Nathaniel Kerman
Nathaniel Kerman
Nathaniel Kerman

Nathaniel

Kerman

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Roles

Data Systems Software Engineer

Biography

Nathaniel 'Nat' Kerman is a Software Engineer at LASP who develops scientific algorithms and calibration pipelines for missions in astronomy, heliophysics, and climate science. Through his studies and work, Nat built an expertise in scientific programming, data pipelines, and data correction algorithms. Nat majored in Astrophysics at Yale (2020), before working at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) to improve calibration on the Hubble and Webb Telescopes. In 2022, Nat joined LASP, where he works on the CLARREO climate observer and the IMAP heliophysics mission. As a passionate educator, Nat has also served the instructor of record an undergraduate Astronomy course at CU Boulder, "ASTR3800: Introduction to Scientific Data Analysis and Computing".

Additional Information

Yale University, B.S., 2020