Manel Errando
Assistant Professor of Physics
- Ph.D. (2009) • Physics • Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
- M.S. (2006) • Physics • Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
- B.A. (2004) • Physics • Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
- Assistant Professor of Physics, Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO
- Deformable mirror technologies for high angular resolution X-ray missions.
- Gamma-ray spectrometers for line emission spectroscopy in astrophysics and planetary science missions. Evolution of supermassive black holes and relativistic jets using X-ray and gamma-ray observatories.
Top Image: Polymer-based actuators on a 2-inch diameter silicon substrate. Bottom Image: Plastic scintillator block being read out with a silicon photomultiplier array.
- Polymer-based actuators for deformable X-ray optics.
- Semiconductor and scintillator gamma-ray detectors for nuclear astrophysics.
- Silicon photomultipliers for astrophysics missions.
- Sub-nanosecond light flashers for calibration of ground-based gamma-ray observatories.
- Readout schemes, signal extraction, analog and digital signal processing.
- Mature polymer-based actuators to enable the next generation of high effective area X-ray missions with sub-arcsecond angular resolution.
- Design and build gamma-ray spectrometers to study nuclear line gamma-ray emission from kilonovae, supernova remnants, and positron annihilation in our galaxy.
- Inspire and train the next generation of astrophysicists and instrument scientists.
- Provide access to astrophysics research to a diverse population of students.