| Alma Mater: | University of Michigan (BS) Pennsylvania State University (PhD) |
| Thesis Title: | The Collimation Signatures of Gamma-ray Bursts: Jet Properties and Energetics Inferred from X-ray Afterglow Observations |
| Thesis Year: | 2009 |
| Thesis Url: | https://etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/9821 |
| Doctoral Advisor: | David N. Burrows |
| Workplaces: | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Fields: | Astrophysics |
Judith Lea Racusin is an American astrophysicist. She works at Goddard Space Flight Center as a research aerospace technologist in fields and particles. Racusin researches gamma-ray bursts, supernova remnants, high-energy astrophysics, and instrumentation.
Racusin completed a B.S. in astronomy, astrophysics, and general physics at University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts in 2003. In 2009, Racusin earned a Ph.D. in astronomy and astrophysics at Pennsylvania State University. Her dissertation was titled The Collimation Signatures of Gamma-ray Bursts: Jet Properties and Energetics Inferred from X-ray Afterglow Observations.[1] Her doctoral advisor was David N. Burrows.[2]
In 2021, Racusin was officially listed as an Astronomy And Space Scientist working at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.[3]