Our group uses millimeter-wave telescopes at the South Pole to make measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background, relic light that was emitted 380,000 years after the Big Bang. Using sensitive observations of CMB polarization at large angular scales, we search for the signature of primordial gravitational waves that may have been generated at the origin of our universe.
We are members of the BICEP/Keck Collaboration, currently operating the BICEP3 and BICEP Array telescopes. We are also involved in design and planning for the future CMB-S4 Experiment.
The Cincinnati CMB Group is part of the University of Cincinnati Department of Physics. Our research activities are funded by the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy Office of Science.
Group members
- Prof. Colin Bischoff [CV]
- Emma Hand — PhD student (5th year)
- Christos Giannakopoulos — PhD student (3rd year)
- Michael Zito — PhD student (2nd year)
- Kyle Weeks — Masters student
- Eli Meisel — Undergrad
- Aedhan Scott — Undergrad
- Jeremy Webb — Undergrad
- Lauren Bell — Undergrad
Former members
- Dr. Caterina Umiltà — Cincinnati postdoc 2017–2019 → Illinois postdoc
- Dr. Steve Palladino — Physics PhD 2021 (thesis) → Broadspire, Inc
- Hunter Fryman-Sinkhorn — Physics Masters 2019 (thesis) → St. Mary's (Halifax) Physics
- Jessica Kerby — Physics Masters 2017 → Oregon Inst of Tech → Pacific Northwest National Lab
- Francesca Gear — Physics Undergrad 2021 (capstone) → Cincinnati Physics PhD
- Chad Skerbec — Physics Undergrad 2021 (capstone) → Syracuse Physics PhD
- Michael Ray — Physics Undergraduate 2021 → Stony Brook Physics PhD
- Evan Powers — Physics Undergraduate 2021 → Oregon State University CEOAS
- Chance Roberts — Physics Undergrad 2021 → Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- Ranjit Sapkota — Physics Undergrad 2020 (capstone) → Trobus Technologies
- Tony Crawford — Physics Undergrad 2020 → Cincinnati Physics PhD
- Rajpreet Kaur — Physics Undergrad 2020 → Emory Physics PhD
- Josh Roberson — Physics Undergrad 2018 (capstone) → Cincinnati Physics PhD
- Sushmita Walve — Physics Undergrad 2018 (capstone) → ESDS Software Solution
- Doris Dolezal — Physics Undergrad 2017 (capstone) → Syracuse Math Masters
- Adam Heinemann — Physics Undergrad 2017 (capstone) → Syracuse Physics Masters
- Chanakya Pandya — High school research project → Miami (OH) Physics