Jordan Eagle
High Energy Astrophysics
Research Focus
Research Interests
About Jordan
I am a physics PhD candidate from Clemson University in South Carolina, starting my sixth year. I am completing my PhD thesis at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics under Dr. Daniel Castro. Together, we hunt the remnants of stellar explosions in the highest energy light — gamma-rays! Massive stars end their life in a violent stellar explosion. Often times, a crazy rapidly rotating star made up of mostly neutrons is left behind at the explosion center called a “pulsar”. If the pulsar has enough power, it will actually form an extremely energetic wind made out of particles like electrons! We call this particle wind powered by the pulsar a “pulsar wind nebula”. The particles interact with their surroundings and radiate away their energy. Scientists like Dan and I observe this radiation from radio wavelengths to gamma-ray energies!
Honors
Predoctoral Fellowship
Education
Ph.D.
Physics, Clemson University, 05/2022
Master's
Physics, Clemson University, 12/2019
Bachelor's
Physics, Radford University, 05/2016
