BOB BOAN has been an active member of the space community for over a quarter of a century. He was involved with a variety of manned and unmanned space programs at different levels of responsibility over that time. Prior to his space experience, he was a member of academia. He taught primarily chemistry. He taught courses from high school through graduate school in several states.

     Dr. Boan helped develop concepts and systems for communications and sensing satellites for Government and commercial applications.  Those systems have employed both RF and optical technologies for performing their missions. He has multiple relevant patents and technical publications in his field.

     He has attended a variety of colleges and universities. He received his BS from Campbell University, then Campbell College. His Master’s was awarded by the University of Mississippi. He earned his doctorate at the Florida Institute of Technology.

     Dr. Boan coauthored An Introduction to Planetary Defense: A Study of Modern Warfare Applied to Extra-Terrestrial Invasion, Brown Walker Press, 2006. He has written two other novels, Bobby Becomes Bob, Twilight Times Books, 2009, and Don't Tell Brenda, forthcoming.

     Dr. Boan has been profiled in Marquis Who’s Who in the South and Southwest and in Marquis Who’s Who in America.