What We Are Providing
We work with you to come up with the very best solutions for your challenges!
We empower aerospace contractors, government agencies, and research institutions to drive complex space initiatives to success with scientific rigor and strategic leadership:
- Mission Architecture & Strategy: Lead projects from initial concept through Category 1 implementation.
- Global Facility Management:
Founded complex data initiatives across 100+ countries (SuperMAG).
- Technical Innovation: Developed patented algorithms and science-quality hardware for industry.
- Funding Strategy: Leveraging a record of $100M+ in secured grants to optimize grant level to mission level proposals.
Working Together
We have extensive experience with proposal and concept development
Space Mission Leadership & Strategy
Leverage decades of experience in the full lifecycle of NASA and international missions, from initial science story development to implementation and oversight.
- Mission Concept Development: Providing strategic guidance on proposal phases to achieve high technical and science ratings.
- International Coordination: Delivering expert management of global research efforts and multi-country stakeholder meetings.
Scientific Facility & Data Initiative Management
Specialized consulting for establishing and operating global scientific infrastructures.
- Large-Scale Collaboration: Navigating the complexities of multi-organizational and multi-national initiatives to ensure seamless execution.
- Data Strategy: Providing expertise in ground-based magnetometer data processing and the development of worldwide data accessibility services.
Research Grant & Funding Strategy
Maximize your success in securing competitive funding based on a career of winning over 40 competitive grants from agencies including NASA, NSF, and the European Union.
- Proposal Optimization: Scientific and technical review for grant submissions to ensure closure of science objectives.
Technical Innovation & Intellectual Property
Guidance on bridging the gap between academic discovery and industrial application.
- Technology Transfer: Support for patent-pending technology development and satellite mission innovation.
Who We Are
When you partner with Gjerloev Consulting, you are gaining more than a scientific consultant; you are gaining a strategist who has navigated the most complex technical and organizational challenges in the space sector.
Mission Architecture
Dr. Gjerloev served as the Principal Investigator (PI) for a $300M NASA MidEx mission concept, achieving the highest possible Category 1 technical and science rating. He served as the Project Scientist for the $65M NASA EZIE mission and has worked on and developed several other mission concepts.
Global Infrastructure Leadership
Dr. Gjerloev founded and led SuperMAG, the world’s primary facility for accessing ground-based magnetometer data, a project that required the coordination of research efforts across the globe.
High-Level Policy & Strategy
Dr. Gjerloev has served as Chair at the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Meeting on Space Weather and was invited to the White House to advise on international space weather infrastructure.
Scientific Authority
Dr. Gjerloev served as a nominator for the Nobel Prize in Physics (2012-2017), he has author of 160+ peer-reviewed papers with an H-index of 36. His expertise is recognized around the world as evident from his more than 100 invited presentations at international scientific meetings and he has served as a reviewer for a long list of agencies around the world. He has successfully won and led more than 40 competitive research grants in USA and Europe.
Bridging Industry & Academia
Dr. Gjerloev is an innovator with patented technology in ground magnetometer data processing, moving complex scientific concepts into industrial applications.
Background
When you partner with Gjerloev Consulting, you are gaining more than a scientific consultant; you are gaining a strategist who has navigated the most complex technical and organizational challenges in the space sector.
Space Mission Leadership & Strategy
- CEO, Gjerloev Consulting LLC (2025–Present): Strategic leadership and technical innovation for space missions.
- Research Faculty, Catholic University of America (2025–Present): Academic research and mission mentorship.
- Principal Professional Staff, JHU-APL (2003–2025): Led large-scale mission concepts and global data facilities.
- Tenured Professor, University of Bergen (2011–2024): Leader in the Birkeland Centre of Excellence.
- Research Scientist, NASA-GSFC (1998–2003): Foundational research in auroral electrodynamics.
Scientific Facility & Data Initiative Management
- Post Doctoral in Space Physics: NASA-GSFC (National Research Council, USA).
- Ph.D. in Space Physics: Danish Technical University.
- M.S. in Theoretical Space Plasma Physics & Computer Physics: Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen.
- B.S. in Geophysics & Physics: Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen.
Let's Work Together
Bridging the gap between groundbreaking space science and industrial application.
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