Piers Sellers

Piers Sellers OBE
Born	Piers John Sellers (1955-04-11)11 April 1955 Crowborough, Sussex, England
Died	23 December 2016(2016-12-23) (aged 61) Houston, Texas, U.S.
Nationality	British American
Education	University of Edinburgh (BSc) University of Leeds (PhD)
Space career
NASA astronaut
Time in space	35d 9h 2m
Selection	NASA Group 16 (1996)
Total EVAs	6
Total EVA time	41h 10m
Missions	STS-112 STS-121 STS-132
Mission insignia
Scientific career
Fields	Meteorology
Thesis	Vegetation Type and Catchment Water Balance: A Simulation Study (1981)

Piers John Sellers OBE (11 April 1955 – 23 December 2016) was a British-American meteorologist, NASA astronaut^[1] and Director of the Earth Science Division at NASA/GSFC. He was a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions. Sellers attended Cranbrook School, Cranbrook, Kent, United Kingdom, until 1973, and achieved a bachelor's degree in ecological science from the University of Edinburgh in 1976. In 1981 he gained a doctorate in biometeorology from the University of Leeds. In 2011, Sellers retired from the NASA Astronaut Corps.^[2]

Before joining the astronaut corps, Sellers worked at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center on research into how the Earth's biosphere and atmosphere interact. This work involved climate system computer modelling and field work utilising aircraft, satellites and ground support input.