Charles Elachi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Charles Elachi

Lebanese electrical engineer, JPL director

Date of Birth: 18-Apr-1947

Place of Birth: Lebanon

Profession: astronomer, engineer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Charles Elachi (born April 18, 1947 in Lebanon) is a Lebanese-American professor (emeritus) of electrical engineering and planetary science at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
From 2001 to 2016 he was director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and vice president of Caltech.