Dr Fabio Noviello

Biography

I was awarded a PhD in Experimental Physics by Maynooth University, Ireland in Spring 2004, moving on to The Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale (IAS) in Orsay, France, where I went on working on the ESA Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Planck mission as a posdoctoral researcher. At various times, I was responsible for simulating the optical beams of the High Frequency Instrument (HFI), working on various systematics, coordinating the optics working group, collaborating on the simulations/data analysis pipelines and, finally, working on the non-Gaussianity of the CMB.

In Spring 2012 I moved to the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics (JBCA) at the University of Manchester. I continued working on Planck, while collaborating on the Large Scale Polarization Explorer (LSPE) CMB balloon experiment and various ESA contracts related to instrumentation relative to future CMB missions. I also was the project manager for the JBCA intrumentation group as well as for the BINGO hydrogen mapping experiment.

In Autumn 2015, I took on a position as Associate Patent Examiner at the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) in Newport, progressing through the ranks to Senior Patent Examiner.. I work mainly in subject matter related to optics and image processing, am the Office's local "space expert", and have also been a member of the data analysis unit.

In my current incarnation as an honorary researcher, I continue pursuing my interests at the interface of astrostatistics, instrumentation and cosmology, mainly in view of upcoming and future CMB polarisation experiments.