Benjamin E. Nelson

I am a Data Science Scholar at the Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics and Northwestern Institute for Complex Systems at Northwestern University.

My research lies at the intersection of (mainly Bayesian) statistical methods and orbital dynamics of exoplanet systems.

I received my PhD in Astronomy & Astrophysics at The Pennsylvania State University in 2015, my MSc in Astronomy at University of Florida in 2011, and my BS in Physics (Astrophysics) at UC Santa Cruz in 2009.