What key details about james l. green can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: james lauer green is an american space physicist born in burlington , iowa . after receiving a ph.d. in physics from the university of iowa , green began his professional career working in the magnetospheric physics branch at nasa 's marshall space flight center -lrb- msfc -rrb- . he developed and managed the space physics analysis network -lrb- span -rrb- that provided international scientists with rapid access to data and colleagues . he also served as the safety diver in the neutral buoyancy tank making over 150 dives before he left mfsc in 1985 . from 1985 to 1992 , green was the director of the national space science data center -lrb- nssdc -rrb- at nasa 's goddard space flight center -lrb- gsfc -rrb- . in 1992 , he became the chief of the space science data operations office until 2005 , when he became the chief of the science proposal support office . green also served as the co-investigator and deputy project scientist on the imager for magnetopause-to-aurora global exploration -lrb- image -rrb- mission . in august 2006 , green was appointed the director of the planetary science division at nasa 's science mission directorate . along with deputy director of planetary science w. james adams , he is responsible for solar system exploration at nasa including astrobiology research . under his leadership , a number of recent planetary science mission events have been successfully completed , including the messenger orbit insertion at mercury , the launch of juno to jupiter , the launch of grail a and b to the moon and subsequent orbit insertion , dawn 's encounter with vesta , and the landing of the mars science laboratory and curiosity rover on mars . he has published over 100 scientific papers on the magnetosphere of earth and jupiter . he has also contributed over 50 technical articles on various aspects of data systems and networks . green 's knowledge of aeronautics and his study of the american civil war come together in his personal interest in civil war ballooning . during the war , balloons played...
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- known for is developed director of the national space science data center ; director and , planetary science division , nasa managed the space physics analysis network ;- fields is astronomy physics- academic advisors is james van allen- workplaces is national - planetary science division aeronautics and space administration - science mission directorate- doctoral advisor is don gurnett- awards is arthur 's kotani prize -lrb- 1996 -rrb- s. flemming award -lrb- 1988 -rrb- ; japan- name is james l. green- image size is 180px- nationality is usa- image is james_l_green . jpg- birth place is burlington , iowa- alma mater is university of iowa