Dr. James Reilly

Director
United States Geological Survey

As Director of the USGS, Jim Reilly is responsible for leading the Nation's largest water, Earth, and biological science, and civilian mapping agency.

Career History and Highlights

Prior to joining the USGS, Dr. Reilly served U.S. and allied militaries as a subject matter expert on space operations, and as a technical advisor supporting the National Security Space Institute of the U.S. Air Force. He served with the U.S. Navy as a Reserve Engineering Duty Officer.

He’s held management positions in academia, as well as at TAEUS Corporation, and PhotoStencil Corporation, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

As an astronaut at NASA, he had a distinguished 13-year career where he flew 3 spaceflight missions and conducted 5 spacewalks totaling more than 856 hours in space.

Prior to NASA, he served as chief geologist at Enserch Exploration, Inc., working on projects around the world. He has been active in geological research in Antarctica and on the continental slope of the Gulf of Mexico.

Education

Dr. Reilly received a bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees in geosciences from the University of Texas at Dallas.

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Dr. James.

Download The Latest Agenda

Pre-Conference Workshop Day

Monday, October 28th, 2019

10:00 AM Providing Science and Research on the Emerging Arctic AOR: The Way Ahead

The United States Geological Survey provides science and high-level insight as to the impacts of climate and land-use change as it relates to water, energy, minerals and other natural resources our ecosystem and Government readily rely on. This session will provide a unique understanding of USGS’s efforts to monitor, assess and conduct targeted research as to the ongoing and rapid change occurring across the Arctic region.