Jennifer Lynn Bartlett, Ph.D.   

Astronomer

Email: Jennifer@BartlettAstro.com

I have wanted to be an astronomer for as long as I can remember. When I was thirteen, my grandfather heard me and sent me a Maksutov-Cassegrain telescope, which I continue to use today. I went to Cal and finished my undergraduate education in physics at Rensselaer Polytech. Upon graduation, I started a small computer company, but economic reality sent me into the aerospace industry. Still, astronomy beckoned. I entered the astronomy program at the University of Virginia part time for several years. Finally, I went full time and earned my PhD in 2007. After spending 14 years developing practical astronomical applications and supporting celestial navigation at the US Naval Observatory in Washington, DC, I moved to the US US Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, as the Kinnear Chair in Physics. Starting in 2023, I joined the Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, MA. I am now the Astrophysics Data System project scientist trying to keep the astronomy community happy while our digital library expands to serve planetary science, heliophysics, Earth science, and NASA-funded research in the biological and physical sciences as the Science Explorer. In addition, I continue my research in nearby stars, refraction, illuminance, and history of astronomy.