Teresa Symons

Teresa Symons is an Assistant Staff Scientist at IPAC, California Institute of Technology, supporting NASA missions including NEO Surveyor (as source detection and photometry scientist) and SPHEREx. She plays a critical role in data processing for the NEO Surveyor Survey Data Center.

Her educational background:

• B.S. in Space Physics, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
• M.S. in Computational Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas
• Ph.D. in Astrophysical Sciences and Technology, Rochester Institute of Technology

Dr. Symons' research centers on cosmic background radiation, particularly the cosmic optical background and extragalactic background light. She utilizes data from space missions like New Horizons and develops data processing algorithms for photometry and PSF reconstruction in missions such as SPHEREx.

She is actively involved in the NEO Surveyor Survey Data Center and NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive, contributing to the discovery and characterization of near-Earth objects through advanced data processing techniques.