D.
Lead Technologist
Human Systems Research and Technology Program
jitendra.a.joshi@nasa.gov

Dr. Jitendra Joshi received his Ph.D. from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in Environmental Sciences, and his MS from The University of Bombay in Microbiology and a BS from Wilson College, Bombay in Microbiology and Chemistry. His Ph.D. work was in the area of Waste processing and resource recovery in the context of Advanced Life Support for long-duration space missions. Since 1998, Dr. Joshi has supported the Bioastronautics Division's Advanced Human Support Technology (AHST) Program in coordinating the Peer Review, as a Senior Scientist for the Advanced Life Support (ALS) discipline and Deputy Program Manager for the AHST Program. In his recent role in as the Chief Technology Advisor for the Advanced Capabilities Division (ACD) in the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate, he facilitates coordination between the Exploration Technology Development, Human Research and the Lunar Precursor and Robotic Programs.