Paul J. Coleman, Jr. is an American space scientist, NASA veteran, emeritus professor of space physics at the University of California, Los Angeles and founding chairman of the Girvan Institute of Technology. Dr. Coleman is also a co-founder of JumpStartFund, an online crowdsourcing platform. He was awarded two Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal by NASA, one in 1970 for his contributions to the exploration of the solar system and the other in 1972 for his contributions to the exploration of the moon. In 1975 he was elected in the International Academy of Astronautics. He was a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow in 1975 and a Senior Fulbright Scholar from 1975-76. P From 1981 to 2000, he was president and CEO of the USRA. In 1985, Dr. Coleman was appointed by President Reagan to the National Commission on Space, and in 1991, he was appointed by Vice President Quayle to the Space policy Advisory Board. In 2004, he was recognized by Space News, as one of ten ?Innovators and visionaries? who ?made a difference? in the global space enterprise over the preceding fifteen years, ?.