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Judith Racusin
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

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

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. Her doctoral advisor was David N. Burrows.

In 2021, Racusin was officially listed as an Astronomy And Space Scientist working at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

References

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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• Judith Racusin publications indexed by Google Scholar

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