John C. Vernaleo's Page

[entropy map from
rising bubble simulation]

Welcome to my home page. I am a former astronomer, former rocket scientist (okay, really computer programmer for NASA), and current data scientist/software developer in NYC. I have worked in both finance and startups, and used to work for the Fermi Science Support Center at NASA/Goddard. My NASA CV is here. I also like to brew beer.

My Ph.D. dissertation from the Astronomy department at the University of Maryland, College Park was on the numerical simulations of the interaction between AGN jets and the galaxy clusters that they reside in. A copy of my dissertation (complete with cover) can be found here.