David Baumann serves as the Director of the Human Research Program (HRP) within the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate of NASA. HRP is responsible for mitigating the effects of the space environment on the health and performance of crewmembers aboard current and future space flight exploration missions. Its work is distributed across five NASA Centers and carried out by researchers in laboratories throughout the nation, aboard the International Space Station (ISS), and in specialized space flight analog facilities around the globe.

Mr. Baumann earned a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Valparaiso University.