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Judith Racusin

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Judith Racusin
Alma materUniversity of Michigan (BS)
Pennsylvania State University (PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics
InstitutionsGoddard Space Flight Center
ThesisThe Collimation Signatures of Gamma-ray Bursts: Jet Properties and Energetics Inferred from X-ray Afterglow Observations (2009)
Doctoral advisorDavid N. Burrows

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.

Life and work

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Racusin 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

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  1. ^ "Bio - Judith Lea Racusin". science.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ 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)
  3. ^ "Employee Profile of Judith Lea Racusin — Astronomy and Space Scientist". www.federalpay.org. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
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