Judith Lea Racusin is an American astrophysicist. She works at Goddard Space Flight Center as a research aerospace technologist in fields and particles. Racusin researches gamma-ray bursts, supernova remnants, high-energy astrophysics, and instrumentation.
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| Alma mater | University of Michigan (BS) Pennsylvania State University (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astrophysics |
| Institutions | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Thesis | The Collimation Signatures of Gamma-ray Bursts: Jet Properties and Energetics Inferred from X-ray Afterglow Observations (2009) |
| Doctoral advisor | David N. Burrows |
Life and work
editRacusin completed a B.S. in astronomy, astrophysics, and general physics at University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts in 2003. In 2009, Racusin earned a Ph.D. in astronomy and astrophysics at Pennsylvania State University. Her dissertation was titled The Collimation Signatures of Gamma-ray Bursts: Jet Properties and Energetics Inferred from X-ray Afterglow Observations.[1] Her doctoral advisor was David N. Burrows.[2]
In 2021, Racusin was officially listed as an Astronomy And Space Scientist working at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Bio - Judith Lea Racusin". science.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ Racusin, Judith Lea (2009-06-18). "The Collimation Signatures of Gamma-Ray Bursts: Jet Properties and Energetic Inferred from X-ray Afterglow Observations".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Employee Profile of Judith Lea Racusin — Astronomy and Space Scientist". www.federalpay.org. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
External links
edit- Judith Racusin publications indexed by Google Scholar
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