Donald J Horner
(SR. PROGRAMM/ANALYST)
| Email: | donald.j.horner@nasa.gov |
| Phone: | 301.286.9903 |
| Org Code: | 660.1 |
| Address: |
NASA/GSFC Mail Code 660.4 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
| Employer: | ADNET SYSTEMS INC |
Brief Bio
Positions/Employment
Principal Software Engineer
Adnet Systems - Greenbelt, MD
April 2023 - Present
Archive and Data Operations Manager for the Fermi Science Support Center (FSSC)
Principal Software Engineer
Innovim - Greenbelt, MD
October 2017 - April 2023
Archive and Data Operations Manager for the Fermi Science Support Center (FSSC)
Principal Software Engineer
Wyle Laboratories - Greenbelt, MD
January 2008 - October 2017
Software developer and software manager for the Fermi Science Support Center (FSSC).
Principal Software Engineer
RSIS - Greenbelt, MD
July 2006 - January 2008
Software developer and software manager for the Fermi Science Support Center (FSSC).
Senior Programmer/Analyst
L-3 Communications GSI - Greenbelt, MD
September 2004 - June 2006
Software developer for the Fermi Science Support Center.
Senior Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Massachusetts Amherst - Amherst, MA
September 2003 - September 2004
Conducted independent scientific research, assisted other projects, and help oversee student projects related to the X-ray properties of galaxies and galaxy clusters.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Space Telescope Science Institute - Baltimore, MD
October 2001 - September 2003
Conducted independent scientific research and assisted other projects related to the X-ray properties of galaxies and galaxy clusters.
Graduate Research Associate
University of Maryland - College Park, MD
August 1993 - October 2001
Conducted scientific research at GSFC culminating in a Ph.D. Taught undergraduate classes. Interfaced with the public as UMCP observatory open house director.
Education
University of Maryland, M.S. Astronomy, 1996
University of Virginia, B.A. Astronomy-Physics, 1993
Selected Publications
Refereed
2008. "The WARPS Survey. VII. The WARPS‐II Cluster Catalog." ASTROPHYS J SUPPL S 176 (2): 374-413 [10.1086/529494] [Journal Article/Letter]
2006. "Entropy Profiles in the Cores of Cooling Flow Clusters of Galaxies." The Astrophysical Journal 643 (2): 730-750 [10.1086/503270] [Journal Article/Letter]
2005. "Intermediate-Element Abundances in Galaxy Clusters." The Astrophysical Journal 620 680 [Full Text] [10.1086/427158] [Journal Article/Letter]
2003. "Constraints on the Cluster Environments and Hot Spot Magnetic Field Strengths of the Radio Sources 3C 280 and 3C 254." The Astrophysical Journal 584 (2): 643-656 [10.1086/345831] [Journal Article/Letter]
2002. "The WARPS Survey. VI. Galaxy Cluster and Source Identifications from Phase I." ASTROPHYS J SUPPL S 140 (2): 265-301 [10.1086/339685] [Journal Article/Letter]
1999. "Observational Tests of the Mass‐Temperature Relation for Galaxy Clusters." The Astrophysical Journal 520 (1): 78-86 [10.1086/307437] [Journal Article/Letter]