Moriba K.Jah
- moriba@utexas.edu
- 512-471-5322
- POB 3.446
Non-gravitational astrodynamics; Space object detection, tracking, identification, and characterization; Spacecraft navigation; Cognitive science and human-AI interaction; AI and machine learning; Space law and policy
About
Moriba Jah is a professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at The University of Texas at Austin, where he is the holder of the Mrs. Pearlie Dashiell Henderson Centennial Fellowship in Engineering. He is the director for the Decision Intelligence group, a group within the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, as well as the Lead for the Space Security and Safety Program at the Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law.
Jah came to UT Austin by way of the Air Force Research Laboratory and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory prior to that, where he was a Spacecraft Navigator on a handful of Mars missions. Moriba is a Fellow of multiple organizations: TED, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), American Astronautical Society (AAS), International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS), Royal Astronomical Society (RAS), and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL).
He has served on the US delegation to the United Nations Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN-COPUOS), is an elected Academician of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), and has testified to Congress on his work as related to Space Situational Awareness and Space Traffic Management. He’s a Co-Editor of the IAA and Elsevier Acta Astronautica journal, and serves on multiple committees: IAA Space Traffic Management, IAA Space Debris, AIAA Astrodynamics, IAF Astrodynamics, and IAF Space Security.
Educational Qualifications
Ph.D., University of Colorado Boulder
M.S., University of Colorado Boulder
B.S., Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Select Awards & Honors
- Named to the U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, 2023
- Elected to Royal Society of Edinburgh, 2023
- Named a Member of the FAA Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee, 2022
- Received MacArthur Fellowship (Genius Award), 2022
- Named to the Explorers Club 50, 2022
- Neo4j Graphie Award for ASTRIAGraph, 2021
- Selected TED Fellow, 2019
- Elected AIAA Fellow, 2019
Related Websites
- Moriba Jah’s website
- Moriba Jah’s Flow Page
- Eyes on the Sky
- The Space Security, Safety, and Sustainability (SSSS) program at the Strauss Center