# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-zurbuchen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:01:56.477Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-zurbuchen"
name: "Thomas Zurbuchen"
slug: "thomas-zurbuchen"
description: "Thomas Hansueli Zurbuchen is a Swiss-American astrophysicist. From October 2016 until the end of 2022, he was the longest continually running Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA. Prior to this, he was Professor of Space Science and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan, where he helped found the Center for Entrepreneurship."
tagline: "Swiss-American astrophysicist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Webb_Space_Telescope_Briefing_(NHQ202206290010).jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
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birthDate: "1968"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm9728431"
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    url:       "https://www.thomaszurbuchen.com/"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Zurbuchen"
    title: "Thomas Zurbuchen"
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    title: "Thomas Zurbuchen"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump