Dr. Pablo Saz Parkinson

Dr. Pablo Saz Parkinson is the Deputy Program Scientist for the Astrophysics Data Analysis Program (ADAP), Time Domain & Multi-Messenger Astrophysics (TDAMM), ESA’s X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM), and Pioneers. He joined the Astrophysics Department at NASA HQ as an IPA from UCSC in autumn 2024.

After graduating from Columbia University with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, he attended Stanford University for graduate studies, obtaining an M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Physics. Dr. Saz Parkinson’s Ph.D. work at SLAC focused primarily on X-ray timing and spectral studies of compact objects, using data from the Unconventional Stellar Aspect (USA) experiment. After graduating from Stanford in 2003, he joined the Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics (SCIPP) at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) initially as a post-doctoral fellow working on the search for Very High Energy (VHE, > 100 GeV) emission from Gamma-ray Bursts (GRBs) with the Milagro ground-based gamma-ray experiment. He subsequently joined the GLAST (now Fermi) group and led the efforts on blind searches for (and characterization of) gamma-ray pulsars with Fermi-LAT. Dr. Saz Parkinson’s research interests include multi-messenger and time-domain studies of neutron stars and other compact objects, including the search for the highest energy emission from pulsars, and its potential application as a probe of fundamental physics.

Dr. Saz Parkinson is a member of the Fermi LAT Collaboration, and an associate member of the HAWC and MAGIC Collaborations. Dr. Saz Parkinson has been a member of both the American Physical Society (APS) and the American Astronomical Society (AAS) for over 20 years.