Neil Gehrels - Accomplisments, 1981 - 2014
- Discovery with Ed Stone of energetic O and S nuclei in the Jovian magnetosphere, producing the Jovian aurorae, with Voyager
- Development of methods for using Poisson statistics in astronomical data analysis and publication of widely referenced paper
- Design of GRIS gamma-ray spectroscopy balloon instrument and discovery with GRIS team of broadened gamma-ray lines from SN 1987A, demonstrating mixing in supernova ejecta
- Leadership of the NASA Compton Gamma Ray Observatory as Project Scientist
- Findings of 2 classes of gamma-ray AGN (with C. Dermer) and new population of mid-latitude high energy gamma-ray sources with Compton
- Contributions to the ESA INTEGRAL observatory as US Mission Scientist
- Leadership of the NASA Swift gamma-ray burst observatory as Principal Investigator - Discovery of the origin of short gamma-ray bursts with Swift
- Discovery of gamma-ray bursts to high redshift with Swift, with seven bursts at z>6
- Discovery of the relativistic jetted tidal disruption event SW J1644+57 with Swift
- Rewrite of the books on all aspects of gamma-ray bursts with Swift, with 1000 bursts with afterglow observations and arcsecond locations
- Stimulation of the field of time domain astronomy with Swift. 5000 target of opportunity observations performed in 10 years.
- Contributions to the development of the NASA Femi mission as Deputy Project Scientist
- Project leadership of the JDEM and WFIRST mission concepts to greatly expanded understanding of dark energy, exoplanets and galaxy evolution
- Leadership of the Astroparticle Physics Laboratory at NASA-GSFC
- Mentoring/supervisoring 7 graduate students and 24 post docs
- A career of moving gamma-ray astronomy from experiment to an astronomical discipline
