Jason Steffen

Jason Hyrum Steffen (born May 15, 1975)^[1] is an American astrophysicist and assistant professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). He is also a member of the science team for NASA's Kepler space telescope mission. He worked at Fermilab and Northwestern University for a decade before joining the UNLV faculty. He is known for his work on the discoveries of several exoplanets.^[3][4][5] He has also developed an alternative method for boarding passengers onto commercial aircraft, known as the Steffen Boarding Method. It has been found to be significantly faster than the "back-to-front" method used by most commercial airlines.^[6][7] He was inspired to begin research on the topic after waiting in an exceptionally long line to board a plane at an airport.^[8]

Jason Steffen
Born	Jason Hyrum Steffen (1975-05-15) May 15, 1975 (age 49)[1] Fairfield, California[1]
Education	Weber State University University of Washington
Known for	Research on exoplanets
Awards	Fermilab Technology Award (2013)[2]
Scientific career
Fields	Astrophysics
Institutions	University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Thesis	Detecting new planets in transiting systems (2006)
Doctoral advisor	Eric Agol