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David T. Chuss, PhD
Dr. Chuss is an expert in Astronomical Polarimetry. As such, he develops instrumentation to study the polarization of long wavelength light from astrophysical phenomenon to learn about the universe. Dr. Chuss has used this technique to study the physics of magnetic fields in our Milky Way’s center, and has applied these techniques to study the origins of the universe. His instrumentation efforts have led to several adventures including five trips to the South Pole and numerous trips to mountain tops in Hawaii, Arizona, and Chile.
Education
PhD Northwestern University
2002
MS Pennsylvania State University
1997
BS Villanova University
1995
Work Experience
Astrophysicist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
2004-2015
National Research Council Associate, NASA GSFC
2002-2004
Current Projects
The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS)
CLASS is an array of 4 telescopes currently under development in the Atacama Desert in Chile. CLASS measures the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) at four frequencies at the largest angular scales to search for the polarized imprint on the CMB from inflationary gravitational waves.
CLASS WebsiteCLASS at Wikipedia
Far-InfaREd Polarimetric Large Area CMZ Exploration (FIREPLACE) SOFIA Legacy Survey
Using HAWC+ on NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), we produced a map of the magnetic field structure in the cool dust of the central 1.5 degrees of our Milky Way Galaxy.
FIREPLACE @ IPACMedia and Talks
FIREPLACE in the NY TimesDr. Natalie Butterfield's interview on the podcast "Start's with a Bang"
FIREPLACE at Forbes
FIREPLACE at Forbes
FIREPLACE at space.com
Amateur Astronomers Incorporated talk, January 21, 2022
AAS 237 Plenary Talk, January 15, 2021
Astrobites AAS 237 Plenary Speaker Series, January 13, 2021
AAS NOVA, May 13, 2020
Astrobites OMC-1 feature, February 8, 2020
NASA.gov HAWC+ Galactic Center Feature, June 11, 2019
SOFIA Tele-Talk, May 8, 2019 Astronomy Picture of the Day, February 27, 2019
NASA.gov HAWC+ Orion Feature, February 20, 2019
Book Review for the Journal of Big History, 2018
"The Origin and Fate of the Universe," Villanova University, September 14, 2016
CLASS WHYY Interview, August 4, 2016
"The Early Universe and Astrophysics," 2010 Mars Society Convention, August 8, 2010