David J. McComas

David John McComas
Born	May 22, 1958 (1958-05-22) (age 66) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S.) University of California, Los Angeles (M.S., Ph.D.)
Occupation(s)	university vice-president, space physicist, senior executive
Known for	space scientist and Principal Investigator of multiple space missions

David John McComas (born May 22, 1958) is an American space physicist, Vice President for Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, and Professor of Astrophysical Sciences and leads the Space Physics at Princeton Group at Princeton University. He had been Assistant Vice President for Space Science and Engineering at the Southwest Research Institute, Adjoint Professor^[1] of Physics at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), and was the founding director of the Center for Space Science and Exploration^[2] at Los Alamos National Laboratory. He is noted for his extensive accomplishments in experimental space plasma physics, including leading instruments and missions to study the heliosphere and solar wind: IMAP, IBEX, TWINS, Ulysses/SWOOPS, ACE/SWEPAM, and Parker Solar Probe. He received the National Academy of Science's 2023 Arctowski Medal, European Geosciences Union 2022 Hannes Alfven Medal, SCOSTEP 2022 Distinguished Scientist Award, a NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal in 2015, the 2014 COSPAR Space Science Award, and the American Geophysical Union 1993 Macelwane Medal.