Jesse F. Leaman
jleamanATastroDOTberkeleyDOTedu

Born: September 27, 1977

Education:

· BS (Astronomy) University of Maryland, College Park, May 2002

· MA (Astronomy) University of California, Berkeley, May 2004

· Ph.D. (Astrophysics) University of California, Berkeley, May 2008

Current position:

· NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow

· Space Science Division, NASA Ames Research Center

Previous experience:

· 2000-2008: X-ray division of the Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics , NASA GSFC

· Summer 1999: internship in the Space Physics Data Facility of NASA GSFC

· Summer 1998: internship in the Microgravity Department of NASA MSFC

Research interests:

· Astronomy of transients (solar system, variable stars, AGN, Supernova, X-Ray binaries, GammaRay bursts) Cosmology

· Nearby Supernova Rate(Ph.D. work)

· Adaptive Technologies for people with physical disabilities (Leamanpotential.org)

Awards:

· APSCUF scholarship 1999

· Rashaan Jackson award for best presentation (Goddard/NASA Summer 1999)

· Chancellor's fellowship at UC Berkeley 2002-2004

· Mentored fellowship at UC Berkeley 2006