Dr. Joanne ‘Joe’ Hill
Research Scientist
Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science & Technology
Dr. Hill is a research scientist working on the design of new X-ray polarimeters to study persistent celestial sources and bright explosions from the early universe. Working in collaboration with researchers at the University of Iowa, University of New Hampshire, and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Dr. Hill is also working to create new mission concepts that use polarimeters to study X-ray and gamma-ray emissions from bright, rapidly evolving celestial events and has recently been awarded a grant to provide a prototype polarimeter for the Naval Academy MIDSTAR Satellite Program.
About CRESST
The Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science and Technology (
CRESST) represents a collaboration between USRA, the University of Maryland, College Park, and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, in partnership with the Science Mission Directorate (SMD) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). The CRESST mission is to conduct space science research and to develop leading-edge instrumentation and technology; to enable research by the space sciences communities; and to expedite the effective dissemination of space science research, technology, data and information to the education community and the general public.
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