Personal Journey of Holocaust Experience

Dr. Arthur (Art) Zygielbaum is an Emeritus Research Associate Professor from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Natural Resources.  In January 2019 he began his second attempt at retirement.  Art joined UNL after spending nearly 30 years at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory progressing from an engineer working on spacecraft tracking systems to a senior manager.  He was on the science and tracking teams of many space missions, including Voyager, Viking and Helios, and helped test Einstein’s theory of general relativity.   Art holds a BS in Physics from the University of California at Los Angeles and a MS in Electrical Engineering-Computers from the University of Southern California.  In 1998, he joined The University of Nebraska-Lincoln as a member of the administrative faculty working in educational technology. Art “retired” in 2005 to pursue a PhD in Geography/Remote Sensing at UNL. After completing the degree in December 2009, he joined the faculty. Along with teaching, Art performed research in the measurement of vegetation stress and photoprotective response.  He has published over 50 professional papers/conference presentations and edited a book on Earth Science Information Systems. Art also served as a member of NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel, National Research Council National Weather Service Modernization Committee, and independent review teams for the Navy and Department of Commerce.  He is a member of several civic and non-profit boards including Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest Board, Lied Center for the Performing Arts Statewide Advisory Board, City of Lincoln Telecommunications/Cable Advisory Board, South Street Temple Trustees, and the American Radio Relay League Board (national amateur radio organization) and his hobbies include amateur radio and photography.