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Member Since 1996
Rahul Ramachandran
Senior Research Scientist, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Member, Informatics Leptoukh Lecture Award Committee
Dr. Rahul Ramachandran is a distinguished Senior Research Scientist at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) and leads the Inter-Agency Implementation and Advanced Concepts (IMPACT) team. His research interests span a range of topics, including data science, informatics, and AI/ML. Dr. Ramachandran is the recipient of numerous accolades and honors, including the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) and the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal.
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Less Clicking, More Thinking: Accelerated Knowledge Discovery for Data-Driven Astrobiology
DATA-DRIVEN ASTROBIOLOGY: INTEGRATING THE FOUNDATIONS FOR AI AND ML I POSTER
20 may 2026
Accelerated Knowledge Discovery: A Vision for NASA Science
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE
15 march 2026
Evaluation of Surya, a heliophysics foundation model, using a wide range of downstream applications
BUILDING WITH SCIENCE FOUNDATION MODELS: FROM DATA TO IMPACT II ORAL
informatics | 19 december 2025
SuryaBench: New Benchmark Dataset for Advancing Machine Learning Applications in Heliophysics and Space Weather
DEVELOPMENT AND USE CASES OF REUSABLE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INFRASTRUCTURE IN HELIOPHYSICS II ORAL
spa-solar and heliospheric physics | 19 december 2025
On the Promise and Challenges of Geospatial Foundation Models for Earth Science
BUILDING WITH SCIENCE FOUNDATION MODELS: FROM DATA TO IMPACT II ORAL
informatics | 19 december 2025
Operationalizing Prithvi EO 2.0 Foundation Model for Near Real-Time Earth Observation
BUILDING WITH SCIENCE FOUNDATION MODELS: FROM DATA TO IMPACT II ORAL
informatics | 19 december 2025
Efficient Fine-Tuning of Atmospheric Foundation Models for High-Impact Weather Events
BUILDING WITH SCIENCE FOUNDATION MODELS: FROM DATA TO IMPACT II ORAL
informatics | 19 december 2025
Soma: Foundation Model for Multi-Modal Lunar Science using LRO Datasets
AI FOUNDATION MODELS FOR EARTH, SPACE, AND PLANETARY SCIENCES III ORAL
informatics | 18 december 2025
Volunteer Experience
2024 - 2027
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Informatics Leptoukh Lecture Award Committee
2020 - 2020
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Informatics Fellows Committee
2017 - 2018
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Informatics Fellows Committee
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Greg Leptoukh Lecture
Received December 2023