Dmitry Vorobiev

Education

• Ph.D. (2017) • Astrophysical Sciences and Technology • Rochester Institute of Technology
• M.Sc. (2015) • Imaging Science • Rochester Institute of Technology
• B. Sc. (2011) • Astrophysics • University of New Mexico

Current Position

• Research Scientist II
• Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO
• PI and Co-I of several technology development programs. I&TLead for the 12U FUV CubeSat SPRITE and mentor to several graduate, undergraduate, and high school students.

Technology Interests

• MOS and IFS techniques for space telescopes
• Efficient MEMS devices for the FUV and IR regimes
• Low noise, low background detectors for space
• Telescope calibration and radiometric standards
• Calibration and optical characterization
• Novel and compact polarimetric instrumentation
• UV optical fibers

Goals and Aspirations

• Being an effective and inclusive mentor to student researchers
• Developing enabling technologies for NASA astrophysics missions of the coming decades
• Establishing the MEMS Lab at LASP, dedicated to testing and optical characterization of various micromirror arrays in the UV/Optical/IR regimes
• Enabling the use of COTS devices in the FUV using advanced metal+dielectric coatings
• Expanding the scientific capabilities of CubeSat and SmallSat platforms with state-of-the-art optics and detectors