Dr. Valerie L. Thomas

Valerie L. Thomas is a Morgan State-trained physicist and NASA inventor best known for the illusion transmitter, a patent that advanced 3-D imaging. At Goddard Space Flight Center she managed data systems that put satellite images into the hands of researchers.

• NASA mathematician and data-systems manager at Goddard Space Flight Center.
• Patented the illusion transmitter in 1980.
• Inducted into the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame in 2021.