Bruce Martin Jakosky (born December 9, 1955) is a professor of Geological Sciences and associate director of the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

[1] He serves on numerous national advisory committees and is an associate director at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

[2] In September 2008, the MAVEN project, a Mars orbiter, was chosen as an upcoming NASA exploration mission.

Jakosky served as MAVEN's principal investigator from inception in 2003 until he stepped down on August 31, 2021, passing the leadership on to Shannon Curry.

[3] The $485 million program represents the largest research contract ever awarded to the University of Colorado at Boulder.