Newton Campbell is a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s GeoTech Center. He is a computer scientist and applied mathematician specializing in artificial intelligence (AI), space systems, and international technology policy. He runs a consulting firm, providing AI and data science consulting to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the United Nations, and nongovernmental organizations, with a focus on AI ethics, autonomous systems, and climate resilience. Campbell serves as a senior AI researcher to NASA’s Office of the Chief Information Officer, as an AI subject matter expert for the United Nations’ Early Warning for All initiative, and as adjunct senior lecturer at the University of New South Wales.

Previously, Campbell was the inaugural director of space programs for the Australian Remote Operations for Space and Earth Consortium, where he oversaw, among other programs, the design of Australia’s first lunar mission (Trailblazer) and founded its Climate Resilience Working Group. His work at NASA Langley and Raytheon BBN Technologies advanced AI for urban air mobility, virtual reality-based scientific collaboration, space radiation research, and critical infrastructure protection.

He serves on the board of directors of The Planetary Society and advises the University of Colorado Boulder Law School’s Silicon Flatirons Center, Trust in Media Cooperative, and Unicorn Forms. Select honors include the 2024 NASA Space Tech Catalyst Prize, 2019 Black Engineer of the Year Award, and 2015 Rising Star Award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.