CV
Contact Information
| Name | Dustin K. Swarm |
| Professional Title | Assistant Professor |
| dustin-swarm@uiowa.edu | |
| Location | 612 Van Allen Hall, Iowa City, Iowa IA 52242 |
Professional Summary
High-energy astrophysicist studying accreting compact objects, machine learning, and gamma-ray optics.
Experience
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2025 - Iowa City, IA
Assistant Professor
Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Iowa
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2023 - 2025 Iowa City, IA
Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Iowa
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2018 - 2023 Iowa City, IA
Graduate and Teaching Assistant
Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Iowa
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2010 - 2016 Greenville, IL
Spanish Teacher
Bond County Community Unit 2 High School
Education
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2018 - 2023 Iowa City, IA
PhD
University of Iowa
Physics
- Thesis title: Data-Driven Exploration in X-ray Astronomy: Investigating Intermediate Polar Candidates Found Among Unusual Objects Selected by an Unsupervised Outlier Identification Algorithm
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2016 - 2018 Greenville, IL
BA
Greenville University
Physics, Mathematics
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2006 - 2010 Greenville, IL
BS
Greenville College
Spanish Education
Awards
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2024 Nancy Grace Roman Technology Fellow
NASA Science Mission Directorate
Competitive fellowship awarded to early-career researchers serving as PI of a funded Astrophysics Research & Analysis project. The fellowship is designed to cultivate the skills needed to lead future NASA astrophysics missions and develop new technologies that enable scientific breakthroughs.