Staff

Dr. Paul E. Ceruzzi, curator emeritus, is an authority in aerospace electronics and computing.

Dr. David DeVorkin is an senior curator emeritus, history of astronomy and the space sciences, at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. DeVorkin's research and collections center on the origins and development of modern astrophysics and the space sciences during the 20th Century.

Dr. Jennifer Levasseur received her BA in history from the University of Michigan in 1999, an MA in American Studies from George Washington University in 2002, and a PhD in history at George Mason University in 2014.

Dr. Cathleen Lewis is curator of International Space Programs and Spacesuits at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum, specializing in Soviet and Russian programs.

Emily A. Margolis, PhD, is Curator of Contemporary Spaceflight at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. She is also responsible for the Museum’s Mercury and Gemini collections.

Dr. Andrew Meade McGee is an historian of science and technology who serves as curator of computing. He oversees the Museum’s collection of computers, aerospace electronics, and devices related to guidance, navigation, and control in spaceflight. 

Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony is a historian of science and technology and the curator of the Apollo Collection. Before coming to the Smithsonian, she earned a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Dr. Valerie Neal is an emerita curator in the Department of Space History.

Dr. Allan A. Needell, curator emeritus, earned a BA in physics from Cornell University and a PhD in the history of science from Yale University.

Dr. Matthew Shindell is a historian of science whose work focuses on the history of the earth and planetary sciences, with an emphasis on the development of research programs in these fields during the Cold War.