Antonio J. Ricco
Chief Technologist, Small
Payloads, NASA Ames Research Center
(on
assignment from Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University)
EDUCATION:
- Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry, MIT, 1984
- B.S., Chemistry, UC Berkeley, 1980
WORK
EXPERIENCE:
- 2005 – present: Dublin City University:
Adjunct Professor
- 2004 – present: NASA Ames Research Center: Chief Technologist, Small
Payloads
- 2004 – 2007: Stanford University: Director,
National Center for Space Biological Technologies
- 2003 – 2007: Eclipse Sciences, Inc., Los
Gatos: President, co-founder
- 2002 – 2004: NASA Ames Research Center:
Director, Microtechnologies and Biosystems
- 1999 – 2003: ACLARA BioSciences, Inc.:
(Sr.) Director, Microtechnologies and Materials
- 1996 – 1997: University of
Heidelberg: Guest Professor, Institute of Applied Physical
Chemistry
- 1984 – 1998: Sandia National Laboratories:
(Principal) Member, Technical Staff, Microsensor R&D Dept.
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Remote, autonomous miniaturized
bioanalytical systems for fundamental space studies, including
live-organism studies and the search for life in our solar system; development of point-of-care
medical diagnostic devices.
PUBLICATIONS:
AWARDS AND HONORS:
- Fellow, American Institute for Medical &
Biological Engineering (AIMBE), 2019
- NASA Group Achievement Award: EcAMSat,
2018
- NASA Honor Award, Organism/Organic Response to
Orbital Stresses (O/OREOS) Mission, 2011
- NASA Group Achievement Award, PharmaSat,
2010
- Time Magazine Top 10 Scientific Discoveries,
LCROSS, 2010
- NASA Group Achievement, NSS Space Pioneer, Space
Foundation Swigert Awards, LCROSS, 2009
- Science Foundation of Ireland E.T.S. Walton
Visiting Fellow, Dublin City University, Ireland, 2004 - 2005
- Outstanding Achievement Award, Sensor Division, The
Electrochemical Society, 2000
- Fellow, The Electrochemical Society, 1998
- NASA Group Achievement Award, Russian Mars ‘96
Project, 1997
- Bunshah Award, Best Paper of Symposium, International
Conference on Metallurgical Coatings & Thin Films, 1991
- Sigma Xi, 1984
- MIT NPW Fellow in Alternative Energy Resources,
1982 – 1983
- University of California Regents' Scholar, 1978 –
1980
- Bruce Howard Memorial Scholarship in Chemistry,
1979
- Phi Beta Kappa, 1978
- Bank of America Achievement Award, 1976
- Sons of Italy Scholarship, 1976
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
- Editorial Board, IEEE/ASME Journal of
Microelectromechanical Systems (JMEMS), 2000 – present
- Editorial Board, Microgravity (NPG), 2014 – present
- Editorial Board, Frontiers in Materials,
Translational Materials Science section, 2014 – present
- Editorial Board, IEEE Journal of
Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine, 2012 – 2015
- Editorial Board, Sensors &
Actuators B: Chemical, 2003 – 2006; 2010 – 2017
- Editorial Advisory Board, Analytical Chemistry,
1999 – 2001
- Editorial Advisory Board,
Sensors Update, 1998 – 2003
- Scientific Advisory Board, New Mexico Spatiotemporal
Modeling Center, 2009 – 2014
- Scientific Advisory Board, Microscale
Immune Studies Laboratory, Sandia National Labs, 2006 – 2009
- Scientific Advisory Board, Center for
Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT), Sandia & Los Alamos National
Laboratories, 2004 – 2008
- Scientific Advisory Board, A-Line,
Inc., Redondo Beach, CA, 2004 – present
- Scientific Advisory Board, Excellin Life Sciences, Menlo Park, CA, 2003 –
2007
- Series Editor, MEMS Reference Shelf and
Microsystems & Nanosystems book series
(Springer), 2005 – present
- Vice President, Transducer Research
Foundation, 2004 – present
- European Space Agency Topical Team
Member, Future Astrobiology Experiments in Earth Orbit and Beyond,
2011 – present
- Payload Technologist, NASA GeneSat-1, PharmaSat, O/OREOS, SporeSat, EcAMSat,
BioSentinel
Missions, 2005 – present
- Member, NASA Lunar Exploration Analysis
Group (LEAG), 2005 – 2010
- Panelist, World Technology Evaluation
Center Study on Biosensing, 2002 – 2003
- International Steering Committee,
Solid-State Sensors, Actuators & Microsystems, 1999 – 2007
LINKS:
CONTACT INFORMATION:
NASA Ames Research Center
M/S 239-24, P.O. Box 1
Moffett Field, CA 94035 USA
Office Phone: 650-604-4276
Email:
ajricco_at_stanford.edu, tony.ricco_at_nasa.gov
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