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Neil Zimmerman

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Neil Zimmerman

  • Rsch AST, Stlr Galctic&Xtrgltc Astr
  • 301.286.3328
  • NASA/GSFC
  • Mail Code: 667
  • Greenbelt , MD 20771
  • Employer: NASA

    • Current Projects

    Coronagraph Instrument for the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST)

    Large UV-Optical-IR (LUVOIR) Surveyor mission concept study

    Positions/Employment

    1/2017 - Present

    Research Astrophysicist

    Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
    8/2015 - 1/2017

    Support Scientist

    Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD
    1/2014 - 8/2015

    Postdoctoral Research Associate

    Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
    10/2011 - 12/2013

    Postdoctoral Fellow

    Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany

    Education

    Ph.D., Astronomy, Columbia University, 2011

    M.Phil., Astronomy, Columbia University, 2008

    M.E., Electrical Engineering, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, 2006

    B.E., Electrical Engineering, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, 2004

                                                                                                                                                                                            
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    • Last Updated: 06/02/2023