Stephen Fuselier, Ph.D. (NAS), Executive Director of Southwest Research Institute’s (SwRI) Space Science Directorate, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in 2021 for his achievements in original research.

The New Orleans native got recruited to Texas in 2011 to work with SwRI after 25 years at what is now Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center. He is well-known for his fundamental contributions to the understanding of physics interactions between solar wind and the Earth’s magnetosphere, comets and the interstellar medium.

He holds key positions on several NASA missions and serves as Adjoint Professor at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) where he gets to collaborate and mentor early-career researchers in his field of space physics.

TAMEST connected with Dr. Fuselier to learn more about his career, passion for mentorship and the future of space research in Texas.