PhD, 2021, University of Pennsylvania

Areas of Interest: Spectral and polarization characteristics of interstellar dust, sub-Kelvin cryogenic detector systems, stratospheric balloon instrumentation

Ian joined the Steward Observatory in September 2021 to work with Professor Dan Marrone on the TIM and TIME experiments. These experiments use sub-Kelvin detectors in the form of spectrometer banks to measure line emission tracers of star formation ranging from 240-420µm for TIM and roughly 200-300GHz for TIME. In addition to working with these cryogenic camera systems, Ian bring's ballooning expertise gained during his graduate work on the BLAST-TNG experiment to apply to the TIM payload.