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Eric Koch

Center for Astrophysics
SMA Postdoctoral Fellow
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Eric Koch
eric.koch@cfa.harvard.edu

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Eric Koch is a Submillimeter Array (SMA) Postdoctoral Fellow. His research focusses on linking the interstellar medium and star formation from the scales where individual stars form to whole galaxies. To do this, his work combines novel analysis techniques with observations from radio and sub-millimeter interferometers to trace the atomic and molecular gas in nearby galaxies. He also develops and maintains tools for the radio astronomy community (spectral-cube; FilFinder; TurbuStat).

BSc U.B.C., MSc U. Alberta, Ph.D. U. Alberta

Telescopes and Instruments

SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy)

Earth’s atmosphere protects us from harmful radiation, but it also blocks a lot of light useful for astronomy. For that reason, NASA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) built the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) to fly aboard a modified commercial aircraft capable of flying above 99% of the light-blocking atmosphere. SOFIA is a powerful, general-purpose infrared observatory used to study the birth of new stars, planetary nebulas and supernova remnants, the atmospheres of Solar System objects, and many more. The American portion of SOFIA management is handled by the Universities Space Research Association (USRA), a private educational corporation consisting of over 100 institutions, including the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian.

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The Submillimeter Array - Maunakea, HI

Located near the summit of Maunakea on the Big Island of Hawaii, the Submillimeter Array (SMA) is one of the flagship observatories of the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian. The observatory consists of eight radio dishes working together as one telescope, giving astronomers a window on a wide range of astronomical objects and phenomena: planets and comets in our own Solar System; the birth of stars and planets; and the supermassive black holes hidden at the centers of the Milky Way and other galaxies. The SMA is operated jointly by the CfA and the Academia Sinica in Taiwan.

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