Jessica Gaskin

Jessica Gaskin is an American astrophysicist at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, where she leads the X-ray Astronomy Group X-Ray Astronomy at Marshall Space Flight Center. She was the lead author on the conceptual study of the Lynx X-ray Observatory, a Large Mission Concept Study space-based X-ray telescope submitted to the Decadal Survey for prioritization.

Education Gaskin earned a B.S. in Physics and Astrophysics from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology before receiving an M.S. in astronomy from Case Western Reserve University. She then earned a PhD in physics from the University of Alabama in Huntsville.

Awards and honors 2021 NASA Silver Achievement Medal 2019 NASA MSFC Innovation Peer Award 2014 NASA Honor Award for Early Career Achievement Medal