Grant Tremblay
Astrophysicist (Federal) & External Relations Lead
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolGrant Tremblay is an astrophysicist and external relations lead at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, combining active research leadership with strategic engagement across NASA, NSF, and other stakeholders. He heads the Lynx X-ray Observatory Science Support Office, supports Chandra flight operations via the High Resolution Camera team, and has over 100 refereed publications and $1.5M+ in NASA funding. A former NASA Einstein Fellow and ESO astronomer, his work uses multiwavelength observations to probe how supermassive black hole feedback regulates star formation, and he contributes to instrumentation for future missions including Lynx and a notional Europa lander. He is deeply involved in community governance as Senior Vice President of the AAS and Vice Chair of NASA’s Astrophysics Advisory Committee, reflecting a rare blend of science, mission development, and policy influence. Outside academia he communicates science broadly—authoring two popular books and appearing regularly on major science TV series—bringing complex X-ray astronomy to public audiences.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Brunswick High School (Maine)Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Astrophysics at Rochester Institute of TechnologyJohns Hopkins UniversityBachelor of Science (BS), Physics & Astronomy, Bachelor of Science (BS), Physics & Astronomy at University of Rochester
English, Spanish
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Github Skills (55)
python10
astronomy10
core-library10
orbital-mechanics10
astrophysics10
astropy10
astrology10
science10
astrodynamics10
linked-data9
visualization8
data-visualizations8
high-resolution7
galaxy6
visualizations6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
granttremblay/hrcsentinel
Jan 2018 - Sep 2020
Contributions:2 PRs, 68 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 8 months
monitorscamerahealthresolutionhigh-resolution
granttremblay/RainMaker
Aug 2016 - Mar 2017
Contributions:109 commits, 80 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
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