Nebulous

Where uncertainty becomes innovation.

The Team

Nebulous brings together contributors across physics, engineering, aerospace, and computer science.

Collaborators

Physical Scientists, Computer Scientists, Technologists

Portrait of Dr. Julie Rolla

Dr. Julie Rolla

Principal Investigator (PI), Director
Astrophysicist / Earth Scientist
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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Dr. Emily Dolson

Deputy Director
Assistant Professor, CSE
Michigan State University

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Dr. Marcin Pilinski

Aerospace Engineering Research Associate
CU Boulder (LASP)

Portrait of Dr. Amy Connolly

Dr. Amy Connolly

Professor, Astroparticle Physics
GENETIS Collaboration Director
The Ohio State University

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Dr. Kyle Helson

Astrophysicist
University Of Maryland / NASA GSFC

Portrait of Dr. Olga Verkhoglyadova

Dr. Olga Verkhoglyadova

Space Weather / Aeronomy
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Portrait of Dr. Charles Ofria

Dr. Charles Ofria

Professor, CSE
Michigan State University

Portrait of Dr. Wolfgang Banzhaf

Dr. Wolfgang Banzhaf

Professor, CSE
Michigan State University

Portrait of Anselmo Pontes

Dr. Anselmo Pontes

Principal Scientist
Autogenetics Research Lab

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Dr. Erik Fredericks

Associate Professor, College of Computing
Grand Valley State University

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Dr. Rajiv Ramnath

Professor of Practice, CSE
The Ohio State University

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André Wiermann

Physicist, Senior Technologist
Brazil's Observatório Nacional

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Dr. Stephen Kelly

Assistant Professor, Engineering
McMaster University

Portrait of Dr. Pablo Giuliani

Dr. Pablo Giuliani

Researcher, Facility for Rare Isotope Beams
Michigan State University

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Bill Tozier

Independent Researcher, Complex Systems and Machine Learning

Other Industry Partners

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Dr. Bryan Reynolds

Physicist, EM Engineer
Senior Advisor
Remcom

Portrait of Rajiv Ramnath

Tarun Chawla

RF Systems Digital Twin Technology Advisor
Remcom

Students & Postdocs

Portrait of Max Foreback

Max Foreback

PhD Student
Michigan State University

Dr. Vincent Ragusa

Postdoc
Michigan State University

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Jacob Weiler

PhD Student
The Ohio State University

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Evan Imata

Postbacc
UC Berkeley

Christina Shao

Postbacc
UC Berkeley

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Joey Wagner

Undergraduate
Michigan State University

Asher Welsh

Postbacc
UC Berkeley

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Rick Marcusen

PhD Student
CU Boulder

Portrait of Kate Skoceles

Kate Skoceles

PhD Student
Michigan State University

Jonathan Sy

Postbacc
UC Berkeley

Portrait of Aman Hafez

Aman Hafez

PhD Student
The Ohio State University

Portrait of Adrian Bryant

Adrian Bryant

PhD Student
CU Boulder

Portrait of Minh Gia Nguyen

Minh Gia Nguyen

Undergraduate
Michigan State University

Collaborating Institutions

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Michigan State University Autogenetics Research Lab The Ohio State University University of Colorado Boulder McMaster University

Join Nebulous

Postdocs and collaborators are encouraged to have strong foundations in physics, computer science, or engineering — with relevant expertise in space sciences, evolutionary computation and optimization, AI/ML, aerospace engineering, or science instrument design.

If you bring curiosity and creativity — and you enjoy exploring new approaches to hard design problems — we’d be glad to hear from you.