Skip Navigation

Liju Philip

Photo of Liju Philip

Address:

4800 Oak Grove Drive

Pasadena, CA 91109

Curriculum Vitae:

Click here

Member of:

Interstellar and Heliospheric Physics

JPL Postdoc

Biography

Liju works in the field of observational cosmology. He specializes in ground-based instrumentation development, system integration, remote deployment, calibration and data analysis. His PhD research focused on studying cosmic dawn in the universe using 30-200 MHz observations of globally averaged 21 cm HI emission. He is currently a JPL Postdoctoral Fellow working on an intensity mapping experiment targeting redshifted carbon monoxide line emission from distant galaxies using the recently fielded COMAP experiment.

Education

PhD in Physics (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 2019)

MSc in Physics (Rhodes University, South Africa 2016))

Bachelor of Engineering (University of Mumbai, India 2009)

Professional Experience

  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (2020-present)
  • Doctoral Researcher, UKZN, South Africa (2016-19)
  • Postgraduate researcher, Rhodes University, South Africa (2014-16)
  • Visiting Student, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, India (2011-12)

Community Service

  • Contributed to student tutoring program in remote villages near Grahamstown, South Africa.
  • Conducted lab tours and outreach programs for school and college students.

Research Interests

Experimental astronomy, observational cosmology, RF instrumentation and techniques, radio interferometry, signal processing, remote deployment, calibration, data processing

Selected Awards

  • NRF bursary for PhD (2016)
  • NRF bursary for MSc. (2014)

Selected Publications

Thomas J. Rennie, Stuart E. Harper, Clive Dickinson, Liju Philip et al 2021 “COMAP Early Science: VI. A First Look at the COMAP Galactic Plane Survey”
The Astrophysical Journal

HC Chiang, T Dyson, E Egan,... L. Philip et al. 2020 “The Array of Long Baseline Antennas for Taking Radio Observations from the Sub-Antarctic”
Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S2251171720500191

L. Philip et al. 2018 “Probing Radio Intensity at high-Z from Marion: 2017 Instrument”
Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/S2251171719500041

Projects

COMAP