Sciences and Exploration Directorate

Tess Jaffe

(Research AST, Fields and Particles)

Tess Jaffe's Contact Card & Information.
Email: tess.jaffe@nasa.gov
Phone: 301.286.8904
Org Code: 660.1
Address:
NASA/GSFC
Mail Code 660.1
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Employer:
NASA

Brief Bio


I'm an astrophysicist in HEASARC/LAMBDA data center at GSFC to support both the high energy astrophysics and CMB communities. I have previously worked in software support for high energy astrophysics missions before pursuing a PhD project studying the shape of the Universe using the CMB anisotropies. I did postdoctoral research studying Galactic magnetic fields before returning to NASA as an archive scientist.

 

Positions/Employment


Research Astrophysicist

NASA - Goddard

April 2020 - Present

HEASARC Chief Archive Scientist and NAVO Project Scientist.


Assistant research scientist

University of Maryland (UMD), College Park - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC),

July 2016 - 2020


Postdoctoral researcher

Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP) - Toulouse, France

2009 - 2016


Postdoctoral researcher

Jodrell Bank Center for Astrophysics (JBCA), University of Manchester - Manchester, UK

2006 - 2009


Programmer/analyst

Raytheon Int'l and SP Systems - Integral Science Data Center (ISDC), Versoix, Switzerland

1999 - 2003


Programmer/analyst

Hughes STX and Raytheon - Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

1997 - 1999

Education


2006: PhD in Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany and the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching, Germany

1996: MS in Physics, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA

1995: BS in Applied Mathematics, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA