Title
Professor

Department
Dept of Astronomy


Faculty URL
https://astro.berkeley.edu/people/josh-bloom/

Research Group
https://joshbloom.org/

Email
joshbloom@berkeley.edu


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Research Expertise and Interest
machine learning, gamma-ray bursts, supernovae, time-domain astronomy, data-driven discovery

Research Description
Joshua Bloom?is an astronomy professor at the University of California, Berkeley where he teaches radiative processes, high-energy astrophysics, and a graduate-level "Python for Data Science" course. He has published over 300 refereed articles largely on time-domain transients events, artificial intelligence, and telescope/insight automation. His book on gamma-ray bursts, a technical introduction for physical scientists, was published by Princeton University Press. Josh has been awarded the Data-Driven Discovery prize from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and the Pierce Prize from the American Astronomical Society; he is also a former Sloan Fellow, Junior Fellow at the?Harvard?Society, and Hertz Foundation Fellow. He holds a PhD from Caltech and degrees from?Harvard College (AB) and Cambridge University (MPhil). He was co-founder and CTO of?Wise.io, an AI application startup, acquired by GE in 2016.