Develops superconducting detector and readout systems for CMB observations. Directions: (1) SQUID-multiplexed readout architecture for large TES bolometer arrays (SPT-3G, CMB-S4); (2) transition-edge sensor bolometer fabrication and characterization; (3) MKID detector development; (4) CMB-S4 instrument design. Argonne joint appointment. Deep expertise in quantum-limited cryogenic detector readout.

DePoy heads the Munnerlyn Astronomical Instrumentation Lab, building high-throughput spectrographs and precision photometric-calibration systems (DECam/DECal for the Dark Energy Survey, VIRUS for HETDEX, GMACS for the Giant Magellan Telescope). A strong astronomy pivot where detector/spectrograph sensitivity is the enabling technology.

Observational exoplanet astronomer studying planetary system architectures and demographics using transit and radial-velocity surveys.

Dougherty was Principal Investigator for the Cassini magnetometer, which discovered evidence for a subsurface ocean at Enceladus, and now leads the magnetometer instrument for ESA's JUICE mission to the Jovian moons, combining spacecraft instrumentation with planetary magnetospheric science.

Develops balloon-borne and ground-based cosmic microwave background instrumentation (e.g., SPIDER, BICEP-family experiments) to search for inflationary gravitational-wave signatures.

Jian-Rong Gao develops superconducting THz heterodyne detector arrays for radio astronomy and fundamental physics applications. Key work: (1) hot electron bolometer (HEB) and SIS mixer THz receivers operating at sub-mm and THz frequencies; (2) detector arrays for space and ground-based radio telescopes (Herschel, ALMA, and future missions); (3) low-noise amplification at THz frequencies. Joint professor TU Delft and SRON (Netherlands Institute for Space Research).

Haniff co-leads the COAST and MROI optical interferometry program at the Cavendish. His work focuses on aperture synthesis imaging, fringe tracking, detector technology (EMCCDs, L3CCDs), and instrument design for the MROI. He also holds the EPSRC grating-machining grant for ELT spectrograph components. MROI achieved first light in 2025/2026.

Directs the Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center (WIPAC); works on IceCube and next-generation neutrino telescope instrumentation for high-energy astroparticle physics.

Holzapfel develops and deploys cryogenic TES bolometer arrays with SQUID multiplexed readout for the South Pole Telescope and related cosmic microwave background experiments, pushing detector sensitivity toward the photon-noise limit for measurements of CMB anisotropy and polarization.

Horbury is Principal Investigator for the magnetometer instrument on ESA's Solar Orbiter mission, studying solar-wind turbulence and the Sun's magnetic connection to the heliosphere through in-situ spacecraft instrumentation.