Bagger Elected to National Space Biomedical Research Institute Board

Office of News and Information - Johns Hopkins University - 901 South Bond Street, Suite 540 - Baltimore, Maryland 21231 - Phone: 443-287-9960 | Fax: 443-287-9920 Jonathan A. Bagger has been elected to the Board of Directors for the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI). Bagger is the vice provost for graduate and post-doctoral programs and special projects and the Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the Johns Hopkins University's Krieger School of Arts and Sciences. "NSBRI's Board is gaining a research expert from one of the country's leading universities," said Bobby R. Alford, NSBRI board chairman and chief executive officer. "His expertise will help NSBRI in its mission to protect astronaut health and improve health care on Earth." Bagger has more than 25 years of academic research experience in physics and astronomy. He began his career in 1983 as a physicist at Stanford University. He then joined the faculty at Harvard University before moving to Johns Hopkins in 1989 to become a professor of physics and astronomy. Bagger became chair of the Henry A. Rowland Department of Physics and Astronomy in 2002, a position he held until being named vice provost in 2008.