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Matt Dobbs | |
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| Education | McGill University (BSc) University of Victoria (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Experimental physics, observational cosmology, astronomical instrumentation |
| Workplaces | McGill University Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
Matt Dobbs is a Canadian experimental physicist and observational cosmologist at McGill University where he is a professor of physics and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Radio Cosmology and Instrumentation.
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His research focuses on astronomical instrumentation and observational cosmology at millimetre and radio wavelengths, including the cosmic microwave background, 21-cm cosmology, and fast radio bursts. He contributed instrumentation developments for the South Pole Telescope, the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME), and is director of CHIME's successor, the Canadian Hydrogen Observatory and Radio-transient Detector (CHORD).[1][2]
Dobbs received the Canadian Association of Physicists Herzberg Medal and the inaugural Canadian Astronomical Society Dunlap Award in 2014, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2023.[3][4][1]
Education and career
[edit]Dobbs received a BSc in physics from McGill University in 1997 and a PhD in experimental particle physics from the University of Victoria in 2002.[5] After completing his doctorate, he held the inaugural Owen Chamberlain Fellowship at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.[6][5]
Dobbs joined the faculty of McGill University in 2006 as a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Astro-particle Physics, a position he held for two terms through 2015.[7]
He later was appointed Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Radio Cosmology and Instrumentation.[1] He has been a Senior Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) since 2013.[8][9]
Research
[edit]Dobbs's research has included the development of instrumentation for observations of the cosmic microwave background and radio astronomy. He co-designed and led the end-to-end implementation of frequency-domain multiplexed readout systems for large arrays of superconducting transition-edge sensor bolometers, technology used in experiments including the South Pole Telescope, POLARBEAR and EBEX.[4] The Canadian Astronomical Society cited this work in awarding him the inaugural Dunlap Award for Innovation in Astronomical Research Tools in 2014.[4]
The Canadian Association of Physicists also recognized Dobbs's leadership in project design, detector and readout development, and data analysis when it awarded him the 2014 Herzberg Medal.[3] The association cited these contributions as supporting the development of a new generation of cosmology telescopes.[3]
Dobbs subsequently contributed to the development of instrumentation for the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME). His group at McGill developed custom electronics for digitizing, channelizing and transmitting the telescope's radio signals.[10] He is director and co-principal investigator of the Canadian Hydrogen Observatory and Radio-transient Detector (CHORD), a successor to CHIME under construction at the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory.[2]
Honours and awards
[edit]- Inaugural Owen Chamberlain Fellowship, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2002–2005[6][5]
- Sloan Research Fellowship, 2010[11][12]
- Senior Fellow, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), 2013–present[8][9]
- Canadian Association of Physicists Herzberg Medal, 2014[3]
- Inaugural Dunlap Award for Innovation in Astronomical Research Tools, Canadian Astronomical Society, 2014[4]
- Killam Research Fellowship in Natural Sciences, 2019[13]
- Governor General's Innovation Award, as a member of the CHIME team, 2020 [14]
- Lancelot M. Berkeley – New York Community Trust Prize for Meritorious Work in Astronomy, co-recipient as member of the CHIME/FRB collaboration, 2022[15][16]
- Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering, as a member of the CHIME team, 2022 [17][18]
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, 2023[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 "Prof. Matt Dobbs". Royal Society of Canada. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
- 1 2 "CHORD will be a huge leap forward for Canadian radio astronomy". National Research Council Canada. 27 August 2025. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 "2014 CAP Medal and Award Winners". Canadian Association of Physicists. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 "Past Dunlap Citations". Canadian Astronomical Society. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
- 1 2 3 "2014 Dunlap Award: Matt Dobbs". Canadian Astronomical Society. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
- 1 2 "Owen Chamberlain Postdoctoral Fellowship in Experimental Particle Physics & Cosmology". Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
- ↑ "Matt Dobbs". National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
- 1 2 CIFAR Annual Report 2017–2018 (PDF) (Report). Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
- 1 2 "Matt Dobbs". Centre de recherche en astrophysique du Québec. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
- ↑ "Canadian ingenuity crafts game-changing technology for CHIME telescope". McGill University. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
- 1 2 2010 Annual Report (PDF) (Report). Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
- ↑ "Prestigious Sloan Fellowship awarded to McGill astrophysicist". McGill University. 1 March 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
- ↑ "Matt Dobbs awarded 2019 Killam Research Fellowship in Natural Sciences". McGill University. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
- ↑ "Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME)". Governor General's Innovation Awards. Office of the Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 2 October 2026.
- ↑ "CHIME Fast Radio Burst Team to Receive 2022 Berkeley Prize". American Astronomical Society. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
- ↑ Impact Report 2021/22 (PDF) (Report). Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2026.
- ↑ "Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) team". Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Retrieved 2 October 2026.
- ↑ "CHIME team wins Brockhouse Canada Prize; CIFAR members among recipients". Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. 27 October 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2026.
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