The Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope

Image credit: NASA

The Compton Spectrometer and Imager

Image credit: The COSI Collaboration

Black-Hole Winds (NGC 4151)

Image credit: Mount Lemmon SkyCenter

The Andromeda Galaxy

Image credit: Miguel Claro

The Galactic Center

Image credit: ESO/S. Brunier

Dark Matter

Image credit: Garrison-Kimmel et al. 2018

About

Dr. Chris Karwin is an assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Clemson University specializing in observational gamma-ray astronomy. He works with a wide range of telescopes, from current missions such as Fermi-LAT to upcoming missions like COSI and Starburst, as well as future mission concepts including GALE and AMEGO-X. His research focuses on understanding diffuse gamma-ray emission in the Milky Way and nearby galaxies, searching for dark matter, and studying faint source populations. He also plays a leading role in the development of future MeV missions, with particular expertise in building data analysis pipelines and simulation tools that run on high-performance computing clusters. Dr. Karwin currently leads the annual COSI Data Challenges preparing for COSI’s 2027 launch, co-leads the COSI Galactic Science Group, serves as lead scientist for the GALE Pioneers mission concept, and is an active member of both the Fermi-LAT collaboration and the AMEGO-X team.