Charles Elachi

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Charles Elachi
Elachi in 2014
8th Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
In office May 1, 2001 – June 30, 2016
Preceded by	Edward C. Stone
Succeeded by	Michael M. Watkins
Personal details
Born	(1947-04-18) April 18, 1947 (age 77) Rayak, Lebanon
Nationality	American and Lebanese
Alma mater	Joseph Fourier University Grenoble Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology University of California, Los Angeles University of Southern California
Awards	National Order of the Cedar, Chevalier de la Legion d'Honor
Scientific career
Fields	Electrical engineering Space Science
Institutions	California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Thesis	Electromagnetic Wave Propagation and Source Radiation in Space-Time Periodic Media (1971)
Doctoral advisor	Charles H. Papas

Charles Elachi (born April 18, 1947^[1]) is a Lebanese-American professor (emeritus) of electrical engineering and planetary science at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). From 2001 to 2016 he was the 8th director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and vice president of Caltech.^[2]