Jaydeep Mukherjee

He is the Director of the NASA Florida Space Grant Consortium (FSGC). Through his expertise and strong Leadership, FSGC supports Florida’s space industry’s expansion and diversification by providing grants, scholarships, and fellowships to students and educators from Florida’s public and private institutes of higher education.

Dr. Jaydeep Mukherjee received his Bachelor’s degree in Physics from St. Xaviers College, Mumbai, and Master’s degrees in Physics from Mumbai University, India, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Astronomy from the University of Florida. He was also the Director of the Florida Space Institute from 2006 to 2011. He is currently serving on the Board of Directors of the National Space Grant Alliance and the National Space Grant Foundation. He is on the industry advisory board for the Engineering Physics department at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University.

In 2011 the National Education Society of India presented him with the 2011 National Eminence Award.

In 2011, he was a member of the Inaugural Lunabotics Mining Competition presented the Group Achievement Award by NASA for outstanding teamwork for the highly successful Lunabotics Competition, engaging hundreds of students and partners in science, technology, engineering, and math. In 2003, he was a member of the Radio JOVE team that received the Group Achievement Award from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center for excellence in outreach. In 1993, he was also awarded the Kerrick Prize by the Astronomy Department at the University of Florida to commit to the education of the public and their understanding of Astronomy.

His primary interest is in close binary stars and STEM Education. His research interests include the synthesis of observable quantities for interacting binaries, understanding binary star mass transfer, mass loss, and particularly interesting or unusual close binary stars.