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Kellen Dunn Lawson

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Kellen Dunn Lawson's Contact Card & Information.
Email: kellen.d.lawson@nasa.gov
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 Greenbelt, MD 20771
Employer: UMBC Univ. of MD, Baltimore County

Research Interests

High-contrast Imaging

Astrophysics: Extrasolar planets

Imaging of exoplanetary systems, including planets and circumstellar disks, using "high-contrast" techniques at visible and infrared wavelengths.

Positions/Employment

NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow

NPP Program / ORAU - NASA-GSFC

August 2022 - July 2025

Assistant Research Scientist

University of Maryland Baltimore County - NASA-GSFC

August 2025 - Present

Education


2022: PhD Physics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Dissertation: "High Contrast Imaging of Planet-forming Disks with Extreme Adaptive Optics Systems"

Advisor: John Wisniewski


2014: BSc. Astrophysics, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC

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