Dr. Brad Bailey has been with NASA for 16 years, the last 5 of which have been at NASA Headquarters as a program scientist and then as the Assistant Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration (ADAAX) within the Science Mission Directorate.  Prior to that, Brad worked at NASA Ames as the staff scientist and then the deputy director of the Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI) as well as the deputy director for Management and Development at the NASA Astrobiology Institute.  

During his time at NASA HQ, Brad has represented SMD at the Agency level in several areas including serving on major acquisition SEBs, 9th floor study teams, and as co-chair/SMD lead of several multi-directorate working groups (e.g. Utilization, Integration, and Coordination Group (UCIG), Cross-Artemis Site Selection Analysis team (CASSA), CLPS Manifest Selection Board).  Brad has additionally taken on directorate responsibilities in establishing a new funding line for lunar instruments for delivery via CLPS and Artemis, as well as coordinating science efforts across STMD, ESDMD, SOMD, and SMD.  In his integration role, Brad has also taken the lead on CLPS payload collaborations with our international partners and acted as the co-chair of the International Space Exploration Coordination Group (ISECG) Science Working Group (SWG).

Dr. Bailey earned his Ph.D. in marine microbiology and geochemistry from Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, CA where he explored underwater volcanoes in more than 20 dives in small submarines to study life that exists in extreme environments.