N. Jeremy Kasdin is an American astrophysicist pursuing research into the detection and characterization of exoplanetary systems. He is the assistant dean of the engineering school at the University of San Francisco.[1] Prior to this, he was a professor at Princeton University and vice dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.[2] He is a pioneer[3] of the starshade technique for suppressing starlight to enable the direct detection of Earth-like planets around nearby stars.[4][5] He is also a recognized authority on orbital dynamics and optimal estimation of physical state, and co-authored the book "Engineering Dynamics: A Comprehensive Introduction".[6] His earlier work included involvement with NASA's Terrestrial Planet Finder mission, a mission studied in the 2000s; an innovative concept for a planet-finding telescope with an unusual pupil,[7] and Gravity Probe B. Kasdin has also been involved with developing a means of tracking birds or other migratory animals anywhere in the world.[8][9]
He is currently the leader of the coronagraph science (the Adjutant Scientist) for NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission.[10] Kasdin's work on shaped pupil coronagraphy,[11] one of the techniques being developed for Roman, has demonstrated high contrast imaging over a restricted field of view near a bright object such as a star.[12][13]
References
edit- ^ "Meet USF's New Head of Engineering". August 28, 2019. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
- ^ "Jeremy Kasdin page at Princeton". Retrieved 2016-01-14.
- ^ "TIME magazine article on Kasdin & Starshades". Retrieved 2016-01-14.
- ^ "Summary of Kasdin's TED talk on starshades". Retrieved 2016-01-14.
- ^ "Princeton Alumni magazine article on Kasdin and Starshades". Retrieved 2016-01-14.
- ^ Jeremy Kasdin, N.; Paley, Derek A. (22 February 2011). Google Books article on "Engineering Dynamics". ISBN 978-1400839070.
- ^ "Daily Princetonian article on "The Pupil"". Retrieved 2016-01-14.
- ^ "Economist article on animal-tracking system". The Economist. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
- ^ "Princeton article on tests of animal-tracking system". Retrieved 2016-01-14.
- ^ "Professor Jeremy Kasdin selected to NASA WFIRST science team". Retrieved 2016-01-14.
- ^ Kasdin, N. Jeremy; Vanderbei, Robert J.; Spergel, David N.; Littman, Michael G. (January 2003). "Extrasolar Planet Finding via Optimal Apodized-Pupil and Shaped-Pupil Coronagraphs". The Astrophysical Journal. V.582, Issue 2 (2): 1147–1161. Bibcode:2003ApJ...582.1147K. doi:10.1086/344751. S2CID 122709566. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
- ^ "Keynote talk at 2009 Sagan Symposium on coronagraphy" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-01-14.
- ^ "Boston Micromachines article on shaped pupil coronagraphy". Retrieved 2016-01-14.