Peter Tsou

Who is Peter Tsou?

Peter Tsou is a principal science staff member at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the California Institute of Technology, where he has worked for the past 34 years.

Dr. Tsou's area of focus is utilizing aerogel for space exploration.

Dr. Tsou is a Principal Investigator for a number of Shuttle and Mir missions, and is responsible for inventing the technique of intact capture of hypervelocity particles. In addition, his work revolutionized the use of silica aerogel for space missions. He is most famous for his work involving the capture and return of comet particles via NASA's STARDUST mission, to which Dr. Tsou served as deputy PI.