Newton Campbell Jr.

Newton Campbell Jr.

Dr. Newton Campbell Jr. is a leading expert in applying artificial intelligence to global challenges. He currently serves as an AI Subject-Matter Expert for the UN’s ITU “Early Warning for All” program and as a Senior AI Researcher with the NASA OCIO. His research has focusedon geospatial AI for disaster alerts, urban air mobility, geomagnetics modeling, multiomicsanalysis for space radiation, AI for space exploration, virtual reality, and high-performance computing.

With 18 years of experience across the NASA (8 years) and Defense (10 years) ecosystems, Dr. Campbell has a proven track record of leading high-impact initiatives. From 2021-2024, he led programs with the Environmental Defense Fund, using OSINT and network analysis to uncover how environmental policy shifts connect to professional ecosystems—informing advocacy and regulation. As the inaugural Space Director for the Australian Remote Operations for Space and Earth Consortium (2022–2024), he oversaw the development of lunar-rover, remote-operations, and climate mitigation technologies to accelerate the growth of Australia’s space industry.

In 2024, Dr. Campbell became the youngest member of the Board of Directors for The Planetary Society and co-founded the non-profit Heritage Space Food, which was awarded NASA’s Space Tech Catalyst Prize for its work integrating culture and exploration through gastrodiplomacy. He is a recognized 2020 Young Leader by both the French-American Foundation (FAF) and the Australian-American Leadership Dialogue (AALD).

Dr. Campbell is a non-resident fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensics & GeoTechLab, a Technology Fellow at American University’s Washington College of Law, and an advisor at UC Boulder Law’s Silicon Flatirons, with a focus on AI ethics, sustainability, and the space sector. He is currently incubating Climate Links, a trans-Atlantic consortium using OSINT and AI to solve the “last mile” of sustainability and realizing SDG 17.

He earned his PhD in Computer Science (machine learning & applied mathematics) from Nova Southeastern University in 2016.