Michael Mumma is a Senior Scientist at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and Director of the Goddard Center for Astrobiology (one of the NASA Astrobiology lead Teams). Mumma is a spectroscopist who specializes in observations of comets, atomic and molecular physics, planetary atmospheres and the interstellar medium. He is an active observer and team leader on the Hubble Space Telescope, IUE, FUSE, EUVE, ROSAT, Space Shuttle and many ground based facilities, and in addition is involved in the development of advanced instruments for quantitative spectroscopy.