{"id":33860,"date":"2022-03-01T12:14:41","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T17:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=33860"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:36:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:36:00","slug":"alum-nilufar-ramji","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/people\/alum-nilufar-ramji\/","title":{"rendered":"Nilufar Ramji"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"742\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Nilufar-Ramji-Headshot_alumbio.jpg\" alt=\"photo of Nilufar Ramji\" class=\"wp-image-40392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Nilufar-Ramji-Headshot_alumbio.jpg 742w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Nilufar-Ramji-Headshot_alumbio-160x173.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Nilufar-Ramji-Headshot_alumbio-240x259.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Nilufar-Ramji-Headshot_alumbio-400x431.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Nilufar-Ramji-Headshot_alumbio-360x388.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"lead-public-affairs-officer-moon-to-mars-nasa\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">\nLead Public Affairs Officer, Moon to Mars, NASA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BA (Hons) in Political Science, concentration in Canadian Politics, 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nilufar Ramji is the lead Public Affairs Officer for Moon to Mars activities at NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston. She is currently on a detail serving as co-executive producer for live broadcasts. With over a decade of experience in public affairs and strategic communications, she has led NASA efforts across various streams including celebrity engagement, STEM Engagement, and International Space Station outreach.&nbsp; She has received multiple awards including a group achievement award for Johnson&#8217;s strategic roadmap called Dare Unite Explore; her work in STEM Communications, NASA\u2019s Response to COVID-19 and the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-quote cu-component-spacing\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ helped set the stage for my career through its course catalogue and location in the National Capital Region. I am grateful for the opportunities that my degree from ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ has brought me.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Nilufar","cu_people_last_name":"Ramji","cu_people_initials":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[54,101],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-33860","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","hentry","cu_people_type-alumni","cu_people_type-ba"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"","cu_people_degree":"","cu_building":false,"cu_people_office_num":"","cu_people_pronoun":"none","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"","cu_people_phone":"","cu_people_phone_ext":"","cu_people_linkedin":"","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"","cu_people_orcid":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/33860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/33860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40394,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/33860\/revisions\/40394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=33860"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=33860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}