Michael Niemack

Michael Niemack is a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Cornell University's Department of Physics. His research focuses on cosmology, astrophysics, and fundamental physics, with an emphasis on studying inflation, dark energy, dark matter, neutrinos, galaxy clusters, and galaxy evolution using cosmic microwave background and sub-mm measurements. His work involves developing new instrumentation for precision measurements of microwave radiation, including detector arrays and superconducting technologies. Niemack has contributed to the construction and operation of the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) and is currently involved in the development of instruments for the CCAT Observatory and Simons Observatory. His research also includes the design and deployment of large arrays of superconducting detectors, such as transition-edge sensor bolometers and kinetic inductance detectors (KIDs).

Michael D. Niemack is a Professor of Physics at Cornell University, specializing in Cosmology, Astrophysics, and Instrumentation. His research focuses on the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) and its role in understanding the universe's structure and evolution. Niemack's work includes the development of advanced instrumentation for CMB observations, such as the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) and the Simons Observatory. His publications explore CMB power spectra, Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect measurements, and cosmological parameter estimation. He has contributed to projects like CMB-S4, which aims to forecast constraints on primordial gravitational waves and neutrino physics. His research bridges observational cosmology with theoretical astrophysics, utilizing cutting-edge instrumentation to probe the early universe.