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Cullen Blake is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Pennsylvania School of Arts & Sciences. His primary research focuses on exoplanet detection around low-mass stars and the astrophysics of low-mass stars and brown dwarfs. He is deeply involved in observational astronomy, developing techniques to detect Earth-like planets and improving stellar characterization through precision radial velocity measurements and synoptic surveys. Blake plays a key role in projects like the NEID Earth Twin Survey and the Brown Dwarf Kinematics Project, leveraging instrumentation such as the NEID spectrograph and robotic telescopes.
Education: Ph.D. (Astronomy) Harvard University (2009), A.M. (Astronomy) Harvard University (2006), A.B. (Astrophysics) Princeton University (2003).
Research Interests:
- Search for Earth-like planets around low-mass stars
- Stellar astrophysics of low-mass stars and brown dwarfs
- Instrumentation development for exoplanet surveys
- Robotic telescopes and synoptic survey strategies
- Stellar activity mitigation in radial velocity data
He has contributed to major collaborations including the APOGEE survey, the MINERVA telescope array, and the design of the NEID spectrometer. His work emphasizes bridging observational techniques and theoretical models to advance our understanding of planetary systems and stellar evolution.
Key projects include the NEID Sun-as-a-Star program and the development of algorithms to reduce noise from telluric and stellar variability. Blake's research also extends to brown dwarf kinematics and the analysis of transient phenomena in stellar systems.
