Dr. Brandis is a senior research scientist in the Aerothermodynamics branch at NASA Ames Research Center, California. He is the PI for NASA’s Entry Systems Modeling project, Dragonfly aerothermal lead, Investigation Lead for Dragonfly’s Titan entry instrumentation, known as DrEAM and Project Scientist for DAVINCI’s Venus entry known as VISTA. His research focuses on shock layer radiation with the NEQAIR code and EAST shock tube facility.