Visiting Researcher Exchange and Outreach Program

Through USRA's Cooperative Agreement with the National Space Science and Technology Center (NSSTC), in partnership with the University of Alabama, Huntsville, and our Visiting Researcher Exchange and Outreach Program (VREO), USRA offers eminent scientists and researchers the opportunity to work at NSSTC in support of Marshall Space Flight Center's Earth Science, Space Science, and Exploration programs. The VREO Program also facilitates collaboration among MSFC staff and other researchers leading to the establishment of longer-term ties to MSFC research missions, through visiting or sabbatical leave arrangements.

USRA also works with MSFC to organize, coordinate, and facilitate scientific and technical workshops, conferences, seminars, and colloquia in order to distribute new knowledge and information to the scientific community, private industry, and government and other agencies.

Donald J. Perkey, VREO Program Director

VREO Program Director Donald J. Perkey began his career at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, and subsequently joined the Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science at Drexel University. Dr. Perkey has been principal investigator on research projects for NOAA-ERL, NASA, NSF, and the U.S. Navy. In 1994, Dr. Perkey joined the faculty of the University of Alabama in Huntsville.