NSF AAPF Fellow
California Institute of Technology
Owens Valley Radio Observatory
100 Leighton Lane
Big Pine, CA 93513
email: sjcm(at)astro.caltech.edu
Office phone:    (760) 938-2075 X 130
Fax:                 (760) 938-2297

Research Interests

I am a NSF postdoctoral fellow focusing on radio astronomy at Caltech's Owens Valley Radio Observatory (OVRO). My primary interests consit of studies of the Cosmic Microwave Baground (CMB), clusters of galaxies via their Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) effect, high-frequency radio source populations, and studies of the Inter-Stellar Medium (ISM) -- in particular to how they relate to foregrounds in the studies of the CMB. I have an overall interest in the techniques of radio astronomy, in particular the development of new single-dish and interferometric radio telescopes.

It is my belief that it is the duty of scientists to share their knowledge with their community. As a result, I am very interested in education and public outreach, and have been an integral part of the outreach efforts taking place at OVRO. It is a shame that children who are naturally inquisitive about the world around them lose that interest at an early age, as a result, most of my outreach activities consist of teaching children in the age bracket from 4-10 years old. In addition, I have developed curricula to teach middle and high-school science classes about the scientific method. For the adults in the community, I also organize public observing nights in one of the least light-polluted areas in the country.

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