Dr. Karl D. Gordon Astronomer Guest Professor JWST Instrument Scientist STScI Absolute Flux Calibration Lead
I am an Astronomer at Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) which I joined in August 2007 and a Guest Professor at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the Univerity of Ghent since 2011. My research focus on investigating the properties of interstellar dust grains through observations and modeling. My functional work at STScI centers on supporting absolute flux calibration for all STScI missions, data reduction for all James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) instruments, and the JWST Mid-Infrared Instru
From 1999-2007 I worked at the Univ. of Arizona as part of the MIPS Instrument Team participating in the full joys of helping build, operate, and use a space instrument. Prior to that I spent 2 years as a postdoc working with Geoff Clayton at Louisiana State University . I received my PhD in 1997 from the Univ. of Toledo where I got my start in interstellar dust research working for Adolf Witt .