Dr Neil Trappe

Experimental Physics, Physics

Associate Professor
Head of Department

Science Building
2.13
(01) 708 4658
Biography

Biography

Neil Trappe graduated with a B.Sc. in Applied Physics from the University of Limerick in 1998. He completed a Ph.D. in long wavelength optical analysis techniques in the Experimental Physics Department at NUI Maynooth in January 2002, before continuing to work in this research area as a Post-doctoral Research Associate until June 2003 on the HIFI instrument for the Herschel Space Observatory. Currently he is employed as a Senior Lecturer in the Experimental Physics Department, and has been working as First Year Course Co-ordinator. His research interests are in the field of far-infrared space optics. He has worked on the HIFI instrument for the European Space Agency’s Herschel Space Observatory (ESA PRODEX funded), Band 5 & 9 optical design for ALMA (SFI Research Frontiers funded) and currently is working on and managing a number of Technical Research Projects for the European Space Agency. This work is developing efficient analysis techniques, instrument design, and focal plane pixel architectures for future Cosmic Microwave Background space missions. He also recently obtained an SFI Infrastructure Award to establish a THz frequency measurement system.

Completed two ESA funded research grants

ESA CONTRACT 4000105704/12/NL/Cbi "New Technology High Efficiency Horn Antennas For Cosmic Microwave Background Experiments and Far-Infrared Astronomy"

ITT 1-7136/12/NL/MH "Next Generation Sub-millimetre Wave Focal Plane Array Coupling Concepts"

HIFI Instrument (ESA cornerstone project launched 2009)

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Herschel/Instruments

ALMA

http://www.almaobservatory.org/ 

The COsmic Origins Explorer + (COrE+)
http://www.cosmos.esa.int/documents/387566/387653/Ferrara_Dec3_10h00_DeBernardis_COrE%2B.pdf/9698e5e7-cbe4-4d0a-a537-befb0304e2ff

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