Judd Bowman

Judd Bowman is a Professor at Arizona State University's School of Earth and Space Exploration. His research focuses on observational cosmology, particularly the formation of structure in the early universe, including the first stars and galaxies. He leads efforts to develop technologies for detecting the redshifted 21 cm line during the Epoch of Reionization using instruments like HERA (Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array) in remote locations like Western Australia.

Education: Ph.D. in Physics from MIT (2007), and B.S. degrees in Physics and Electrical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis (1998).

Research Interests: Bowman's work centers on cosmological observations using low-frequency radio telescopes. His expertise includes interferometric techniques, instrument design, and data analysis for studying the early universe. Key areas include:

• 21 cm cosmology and Epoch of Reionization
• Radio telescope instrumentation (e.g., MWA, HERA, LWA)
• Calibration and data mitigation in large interferometric arrays

Grants & Projects: Principal investigator on NSF-funded projects like 'Probing Cosmic Dawn with End-to-End Forward Models' and collaborations like the Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat (SPARCS). Active in lunar radio array concepts (e.g., FARSIDE).

Labs/Teams: Leads the HERA collaboration and contributes to CubeSat missions for space-based radio astronomy and planetary science.