Bobak Ferdowsi Biography

Fast Facts

• Graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in aeronautics and astronautics in 2001 and earned his master's in the same areas from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Was the Flight Director of the Mars Curiosity, a project he designed and tested for nearly a decade
• Best known as a systems engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory who became popular on the internet as the "NASA Mohawk Guy․"
• Hosted an online broadcast show on satellite radio channel Third Rock Radio called "Getting Curious with the Mohawk Guy․"
• Plays shortstop in the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory softball league