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Astrophysics Science Division

Astrophysics Science Division Student Opportunities

Mentor Student Level Time Commitment Mission Topic Skills
Robin Stebbins
Robin.T.Stebbins@nasa.gov
Undergrad - sophomore, junior, senior Other*
(10-20 hours per week)
LISA Gravitational Waves Mechanical, electronic, optical, data analysis desirable
Robin Stebbins
Robin.T.Stebbins@nasa.gov
Grad Student Other*
(10-20 hours per week)
LISA Gravitational Waves Mechanical, electronic, optical, data analysis desirable
Dr. Ann Hornschemeier
Ann.Hornschemeier.Cardiff@nasa.gov
Grad Student Summer*
(>20 hours per week)
Archival Research Galaxies/Clusters Computer programming (IDL), Latex, Initiative, Teamwork
Stephen Rinehart
Stephen.A.Rinehart@nasa.gov
Grad Student Summer*
(>20 hours per week)
Other Laboratory Astrophysics See last paragraph of project description.
Stephen Rinehart
Stephen.A.Rinehart@nasa.gov
Grad Student Summer*
(>20 hours per week)
Other Mission Simulations See last paragraph of project description.
Stephen Rinehart
Stephen.A.Rinehart@nasa.gov
Undergrad - sophomore, junior, senior Summer*
(>20 hours per week)
Archival Research Stars Computer programming, data analysis skills, IDL and LaTex experience are useful but not necessary.
Joe Hill
jhill@milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov
Undergrad - sophomore, junior, senior Summer
(>20 hours per week)
Balloons and Sounding Rockets Instrumentation programming and/or laboratory experience
Robin Corbet
corbet@umbc.edu
Undergrad - sophomore, junior, senior Summer*
(>20 hours per week)
Other Stars Data analysis, some astronomical knowledge
Takanori Sakamoto
Taka.Sakamoto@nasa.gov
Grad Student Master's thesis project
(>20 hours per week)
Other GRBs Interest in astronomy and telescopes; Computer programming to control hardware
Stephen M. Merkowitz
Stephen.M.Merkowitz@nasa.gov
Grad Student 1-year project*
(10-20 hours per week)
Other Other Electronic, optical, programming
Stefan Immler
stefan.immler@nasa.gov
Undergrad - sophomore, junior, senior Summer*
(>20 hours per week)
Swift Supernovae/Supernova Remnants Familiarity with Unix, some astronomical knowledge.
Stefan Immler
stefan.immler@nasa.gov
Grad Student 1-year project*
(>20 hours per week)
Swift Supernovae/Supernova Remnants Familiarity with Unix, some astronomical knowledge.
Katja Pottschmidt
katja@milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov
Undergrad - sophomore, junior, senior Summer*
(>20 hours per week)
Integral Compact X-ray Sources Familiarity with Unix, some astronomical knowledge.
Stephen Rinehart
Stephen.A.Rinehart@nasa.gov
Grad Student Other
(>20 hours per week)
Balloons and Sounding Rockets Balloon Projects engineering and/or instrumentation experience..

*Short term project with possibility to extend it to a longer-term/PhD project