Black Hole Hunter Barry M. Goldwater Scholar Center for Astrophysics | Harvard-Smithsonian
Places to find me: on the roof of the CfA, stargazing; at the Black Hole Initiative on a Sunday night, working on a publication; at the gym early in the morning, starting the day off right; next to the Mystic River, working on an a new art piece; in my office at the SAO, banging my head against some problem.
Picture: The imaging team of the EHT, which made the famous first picture of a black hole, standing with an early version of the image at the 2018 EHT Imaging Workshop. I am second from the left on the right side of the image.
As a collaborator on the Event Horizon Telescope project, I helped take the first image of a black hole. I work primarily on imaging (turning the data we collect from observations into images), modeling (making assumptions about the form of the data and finding models that best fit it), and theory (developing the physics behind our understanding of the shadow of a black hole). I also participate in observations, multiwavelength coverage analysis, weather prediction at EHT sites, and general software development. For my work on the EHT, I was named a co-recipient of the 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, along with the EHT Collaboration.
I was on the team that took the first image of a black hole, at the time the first and only undergraduate. I received a B.S. in physics at the University of Massachusetts Boston (class of 2021). I have co-authored 12 journal publications, 3 technical publications, and 4 conference publications as of March 2, 2021; given many talks on my work with the Event Horizon Telescope; and have developed new ways to model the black hole shadow in Kerr. I've had the privilege of working under the legendary Melissa Franklin and the brilliant Michael Johnson.
I am a 2019 Barry M. Goldwater Scholar, the first from UMass Boston, and was named one of 7 finalists for the national 2020 LeRoy Apker Award. Selected awards include: the 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, the Smithsonian Ingenuity Award, the NSF Diamond Achievement Award, the Northrop-Grumman Scholarship, and the Alton J. Brann Endowed Scholarship. Fellowships I have received include the Smithsonian Graduate Fellowship (2x) and the Oracle Fellowship (2x). I was named one of Boston's annual 25 Under 25.
For fun, I enjoy making art, quarter-mile drag racing, exercising, and working on unnecessary tech projects. But more than anything else, I enjoy a good laugh.
Swing by for a cup of Joe, or send me an email!
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