Laboratory Director Tawnya Plummer Laughinghouse
Tawnya Plummer Laughinghouse is the new director of the Space Biosciences Laboratory (SBL) at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Laughinghouse has more than 25 years of experience in space biology and has held leadership positions at NASA and other organizations.
In her new role, Laughinghouse will lead the SBL in conducting research on the effects of spaceflight on humans, animals, and plants. The research conducted at the SBL will help NASA to develop technologies and strategies to keep astronauts safe and healthy on long-duration missions.
Laughinghouse is a native of Hampton, Virginia. She earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Hampton University and a master’s degree in space biology from the International Space University. She also holds a doctorate in anatomy and cell biology from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Laughinghouse began her career at NASA in 1997 as a research scientist at the SBL. She later served as the SBL’s deputy director and then its acting director. In 2018, she was appointed director of the Astrobiology Program at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Laughinghouse is a fellow of the American Astronautical Society and the International Astronautical Academy. She is also a member of the National Academy of Sciences’ Space Studies Board.
Laughinghouse is passionate about space exploration and believes that the research conducted at the SBL will help to make future space missions possible.
“I am honored to be the director of the Space Biosciences Laboratory,” Laughinghouse said. “The research we do here is essential to NASA’s mission to explore space and to keep astronauts safe and healthy on long-duration missions.”
Laboratory Director Tawnya Plummer Laughinghouse
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