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ORAU strengthens the nation’s workforce by developing scientific and technical workers, connecting talent and expertise, and improving the health, safety, and resilience of the communities where they live and work to achieve scientific discovery and economic growth.

 


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Dreaming in space: A conversation with Ricardo Branco, Ph.D., NASA NPP Fellow

Ricardo Branco, Ph.D., is a NASA Postdoctoral Fellow at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. His research focuses on the development of detectors that can detect infrared or thermal radiation from very cold bodies throughout the solar system – think Uranus or the moon. Capturing the infrared radiation allows scientists to detect the chemical composition and other aspects of the body they are studying. Brando is a native of Brazil who has been interested in science since childhood. As a kid Branco wanted to be a doctor but fell in love with physics in high school. The rest, as they say, is history. While he never dreamed he’d be at NASA, he is excited about his research and the potential it holds to be part of future NASA flagship missions to orbit Uranus.

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Going Further. Together.

For more than 80 years, ORAU has served as a trusted partner to our government customers, our university consortium members, and our local community. In this video, you can meet some of the people behind the ORAU name.

Going Further. Together.