Jessica Gaskin is an American astrophysicist at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, where she leads the X-ray Astronomy Group X-Ray Astronomy at Marshall Space Flight Center. She was the lead author on the conceptual study of the Lynx X-ray Observatory, a Large Mission Concept Study space-based X-ray telescope submitted to the Decadal Survey for prioritization.
Education
Gaskin earned a B.S. in Physics and Astrophysics from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology before receiving an M.S. in astronomy from Case Western Reserve University. She then earned a PhD in physics from the University of Alabama in Huntsville.
Awards and honors
- 2021 NASA Silver Achievement Medal
- 2019 NASA MSFC Innovation Peer Award
- 2014 NASA Honor Award for Early Career Achievement Medal
References
- "Dr. Jessica Gaskin – NESC Academy Biography – NASA".
- Gaskin, Jessica A.; Ozel, Feryal; Vikhlinin, Alexey; Allen, Steven; Bautz, Mark; Brandt, W. Niel; Bregman, Joel; Donahue, Megan; Haiman, Zoltan; Hickox, Ryan; Jeltema, Tesla; Kollmeier, Juna; Kravtsov, Andrey; Lopez, Laura; Madau, Piero; Osten, Rachel; Paerels, Frits; Pooley, David; Ptak, Andrew; Quataert, Eliot; Reynolds, Christopher; Stern, Daniel (23 August 2019). "Concept Study Report" (PDF). Lynx X-ray Observatory. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
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