Aaron Parsons
Professor of Astronomy
Through my research, I aim to answer fundamental questions about the universe by building specialized radio telescopes to conduct targeted experiments. I enjoy all aspects of this process, from physically constructing antennas to designing the supercomputers that run inside radio interferometers, from writing software and analyzing data to publishing papers that (hopefully) improve our understanding of cosmology and astrophysics.
My current projects include:
HERA: a 350-element array of 14-m dishes in South Africa.
EIGSEP: a single robotic antenna hanging in the middle of a canyon in Utah.
CASPER: an international collaboration for improving how we build the supercomputers at the heart of modern radio telescopes.
AIPY: a software toolkit in Python for exposing the tools of modern radio interferometry to the programmers who need them.
Research
Professor
Dept. of Astronomy
UC Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-3411
Teaching
I enjoy teaching laboratory classes with hands-on learning techniques, and maintain the AstroBaki wiki -- a clearinghouse of public-domain pedagogical materials associated with astronomy, signal processing, and programming skills.
Recent classes I have taught include:
Undergraduate Radio Lab (Ay121)
Radiative Processes in Astrophysics (c207)