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Dr. Robert Petre
- Job Description: Astrophysicist
- Phone: (301) 286-3844
- e-mail: Robert.Petre-1_AT_nasa.gov
Robert Petre is an astrophysicist in and Lab Chief of the GSFC's X-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory. He
is currently the US ROSAT Project Scientist and the coordinator of the Guest
Observer program for ASCA. In these positions, he is responsible for
administering all aspects of the US share of the observing programs for the two missions.
Dr. Petre also has extensive relevant hardware experience
with the BBXRT conical
imaging mirror and with Si(Li) spectrometers. He
carries on an active research program involving imaging and spectroscopy of
supernova remnants, nearby galaxies, and X-ray binaries using BBXRT, ROSAT
and ASCA data.
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