Dr. Elsayed Talaat has been named President and CEO of Universities Space Research Association (USRA). Dr. Elsayed Talaat
Talaat is currently the Director of the Office of Space Weather Observations at the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS). Previously, he was a Program Scientist at NASA Headquarters where he served as Program Scientist for the Living with a Star mission and science line, grant research lines, and Heliophysics and Planetary missions.
Talaat received his Bachelor of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering from the University of Washington, and a Master of Science and Doctorate from the University of Michigan in Atmospheric and Space Sciences.