Elachi taught at Caltech, served in a variety of research and management positions at JPL beginning in 1971, specializing in remote sensing, and became the Director of JPL in May 2001.
He also earned a master's in business administration (1978) from USC and a master's in geology (1983) from UCLA.ĭr. He received a master's degree (1969) and doctorate (1971) in electrical sciences from Caltech. Charles Elachi was born in Lebanon and received a bachelor's degree in physics from the University of Grenoble, France, and a diploma in engineering from the Polytechnic Institute, Grenoble (both in 1968).
