Weekly Space Hangout: March 20, 2019 - Dr. Michael Zemcov of NASA's SPHEREx Mission

By susie - March 20, 2019 at 1:44 PM UTC | Site News

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Dr. Michael Zemcov is a research professor at Rochester Institute of Technology's Center for Detectors and the School of Physics and Astronomy.

Dr. Zemcov's primary focus is experimental astrophysics and his research centers on instrumentation for cosmological observations, including the cosmic microwave and infra-red backgrounds. Michael is one of 19 co-investigators of NASA's Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx) mission, which will be investigating the origins of the universe, galaxies, and water in planetary systems.

You can learn more about Michael by visiting

https://www.rit.edu/science/people/michael-zemcov

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