Dr. Ramona Gaza earned a B.Sc. in Physics from the West University of Timisoara, Romania, a Ph.D. in Physics from Oklahoma State University in 2004 and joined the Space Radiation Analysis Group at NASA/JSC in 2005.
Dr. Gaza is a Leidos Technical Fellow and the Ionizing & Non-Ionizing Radiation Subject Matter Expert for the NASA/JSC Human Health & Performance (HH&P) contract. Dr. Gaza has been the Lead for the passive radiation flight hardware and associated radiation dosimetry and Program Manger for the Crew Active Dosimeter, supporting several NASA programs including the International Space Station, the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV), the Commercial Crew, the Gateway, the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) and the Human Landing System (HLS).
Dr. Gaza’s expertise is focused on Astronaut crew protection from space radiation including: ISS space weather monitoring and real-time solar event contingency support to the NASA/JSC Flight Team; radiation measurements and data analysis using active instruments (e.g., direct-ion storage devices, Timepix technology, etc.) and OSL/TL radiation detectors; contributions to research studies on radiation effects and mitigation for crew protection. She is also the NASA/HH&P Science Lead for the Orion EM-1 Matroshka AstroRad Radiation Experiment (MARE).
Dr. Gaza received a series of awards for her contributions to space exploration, most recent include: NASA Group Achievement Award for SpaceX Demo-2 (2020); NASA Award for Technical Excellence in Enabling the Successful Execution of the Orion MPCV Exploration Mission 2 Critical Design Review (2019); NASA Group Achievement Award for significant contributions to the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) Project (2018); Leidos HQ Technical Publication Award for Radiation Measurements Journal publication “Comparison of novel active semiconductor pixel detector with passive radiation detectors during the NASA Orion Exploration Flight Test 1 (EFT-1)” (2018); and the NASA CCP Team JSC Director’s Innovation Team Award (2017).
Dr. Gaza earned a B.Sc. in Physics from the West University of Timisoara, Romania, a Ph.D. in Physics from Oklahoma State University in 2004 and joined the Space Radiation Analysis Group at NASA/JSC in 2005.