Emily Kuhn

Emily Kuhn is a Research Fellow at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) under the NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP). Her work centers on cosmology and instrumentation development, particularly for the Hydrogen Intensity and Real-time Analysis eXperiment (HIRAX).

Education:

• Ph.D., Yale University (2022)

Research Focus: Emily's research involves calibration systems for radio telescopes, targeting dark energy equation-of-state constraints through large-scale structure measurements and fast radio burst (FRB) detection. She designed a custom test-bed for antenna noise temperature analysis and developed a drone-based beam pattern mapping system for HIRAX, enhancing cosmological data accuracy.

Scientific Awards:

• NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellowship (2021)
• Francis Englesby Loomis Fellowship (2019)
• NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship (2018–2020)
• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (2018)

Advisor: Laura Newburgh (Yale University).