Dr. Aki Roberge

Dr. Aki Roberge

  • RSCH AST, STIR GALCTIC&XTRGLTC ASTR
  • 301.286.2967
  • NASA/GSFC
  • Mail Code: 660
  • Greenbelt , MD 20771
  • Employer: NASA
  • Brief Bio

    2022 - present : Associate Director for Technology & Strategy, Astrophysics Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

    2008 - present : Research Astrophysicist, Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

    2021 : Acting Deputy Director, Sciences and Exploration Directorate, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

    2020 - 2021 : Discipline Scientist, Astrophysics Division, NASA Headquarters

    2005 - 2008 : NASA Postdoctoral Fellow, Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

    2002 - 2005 : Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington

    Research Interests

    Planet Formation and Mission Concept Development

    The study of planet formation through multi-wavelength observations of circumstellar disks around nearby young stars; Development of space telescope mission concepts. More info at my personal research webpage.

    Education

    2003, Ph.D (Astrophysics), Johns Hopkins University, Thesis: "Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of Circumstellar Disks"
    1999, M.A. (Physics), Johns Hopkins University
    1996, B.S. (Physics w/ Planetary Science minor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Brief Bio

    2022 - present : Associate Director for Technology & Strategy, Astrophysics Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

    2008 - present : Research Astrophysicist, Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

    2021 : Acting Deputy Director, Sciences and Exploration Directorate, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

    2020 - 2021 : Discipline Scientist, Astrophysics Division, NASA Headquarters

    2005 - 2008 : NASA Postdoctoral Fellow, Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

    2002 - 2005 : Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington

                                                                                                                                                                                            
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