Jeremy S Perkins

Jeremy S Perkins

  • RESEARCH AST, FIELDS AND PARTICLES
  • 301.286.3463
  • NASA/GSFC
  • Mail Code: 661
  • Greenbelt , MD 20771
  • Employer: NASA
  • Brief Bio

    Jeremy Perkins is an experimental gamma-ray astrophysicist who is active in many areas of high- and very-high-energy astronomy.  Jeremy is an active member of the VERITAS and Fermi-LAT collaborations and is currently working in the Fermi Science Support Center on many different projects (Jeremy's github page has a sampling of these).  His other interests include brewing beer, finding the perfect espresso and decoding Räikkönen.  

    Education

    2006 Ph.D., Physics, Washington University in St. Louis
    2001 B.S. with Honors, Physics and Math, cum laude, Samford University

    Positions/Employment

    6/2013 - Present

    Research Astrophysicist

    NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD  
    2010 - 6/2013

    Research Scientist

    University of Maryland, Baltimore County (CRESST/NASA-GSFC), NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD  
    2011 - 2013

    Lecturer

    University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD  
    2007 - 2008

    Interim VERITAS Project Manager

    Harvard-Smithsonian CfA, Tucson, AZ  
    2006 - 2010

    Physicist

    Harvard-Smithsonian CfA, Tucson, AZ  
    2002 - 2006

    Research Assistant

    Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO  
    2001 - 2002

    Teaching Assistant

    Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO  

    Brief Bio

    Jeremy Perkins is an experimental gamma-ray astrophysicist who is active in many areas of high- and very-high-energy astronomy.  Jeremy is an active member of the VERITAS and Fermi-LAT collaborations and is currently working in the Fermi Science Support Center on many different projects (Jeremy's github page has a sampling of these).  His other interests include brewing beer, finding the perfect espresso and decoding Räikkönen.  

                                                                                                                                                                                            
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