Vivek Navale

Thirty Five years of experience in interdisciplinary science - Earth, Ocean and Space Sciences. Served for ten years as the Principal Scientist for system development work for the NASA's Cassini-Huygens Mission. Ten years of academic research work in Chemistry with a doctorate in Laser Mass- Spectroscopy of biological molecules. Received NASA and European Space Agency team awards. Fifteen years of experience as Chief of Digital Data Preservation and Information Technology Programs at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), USA. Received NARA Archivist award. Currently, as senior advisor for the Center for Information Technology at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Received the NIH Director's award. Areas of research include Cloud Computing in Biomedical Sciences, longer-term preservation and development of intelligent biomedical archives, including implementation of Biomedical Informatics Systems for neurological disease (e.g., Traumatic brain injury, Parkinson's disease) area research.