B.S.E. in Computer and Information Engineering Sciences (1990), University of Florida; M.E. in Electrical, Computer & Systems Engineering (1992), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of Southern California; Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from University of Southern California, 1998; semi finalist in NASA groups 19 and 20 selections; currently employed by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; hobbies: philosophy, psychology, world policy, anthropology.