Newton Campbell
Adjunct Professor
Newton H. Campbell Jr., Ph.D., is a computer scientist and applied mathematician whose work spans artificial intelligence, space systems, and public-interest technology. In fall 2026, he joins the teaching team for STIA 4005: Foundations of Space Studies at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service. His module focuses on space capabilities, sustainable cities, and development.
Through his consultancy, Everything Lives LLC, Dr. Campbell serves as a senior AI researcher supporting NASA’s Office of the Chief Information Officer, NESC, and ARMD. He is also an artificial intelligence subject-matter expert for the International Telecommunication Union, where he supports the AI Group of the United Nations’ Early Warnings for All initiative. His other academic and policy appointments include Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the School of Built Environment at UNSW Sydney, Technology Fellow at American University Washington College of Law, Advisory Board member of Silicon Flatirons at the University of Colorado Boulder Law School, and Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s GeoTech Center.
His research encompasses autonomous aerospace systems, AI assurance, geospatial AI, and methods for verifying open-source evidence and matching commercial space capabilities with municipal sustainability needs. He leads this work partly through SDLinks, a research program currently under Pre-Phase A incubation.
Previously, Dr. Campbell was the inaugural Director of Space Programs for the Australian Remote Operations for Space and Earth Consortium. His portfolio included preliminary design and stakeholder engagement for Australia’s Trailblazer lunar-rover effort and the creation of the consortium’s Climate Resilience Working Group. Earlier, at Raytheon BBN Technologies, he led DARPA research in cybersecurity and critical-infrastructure resilience. He also co-founded Heritage Space Food, whose team received a 2024 NASA Space Tech Catalyst Prize for work connecting culture, food, and human space exploration.
Dr. Campbell joined The Planetary Society’s Board of Directors in 2024. He was selected as a 2019 Australian-American Leadership Dialogue Young Leader and 2020 French-American Foundation Young Leader, both for his work in space, climate, and AI. His work has appeared in AIAA and IEEE conference proceedings, Springer volumes, International Astronautical Congress papers, and NASA technical reports. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Nova Southeastern University.