Alexander Berne

About Alexander Berne

I am a Ph.D. candidate at the California Institute of Technology and Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) recipient. I principally use numerical methods (e.g, Finite Element Analysis) to treat problems in Geophysics and Planetary Science. I graduated as from the University of Miami with a B.S.M.E. in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Physics. At Miami, I carried out research to develop vibrating platforms to conduct behavioral tests for neuroscience research. After Miami, I pursued a Masters Degree at Oxford University (in the United Kingdom) in Physics (M.S. with Distinction) in Fall 2020 with a focus on understanding the practical applications of radiative transport in medicine. Since 2022, I have worked as a contractor for the NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). At JPL, I contribute to a Strategic Research and Development (SR;TD) initiative focused on developing instrumentation and science requirements for deploying sensitive gravimeters and Interferometric Synthetic Apreture Radar (InSAR) systems to ocean worlds in the outer solar system.

Experience

1. Affiliate (Computational Physicist)

   NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

   Mar 2022 — Present · La Canada Flintridge, CA, US

Education

• Caltech

  Master's degree

• Caltech

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD

• University of Miami

  Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering (B.S.M.E.), Valedictorian and Summa Cum Laude, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Physics

  2015 — 2019

• University of Oxford

  Master's degree, Physics

  2019 — 2020