Devon Clautice

Experience

xAI

Member of Program Staff

October 2025 – Present

Human Data Manager

August 2025 – October 2025

Expert Team Lead – Human Data (STEM)

December 2024 – August 2025

AI Tutor – STEM Specialist

November 2024 – December 2024

Florida Institute of Technology

Astrophysics Research

May 2013 – Present

  • Executed the completion of multiple large data analysis projects in collaboration with other scientists resulting in several scientific publications as well as the acceptance of four NASA grant proposals.
  • Communicated project results at numerous conferences.

Graduate Teaching Assistant

August 2013 – May 2016

  • Instructor for Physics I and II labs.
  • Teaching assistant for several undergraduate and graduate courses, including: Electromagnetic Theory I (PHY 5017), Mathematical Methods I and II (MTH 5201, 5202).

Education

Florida Institute of Technology

Ph.D. in Space Sciences (Astrophysics), GPA: 4.0 / 4.0

May 2024

Dissertation: Unraveling the Physics of Quasar Jets Using HST Polarimetry

M.S. in Space Sciences (Astrophysics)

December 2016

Thesis: The Kinematics and X-ray Emission Mechanism of the Large-Scale Jet of 3C 111

University of Central Florida

May 2010

B.S. in Physics

B.S. in Mathematics

Skills

Programming Languages: Python R SQL LaTeX

Professional Affiliations

American Astronomical Society | Member since 2015

AAS High Energy Astrophysics Division | Member since 2015

Journal Publications

Meyer, E. T., Shaik, A., Tang, Y., Reid, N., Reddy, K., Breiding, P., Georganopoulos, M., Chiaberge, M., Perlman, E., Clautice, D., Sparks, W., DeNigris, N., Trevor, M., 2023, Nature Astronomy, “Variability of extragalactic X-ray jets on kiloparsec scales”, 7, 967. doi:10.1038/s41550-023-01983-1

Perlman E. S., Clautice D., Avachat S., Cara M., Sparks W. B., Georganopoulos M., Meyer E., “Unraveling the Physics of Quasar Jets: Optical Polarimetry and Implications for the X-ray Emission Process”, 2020, Galaxies, 8, 71. doi:10.3390/galaxies8040071

Clautice, D., Perlman, E. S., Georganopoulos, M., Lister, M. L., Tombesi, F., Cara, M., Marshall, H. L., Hogan, B., Kazanas, D., “The Spectacular Radio-near-IR-X-Ray Jet of 3C 111: The X-Ray Emission Mechanism and Jet Kinematics”, 2016, ApJ, 826, 109. doi:10.3847/0004-637X/826/2/109

Conference Presentations

Perlman, E., Clautice, D., Meyer, E., et al. 2024, AAS/High Energy Astrophysics Division, “Unraveling the Physics of Quasar Jets: Optical Polarimetry, Deep Chandra Observations and Implications for the X-ray Emission Process”, 21, 102.31

Clautice, D., Perlman, E., Cara, M., et al. 2020, “HST Polarimetry of Quasar Jets”, American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #235

Perlman, E. S., Clautice, D., Cara, M., et al. 2019, AAS/High Energy Astrophysics Division

Clautice, D., Perlman, E., Cara, M., et al. 2019, American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #233

Clautice, D., Perlman, E. S., Cara, M., et al. 2018, “Unraveling the Physics of FR II Jets Using HST Polarimetry”, American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #231, 231, #257.19

Clautice, D., Perlman, E. S., Cara, M., et al. 2017, 29th International Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics

Clautice, D., Perlman, E. S., Georganopoulos, M., Sparks, W. B., Biretta, J. A., O’Dea, C. P., Baum, S. A., Cheung, C. C., Birkinshaw, M., Worrall, D. M., Martel, A., Urry, C. M., Stawarz, L., Coppi, P. S., Uchiyama, Y., Cara, M., Meisenheimer, K., Begelman, M. C., “HST Polarimetry of the 3C 273 Jet”, 2017, American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, 229, 250.47

Clautice, D., Perlman, E. S., Georganopoulos, M., et al. 2016, AAS/High Energy Astrophysics Division, 15, 106.06

Clautice, D., Perlman, E. S., Georganopoulos, M., et al. 2016, American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, 227, 243.32

Graduate Coursework

Physics

  • PHY 5015 – Analytical Mechanics I
  • PHY 5017 – Electromagnetic Theory I
  • PHY 5020 – Optics
  • PHY 5030 – Quantum Mechanics I
  • PHY 5082 – Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics

Astrophysics & Space Sciences

  • SPS 5010 – Astrophysics I: Stellar Structure and Evolution
  • SPS 5011 – Astrophysics II: Galactic Structure and Cosmology
  • SPS 5020 – Space Physics I: Space Plasma Physics
  • SPS 5021 – Space Physics II: High-Energy Astrophysics
  • SPS 5030 – Planetary Science I: Planetary Interiors
  • SPS 6001 – Individual Studies: Relativistic Jets from Active Galactic Nuclei

Mathematics

  • MTH 5201 – Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering I
  • MTH 5202 – Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering II