Rate My Professor Lori Magruder

University of Texas at Austin

Engineering Geoscience Space Science Aerospace Engineering Remote Sensing Geoinformatics (GIS)

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Lori Magruder serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Texas at Austin, holding the Myron L. Begeman Fellowship in Engineering since joining the faculty in Fall 2020. She also holds a courtesy faculty appointment in the UT Jackson School of Geosciences Earth and Planetary Sciences department. In January 2024, she became the first woman Director of the University of Texas Center for Space Research, following roles as associate director of research and communications (2020-2022) and interim director (2023). Magruder's academic journey includes a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics from UT Austin in 2001, where her dissertation focused on ground-based validation studies for NASA's ICESat laser altimetry mission under Professor Bob Schutz. She earned her Master's degree from Princeton University and Bachelor's degree from the University of Southern California. Prior to her current faculty position, she spent 14 years at UT Austin’s Applied Research Laboratories, and held positions at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, leading remote sensing programs for NASA and the Department of Defense.