Radio Cosmology Lab
The Low frequency Cosmology Lab is developing the high redshift 21cm line as a new observable tool to probe the early universe. We also lead or support space missions, mainly cubesats like DORA, SPARCS, and Phoenix.
Interplanetary Lab
I also direct the ASU Interplanetary Lab which is a center for small mission development and testing at ASU. For more see my Space Projects page.
LoCo Group
- Judd Bowman – Professor
- Danny Jacobs – Assistant Professor
- Matt Kolopanis – Research Scientist
- Steven Murray – Research Scientist
- Karthik Reddy – Postdoc
- Amy Zhao – Grad student
- Katherine Elder – Grad student
- Akshatha Vidyula – Grad student
- Lindsay Berkhout – Grad student
- Arib Islam – Undergrad
Alumni:
- Adam Beardsley – Postdoc, now Professor of Physics at Winona State
- Tyler Cox – ASU Undergraduate, now Grad student at UC Berkeley
- David Lewis – ASU Undergraduate
- Edgar Escalante – ASU Undergraduate
- Katherine Elder – HERA Summer Intern, now grad student here!
- Jean Donet – HERA Summer Intern
- Sean Morgan – HERA Summer Intern
- David Nelson – ASU Undergraduate,
- Jacob Burba – currently graduate student at Brown
- Michael Busch – currently graduate student at Johns Hopkins
- Karishma Albal – ASU Summer Intern
- Lauren Turner – ASU Undergraduate
- Mrudula Gopalkrishna – MS, now at Apple
- Nivedita Mahesh – PhD, now Postdoc at Caltech
- Hari Krishnan – Postdoc
- Mickey Horn – Undergraduate, postbac Lab Manager, Now at Source Global
- Bharat Gehlot – Postdoc, now at Astron
Sponsored Student Projects
- Phoenix Cubesat
- ASU Tracking Station
- Spacegrant Ascend
- Moonbounce
- Lightcube
ASU Partners
- Dynamos Group – Evgenya Shloknik
- DREAMS lab – JD Das
- Interplanetary Initiative Lab
HERA
The Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array (HERA) aims to probe the cosmic dawn to learn about fundamental physics and the first galaxies. ASU team members include:
- Danny Jacobs – Project Scientist
- Lindsay Berkhout – Digital and analog instrumentation
- Steven Murray – Theory and Pipeline Validation,
- Matt Kolopanis – Operations software and data analysis.
SPARCS
The Star Planet Activity Research Cubesat (SPARCS) will monitor stellar flares to understand their impact on exoplanets. Group team members include
- Danny Jacobs – Spacecraft and Software Integration
- Judd Bowman – Software and Payload Computer
- Tahina Tamiaramanantsoa – Flight and ground astronomy pipeline
- Matt Kolopanis – Flight and Ground Software
- Christopher McCormick (EE)
- Chandler Hutchens (Aerospace)
Technology Development
We are developing new technologies to be used in future space and ground-based experiments. Areas of focus include:
- cubesat capability (Phoenix, DORA, SPARCS)
- high data rate interconnect (DORA)
- precision radiometry (ECHO, EDGES)
- Advanced signal processing (EPIC)
- Ravi Shankar (MS EE)
- Arib Islam (EE)
- Chandler Hutchens (Aero)
- Karthik Reddy (LoCo Postdoc)
Student research projects
