Caleb Fassett
Senior Research Scientist at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Laurel, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolCaleb Fassett is a Senior Research Scientist with 13 years of experience in planetary science, spatial analysis, GIS, and data processing, currently based at Johns Hopkins APL after a multi-year planetary research role at NASA Marshall. He brings deep academic roots—PhD and MS in Geological Sciences from Brown and a BA in Geosciences and Astrophysics from Williams College—paired with hands-on postdoctoral and teaching experience. Caleb’s work focuses on translating remote sensing and spatial datasets into rigorous planetary insights, blending geoscience theory with practical data workflows and GIS toolchains. Colleagues know him for bridging academic research and mission-focused engineering, often tackling complex data-processing pipelines that enable science-driven decision making. An understated strength is his sustained trajectory across academia, government, and applied research labs, which gives him a rare perspective on both fundamental science and operational constraints.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D, MS, Geological Sciences, Ph.D, MS, Geological Sciences at Brown UniversityBA, Geosciences, Astrophysics, BA, Geosciences, Astrophysics at Williams College
Github Skills (21)
scenarios7
browser-addon7
planetary6
imagery5
mass-spectrometry5
userchromecss5
reduction5
thunderbird4
mozilla-firefox4
addon4
python3
image-processing3
gecko3
firefox-addon3
browser2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
cfassett/ANUGA-erosion
Aug 2018 - Jun 2021
Operators and Scenarios for adding Erosion to ANUGA hydro
Contributions:75 commits, 2 PRs, 71 pushes in 2 years 10 months
scenarioshydroerosion
cfassett/DiffusiveEquilibrium
Jun 2022 - Nov 2022
Contributions:2 releases, 25 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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