Newton Campbell Jr.
Also known as Newton Henry Campbell Jr., Newton H. Campbell Jr.
Newton Campbell Jr. is a computer scientist and applied mathematician whose work spans AI, space systems, and international technology policy. He received DARPA's Rising Star Award in 2015 and the Black Engineer of the Year Award in 2019. He joined the Australian Remote Operations for Space and Earth Consortium in late 2022 as its inaugural director of space programs, after working as an AI subject matter expert for NASA's Goddard and Langley centers. In 2024 he co-founded Heritage Space Food, and the Planetary Society added him to its board. Through his consultancy, he serves NASA as a senior AI researcher, and he is a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's GeoTech Center.
Timeline
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2015
A DARPA Rising Star
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency gives him its Rising Star Award in 2015.
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2019–2020
Awards and Young Leader selections
He receives the 2019 Black Engineer of the Year Award. He is also selected as a 2019 Australian-American Leadership Dialogue Young Leader and a 2020 French-American Foundation Young Leader.
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2022
Inaugural space programs director
He joins the Australian Remote Operations for Space and Earth (AROSE) Consortium in late 2022 as its inaugural director of space programs. He arrives from an AI subject matter expert role between NASA's Goddard and Langley centers.
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2024
A Planetary Society board seat
The Planetary Society names him to its board of directors in 2024.
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2024
Heritage Space Food
In 2024 he co-founds Heritage Space Food, an educational non-profit, and its team receives a 2024 NASA Space Tech Catalyst Prize.
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2026
A Georgetown teaching role
In fall 2026 he joins the teaching team for STIA 4005: Foundations of Space Studies at Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service.
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As of October 2026
A consultancy serving NASA
He is a computer scientist and applied mathematician specializing in AI, space systems, and international technology policy, with a PhD in computer science from Nova Southeastern University. Through his consultancy, Everything Lives LLC, he serves as a senior AI researcher supporting NASA. He is also a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's GeoTech Center.
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