Warren Hoburg

Warren Woodrow "Woody" Hoburg (born September 16, 1985) is an American engineer and NASA astronaut.
Early life and education.
Warren Hoburg was born on September 16, 1985 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Jim and Peggy Hoburg. He graduated from North Allegheny High School, and received a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautics and astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2008. He earned a Master of Science in 2011, followed by a Ph.D. in 2013, in electrical engineering and computer science at the University of California, Berkeley.
Academic career.
After completing his doctorate, Hoburg worked in product development at Boeing until 2014, when he became an assistant professor at MIT. He served as a sponsor for the capstone project Jungle Hawk Owl, which is a UAV sponsored by the US Air Force. He also manages the geometric programming Python package GPKit.
NASA career.
In 2017, Hoburg was selected as an astronaut candidate in NASA Astronaut Group 22, and began the two-year training in August. In December 2020 he was announced as one of the eighteen NASA astronauts selected as part of the Artemis Program for a lunar mission in 2024. 
Personal life.
Hoburg is an avid rock climber, mountaineer, and pilot, and has previously worked with Yosemite search and rescue and the Bay Area Mountain Rescue Unit. 
Awards and honors.
Hoburg was a National Science Foundation research fellow from 2009–2013, and is a two-time recipient of the AIAA Aeronautics and Astronautics Teaching Award.