Biosketch
Mark Devlin, PhD is the Reese W. Flower Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Pennsylvania. He earned his BS Physics and Math at the University of Wisconsin – Madison and PhD at the University of California at Berkeley. He did his postdoctoral work at Princeton University. He joined the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania in 1996. He is the Co-Director of the Simons Observatory. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the NAS. He was an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow and received an NSF Career Award. At the University of Pennsylvania, he received the Dean’s Award for Undergraduate Research Mentoring, the Ira H. Abram’s Award for Distinguished Teaching, and the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching.
Research Interests
My research focuses on experimental cosmology at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths. Cosmology is the study how the Universe came into being and how it evolved into what we see today. Unlike a traditional astronomer who might study an individual star or galaxy to determine its properties, I collect data from which I make statistical inferences about the evolutionary history of the Universe. The evolutionary history can then tell us about the physical parameters which govern the way our universe behaves. To this end, I design and build sophisticated instrumentation and telescopes which I use to observe from high-altitude balloons and the high-plateaus of Chile.
Membership Type
Member
Election Year
2025
Primary Section
Section 13: Physics
Secondary Section
Section 12: Astronomy