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John Kovac 🔗
Professor of Astronomy and of Physics, Harvard University 🔗
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Email: jmkovac@cfa.harvard.edu
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Department(s)/lab(s): Astronomy, Physics | Kovac CMB Lab @ Harvard
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Kovac leads the BICEP/Keck CMB-polarization program at the South Pole, designing and deploying multiple generations of radio telescopes and cryogenic detector arrays (TES bolometers with SQUID-multiplexed readout) to search for the inflationary gravitational-wave signature in the cosmic microwave background. This is an astronomy pivot squarely enabled by quantum-limited cryogenic detector technology, matching the CMB-instrumentation branch of the quantum-sensing tree.

Created at: July 9, 2026, 2:41 p.m. Updated at: July 9, 2026, 2:41 p.m. Metadata: Profile current as of Jul 2026, Harvard/CfA Dept. of Astronomy page.