Dr. Russell is an Assistant Professor in the Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His research interests include mission and trajectory design, third-body dynamics, interplanetary and intermoon trajectories, low-thrust trajectories, numerical methods, non-linear optimization, dynamical systems, optimal control, periodic orbit applications, and human spaceflight. He has authored or co-authored dozens of journal and conference publications, and has been a recipient of several NASA, JPL, and AIAA awards. Prior to coming to Georgia Tech, he served as a member of the Guidance, Navigation, and Control Section at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and was involved as mission designer and orbit determination analyst for projects such as JIMO (Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter), Chandra, Spitzer, Ulysses, TPF (Terrestrial Planet Finder), and limited roles on Cassini and Dawn. He also worked on proposals and advanced concepts for space missions to Earth, the Moon, Mars, comets, asteroids, and the moons around Jupiter and Saturn. He further supported internal research on developing technologies such as low-thrust trajectory optimization and science orbit design at planetary moons. He received his undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University and his graduate degrees from the University of Texas at Austin.