Moriba Jah, PhD, is an internationally recognized, multiple award-winning scientist, professor, and MacArthur Genius Grant fellow acknowledged for his work in space environmentalism. He is the director of the Jah Decision Intelligence Group (JDIG) within the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin, where he is also professor of aerospaceengineering and engineering mechanics in the Cockrell School of Engineering. Prior to UT-Austin, he worked at the Air Force Research Laboratory, and NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab as a Spacecraft Navigator on missions to Mars.