Shep Doeleman

Shep Doeleman is an SAO Astronomer and Harvard Senior Research Fellow at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, affiliated with the Department of Astronomy. His research focuses on directly observing supermassive black holes using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), a global network of telescopes employing Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) to study targets like Sagittarius A* and M87.

Research Focus: His work blends astrophysics, instrumentation, and computational techniques to resolve event horizons, advancing our understanding of black hole dynamics and gravitational physics.