Dr. Omid Noroozian
Deputy Chief Technologist at NASA Headquarters
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Area of Expertise:
Strategic Technology Management , Quantum Electronics and Photonics , Astronomical Instrumentation and systems development , Superconducting Photon Sensors and Spectrographs (mm/submillimeter-wave, Far-infrared, IR/Optical/UV, X-ray, Gamma-ray) , Microwave and mm-wave engineering , Cryogenic measurement systems
Profile Summary

Dr. Noroozian currently serves as Strategic Quantum Science Advisor to NASA Goddard’s Office of Chief Technologist, and Goddard’s Quantum Engineering and Sensing (QuEST) lab. He works with technologists, policy makers and strategists across the agency to accelerate development, adoption, and implementation of quantum tech and use cases in Earth Science, Astrophysics, and space comm and nav, and bring awareness of new capabilities in the private sector.
Previously, he was Deputy Chief Technologist for NASA’s Astrophysics Division at HQ, where he helped oversee the technology portfolio and strategic planning (annual tech budget of ~$200M). He is a former NASA Roman Technology Fellow in Astrophysics, Detector Systems Engineer at NASA Goddard, Associate Scientist at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Research Prof at the University of Virginia, Research Scientist at University of Maryland, NASA Postdoctoral Fellow at Goddard‘s Observational Cosmology Lab, and Postdoc at NIST's Quantum Sensors Group. He has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Caltech where he pioneered work on Kinetic Inductance Detectors with the Astrophysics Department, an M.S. in Applied Physics from Caltech, an M.S. in Microelectronics/Physics from Delft University of Technology at the Quantum Nanoelectronics group.
On a scientific level, he has 19 years of experience leading research teams and projects in electro-optical, and microwave cryogenic systems for precision measurements, quantum sensing, and telescopes, from the far-IR/submm to gamma-rays. His publications can be found here: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=omidnorooozian
Publications (19)

Proceedings Article | 31 August 2022 Presentation + Paper
Proceedings Volume 12190, 1219009 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630054
KEYWORDS: Spectrometers, Galactic astronomy, Receivers, Cryogenics, Optical filters, Telescopes, Mirrors, Carbon monoxide

Proceedings Article | 27 August 2022 Poster + Presentation + Paper
Proceedings Volume 12180, 1218050 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630311
KEYWORDS: Spectrometers, Optical testing, Optical filters, Microwave radiation, Silicon, Resonators, Black bodies, Stars, Integrated optics, Fabry–Perot interferometers

Proceedings Article | 27 August 2022 Poster + Paper
Carolyn Volpert, Emily Barrentine, Mona Mirzaei, Alyssa Barlis, Alberto Bolatto, Berhanu Bulcha, Giuseppe Cataldo, Jake Connors, Nicholas Costen, Negar Ehsan, Thomas Essinger-Hileman, Jason Glenn, James Hays-Wehle, Larry Hess, Alan Kogut, Harvey Moseley, Jonas Mugge-Durum, Omid Noroozian, Trevor Oxholm, Maryam Rahmani, Thomas Stevenson, Eric Switzer, Joeseph Watson, Edward Wollack
Proceedings Volume 12180, 121804Z (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629502
KEYWORDS: Spectrometers, Niobium, Silicon, Receivers, Antennas, Semiconducting wafers, Aluminum, Sensors, Thermography, Stray light, Infrared astronomy, Extragalactic astronomy, Galactic astronomy, Far infrared, Superconducting detectors

Proceedings Article | 30 May 2022 Presentation
Proceedings Volume PC12089, PC1208906 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2631953
KEYWORDS: Inductance, Terahertz technology, Superconductors, Spectroscopy, Single photon detectors, Sensors, Spectrometers, Space telescopes, Receivers, Telescopes

SPIE Journal Paper | 9 December 2021
JATIS, Vol. 7, Issue 04, 044004, (December 2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.7.4.044004
KEYWORDS: Spectrometers, Receivers, Cryogenics, Sensors, Telescopes, Control systems, Mirrors, Galactic astronomy, Stars, Resonators

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