Meet Mahmooda Sultana

March 5, 2019 July 5, 2022

I develop new technologies and instruments for NASA missions.

Meet Mahmooda Sultana, Associate Branch Head, Systems Engineering Branch at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. Mahmooda uses her love of math and puzzles to develop new technologies and miniaturize instruments for NASA missions. For more information about her work, visit: https://etd.gsfc.nasa.gov/590/code592.php

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