Given the question: Read the bio below and try to give details on james b. garvin 's: - employer - years active - known for - occupation - education - name - nationality - birth place - alma mater Bio: dr. james b garvin served as nasa 's chief scientist from october 2004 - september 2005 and is known for his foundational work in nasa 's mars explorational programs . chief scientist garvin arrived at the goddard space flight center since 1984 where he first served as a staff scientist developing remote sensing instrumentation and has been based there or at the nearby nasa headquarters in washington d.c. since then . his career has spanned disciplines as earth system science , mars exploration , lunar exploration , venus , asteroids , and the outer planets . he remains co-investigator on nasa 's mars global surveyor , canada 's radarsat , and esa 's envisat missions . garvin was born in poughkeepsie , new york and attended brown university graduating with a bachelor of science degree in computer science in 1978 . he earned his masters of science also in computer science from stanford and returned to brown where he earned his masters of science and phd in planetary geological sciences 1984 . he lives with his wife and two children in columbia , maryland .
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- employer is nasa- years active is 1984 - present- known for is mars exploration- occupation is scientist- education is bs , ms computer science ms , phd geology- name is dr. james b. garvin- nationality is american- birth place is poughkeepsie , new york- alma mater is brown university