Nelson works as the program manager for NASA Langley’s Postdoctoral Program (NPP). NPP Fellows are selected by a competitive peer-review process, and complete one- to three-year Fellowship appointments that advance NASA’s missions in earth science, heliophysics, planetary science, astrophysics, space bioscience, aeronautics and engineering, human exploration and space operations, and astrobiology.
Nelson has also worked as the Executive Assistant to the Director of the Office of Strategic Analysis, Communication and Business Development (OSACB) at NASA LaRC.