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James Bock

Education

B.S. in Physics and Mathematics, Summa cum laude - Duke University (1987)
M.A. Physics, University of California at Berkeley (1990)
Ph.D. Physics, University of California at Berkeley (1994)

Research Interests

Infrared/millimeter-wave detectors and instrumentation
Far-infrared galaxy photometric and spectroscopic surveys
Cosmic microwave background anisotropy and polarization
Sunyaev-Zel'dovich cluster surveys

Projects

Boomerang
The continuing mission of the Boomerang project is to study the properties of the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation (CMBR).

Herschel
The Herschel Space Observatory is a space-based telescope that will study the Universe by the light of the far-infrared and submillimeter portions of the spectrum.

Spider
Spider is a balloon borne observatory designed to probe the epoch of Inflation through measurements of the CMB polarization on the largest angular scales. Large format planar arrays and wide area sky coverage enable a definitive measurement of the signatu

BICEP
BICEP (Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization) is an experiment designed to measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) to unprecedented precision.

Professional Experience

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (1994 - Present)

Principal Scientist (2002 - Present)
Research Scientist (1999 - 2002)
Scientist (1996 - 1999)
Postdoctoral Scholar (1994 - 1996)

California Institute of Technology, Visiting Faculty (1994 - Present)

Selected Awards

Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, JPL (2001)
Exceptional Technical Excellence Award, JPL (2001)
NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal, JPL (2000)
Lew Allen Award, JPL (2000)
US PI, SPIRE Herschel Space Observatory, JPL (1997)
Co-I Planck Surveyor HFI, JPL (1997)
NASA GSRP Fellow, U. C. Berkeley (1991-1994)
NSF Graduate Fellow, U.C. Berkeley (1988-1991)
University Fellow, U.C. Berkeley (1987-1988)
Julia Dale Prize in Mathematics, Duke University (1987)

Selected Publications

J. E. Ruhl et al. (2002), "Improved Measurement of the Angular Power Spectrum of Temperature Anisotropy in the CMB from Two New Analyses of BOOMERanG Observations," astro-ph 0212229.
M.J. Griffin, J.J. Bock, and W.J. Gear (2002), "The Relative Performance of Filled and Feedhorn-Coupled Focal-Plane Architectures," Applied Optics, in press.
A. D. Turner et al. (2001), "Si3N4 Micromesh Bolometer Array for Sub-millimeter Astrophysics," Applied Optics, 40, 4921.
J.J. Bock, G. Neugebauer, K. Matthews, B.T. Soifer, E.E. Becklin, M.E. Ressler, K. Marsh, M.W. Werner, E Egami, and R. Blanford (2000), "High Spatial Resolution Imaging of NGC 1068 in the Mid-Infrared," Astronomical Journal, 120, 2904.
J.-M. Lamarre et al. (2000), "The High Frequency Instrument of Planck: Design and Performances," Astrophysical Letters and Comm., 37, 161.

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