Research Associate Professor
Five College Radio Astronomy
Observatory
University of Massachusetts,
Amherst 01003.
Phone: (413) 545 0925;
Fax: (413) 545 4223
Email: gopal@astro.umass.edu
Ph.D., Astronomy, 1997, University of Arizona.
M.S. Electrical Engineering, 1990, Caltech.
B.E. Electronics & Communication Engineering, 1989, Anna University,
Madras, India.
Research Interests:
- Low Mass and High Mass Star Formation, Detection of Infall
Signatures, Episodic Outflow Phenomena, Parsec-scale Outflows,
Triggered Star Formation, Protostellar Accretion Disks, Molecular
Clouds, Theoretical Radiative Transfer Models.
- Millimeter and submillimeter-wave superconducting waveguide
receivers, focal plane arrays, Low Noise Amplifiers, high frequency
multipliers for LO systems, telescope optics, Gaussian Beam Optics,
micro- machining of terahertz waveguide components, analog and
digital spectrometers, Microwave Holography.
- Data Repository Management, Relational Database use and
application for large datasets, python, mod_python application for
website content delivery, software drivers for data acquisition
equipment.
gopal@astro.umass.edu