ABOUT ME
Hello all and welcome to my blog!
My name is Jordan Eagle and I am 31 years old. I was born and raised in Hampton, Virginia. I attended and graduated from Kecoughtan High School in 2012. I received my Bachelor of Science degree in 2016 from Radford University in Radford, VA, in physics with a concentration in astronomy and a minor in Spanish. After that, I moved down to Clemson, South Carolina to begin my doctoral work in physics at Clemson University. While pursuing my PhD, I earned my Master of Science in physics in 2019.
I completed my Ph.D. in physics as a Chandra X-ray Center predoctoral fellow at the Harvard & Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Massachusetts. I successfully defended my dissertation on the Pursuit for Gamma-ray Emitting Pulsar Wind Nebulae with the Fermi-LAT from Clemson University on June 28, 2022.
Immediately after conferring in August 2022, I began a NASA postdoctoral fellowship program (NPP) as a postdoctoral fellow at the NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Maryland. In August 2023, I became a postdoctoral research associate with Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA) at GSFC.
I aim to use my position as a fellow scientist to strengthen the scientific community primarily by bridging the gap between the scientific community and the general public, now a major concern for humankind. I focus on improving the understanding of science and its validity with the general public and, along the way, (hopefully) sharing with the general public a renewed sense of awe and appreciation for science. Lastly, it is a primary goal to see my field become more accepting and welcoming to people from all walks of life. It is a core belief that the success of science depends on human diversity and kindness. I try to enrich my communities with these values through outreach and community engagement of all kinds. Please, feel free to reach out to me for volunteer inquiries if you have a related outreach event or opportunity. I am currently based in the DMV region and am enthusiastic to engage in a broad variety of volunteer services.
In the past, ways that I tried to engage with my community was by sharing my experiences as a graduate student. You may still find these blog posts in the Archives.
This blog will have multiple purposes: 1) I want to share my story on how I got to where I am today. I am very much not an innately brilliant physicist. If I can be a physicist, anyone can be a physicist is all I’m saying. 2) I want to share resources for other graduate students. It is important to stay involved in your community, keep up to date with new opportunities, and most importantly, to take care of yourself! Mental, physical, and academic advice will be included. 3) Lastly, I want to share all of the cool and exciting things that I study. I hope to share a similar passion and connection with my readers through this blog.
Back in the good ole days 🥹
What do you study?
High-energy astrophysical phenomena. My past and current research interests focus on where the most energetic massive particles, cosmic rays (CRs), are produced from in our Milky Way Galaxy, using broadband studies of the descendants of supernova explosions, pulsar wind nebulae (PWNe) and supernova remnants (SNRs) to understand the capability of these sources to generate CRs.
How long did it take you to earn your PhD in physics?
Approximately 5.5 years (Fall 2016 – Summer 2022). In the same time frame I also earned a Master of Science in physics.
What do you like to do in your free time?
In my free time I love reading, listening to music, running with my dog Ruca, snowboarding, hiking… Basically anything that can be performed outdoors and in nature.
JORDAN L. EAGLE 