Lisa A. Upton is a Lead Scientist and Group Lead in the Department of Solar & Heliospheric Physics. Dr. Upton uses numerical simulations and data assimilation to study the Sun’s magnetic phenomena, solar cycle variability, and space weather. She is a co-developer of the Advective Flux Transport (AFT) model, a critical tool for simulating the evolution of the solar magnetic field and providing solar cycle predictions. Dr. Upton recently co-chaired the Solar Cycle 25 Prediction Panel and has served on the NASA Heliophysics Advisory Committee. She is the recipient of the American Astronomical Society Solar Physics Division’s Karen Harvey Prize (2025). Dr. Upton maintains the solarcyclescience.com website to share solar data and research with the community. She received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Physics and an M.S. in Physics from the University of Memphis, an M.S. in Physics from the University of Alabama Huntsville, and a Ph.D. in Physics from Vanderbilt University.