The Making of the James Webb Space Telescope and Early Scientific Results (2024 Lois McGlothlin Donaldson Endowed Lecture in Physics)
About The Lois McGlothlin Donaldson Endowed Lecture in Physics
April 19, 2024 | 6 PM Reception | 6:30 PM Lecture | Maxine A. Smith University Center Theater
Reception and Lecture Free and Open to the Public | Convenient Parking in the Zach Curlin Parking Garage
John Durning at the University of Memphis
Join us Friday evening, at 6:00 p.m. on April 19, 2024, to hear John Durning, the Deputy Project Manager at the National Space and Aeronautics Administration (NASA), deliver the eighth annual Lois McGlothlin Donaldson Endowed Lecture in Physics. In this lecture, "The Making of the James Webb Space Telescope and Early Science Results" Mr. Durning will describe the exciting and unprecedented vistas and understanding of the Universe that has emerged following the launch and deployment of the James Webb Space Telescope.
Biographical Information
John Durning recently retired from NASA's Goddard Space Center in Greenbelt, MD, where he had served in leadership positions for the James Webb Space Telescope since 2006. Durning has worked on other Earth and space science missions, including NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement Mission, the Vegetation Canopy & Zephyr Wind LIDAR Missions, the EOS Aqua Project and the Mars Observer Mission. Durning received his master's in Astrodynamics from George Washington University in Washington, D.C., in 1992 and a BS in Aerospace Engineering from State University of New York, Buffalo in 1985.