Brian Gregory Keating

 

Department  Of  Physics

Center For Astrophysics and Space Sciences

University of California, San Diego

Bkeating at ucsd.edu

http://physics.ucsd.edu/~bkeating/

 

 

Research Interests

 

Observational and experimental cosmology, polarization and temperature measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), near-infrared background measurements & cosmological reionization, observational probes of cosmological inflation, low noise detector and modulation mechanisms, microwave and infrared optics.

 

Education:

 

Brown University, Providence, RI, PhD. 2000 (Physics)

PhD. Dissertation Title: "A Search for the Large Angular Scale Polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background"

Brown University, Providence, RI, M.S. 1995 (Physics)

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, B.S. 1993 (Physics)

 

Employment and Research History:

 

2009-Present       Associate Professor of Physics, UCSD Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences (CASS)

2004-2009       Assistant Professor of Physics, UCSD Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences (CASS)

2001-2004          NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology (Lange Group)          

2000                    Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University  (Church Group)

1993-2000          Doctoral Candidate , Brown University / University of Wisconsin-Madison (Timbie Group)

1992                    Research Assistant, NASA Langley Research Center

 

Awards & Honors:

 

   2007                Executive Office of the President/NSF PECASE Award

2006-2011          NSF CAREER Award

   2006                UCSD Hellman Faculty Fellowship

   2005                "Amazing Light" Young Scholar Competition 1st Prize Astrophysics Cosmology Winner

2001-2004          NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics Postdoctoral (AAPF) Fellow

1996-1999          NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program (GSRP) Fellow

1994-1996          NASA Rhode Island Space Grant Program Fellow

     1992               Shankland physics scholarship, CWRU

     1992               NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU), College of William & Mary

 

Teaching Experience:

 

2004-Present    Current Class

                         Physics 162  (Cosmology)

                         Physics 2CL (Electricity & Magnetism Laboratory),

                         Physics 2DL (Modern Physics Laboratory)

                         SCY High School Lectures

                         UCSD COSMOS Program Supervision  

 

2001-2002       Development of Education/Public Outreach collaboration (Caltech Radio Observatory) between Caltech and Southern California High Schools

 

1994-1996       NASA Rhode Island Space Grant Fellow (Brown University)

61 Outreach Visits to Rhode Island public schools -- lectured to 1742 students over 2 years, Presentations for five state-wide teacher conferences, two air shows, four summer camps, congressman Rep. Patrick Kennedy, NASA Administrator Dan Goldin, and astronaut Jim Lovell

 

1993-1994      Graduate Student Teaching Assistant (Brown University)

 

Education and Public Outreach Activities:  

 

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Other:

 

 Private Pilot, Aircraft: Single Engine Land (ASEL), Instrument Rated - Airplane, High Performance Endorsement. Over 360 hours in fixed wing (Cirrus SR22, SR20, Columbia 350, Diamond DA40, and Cessna 150/172 G-1000) and sailplanes (Grob & Schweitzer). Home Airfield: KMYF

 

Publications:  Please click here for an updated list of journal articles