Daniel Jacobs
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Phone: 480-727-2227
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ISTB4 673 Tempe, AZ 85287
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Mail code: 6004Campus: Tempe
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Danny Jacobs is a physicist and astronomical instrument builder. He is a professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration and Associate Director of ASU's Interplanetary Initiative as director of its smallsat lab. His Low frequency Cosmology group is developing the redshifted 21cm line as a probe of the dark ages and first stars. One of the last unexplored moments of the cosmic calendar this epoch is a laboratory for fundamental physics and a key moment in our cosmic origin story. Danny's work spans many applied domains from radio development to data intensive supercomputing. He is the PI of several analysis programs in this area as well as Project Scientist and lead of ASU's contribution to the Hydrogen Epoch of Reionization Array (HERA) which is currently the largest, most sensitive, 21cm cosmology radio telescope. Danny leads several technology development projects including the long-running ECHO drone-mounted calibrator program and an NSF CAREER to develop the next generation cosmology arrays.
At ASU as an Associate Director of the Interplanetary Initiative he also takes a leadership role in the development of small satellites and related technology. He directs the Interplanetary lab which supports development of ASU smallsat projects across the design, build, test, fly life-cycle. He also leads his own missions as Executive Producer of the Lightcube cubesat, co-I of the Star Planet Activity Research CubeSat (SPARCS), and PI of the DORA mission, a cubesat testbed for future space-based radio interferometers.
Danny received a BS in physics and astrophysics from New Mexico Tech and a masters in physics from Montana State University where he worked in the Space Sciences and Engineering Lab (SSEL). He holds a PhD from University of Pennsylvania for a thesis on first results from the Precision Array for Probing the Epoch of Reionization (PAPER).
Danny was born and raised in Omaha, NE graduating from Central High School where he was captain of the debate squad.
- Ph.D. Physics, University of Pennsylvania
- M.Sc. Physics, Montana State University, Bozeman
- B.S. Physics and Astrophysics, New Mexico Tech
Danny is a member of the low frequency cosmology group (loco.lab.asu.edu) which is a subset of the SESE larger radio group.
Courses
2025 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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SES 799 | Dissertation |
SES 692 | Research |
SES 792 | Research |
SES 493 | Honors Thesis |
2024 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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SES 492 | Honors Directed Study |
SES 792 | Research |
SES 799 | Dissertation |
SES 499 | Individualized Instruction |
SES 692 | Research |
2024 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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SES 692 | Research |
SES 692 | Research |
SES 792 | Research |
SES 792 | Research |
SES 799 | Dissertation |
SES 799 | Dissertation |
2024 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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SES 799 | Dissertation |
SES 692 | Research |
SES 792 | Research |
SES 401 | SESE Colloquium |
SES 501 | SESE Colloquium |
SES 330 | Electronics Instrumentation |
2023 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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SES 492 | Honors Directed Study |
SES 792 | Research |
SES 799 | Dissertation |
SES 499 | Individualized Instruction |
SES 401 | SESE Colloquium |
SES 501 | SESE Colloquium |
SES 692 | Research |
SES 792 | Research |
2023 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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SES 692 | Research |
SES 692 | Research |
SES 792 | Research |
SES 792 | Research |
SES 799 | Dissertation |
SES 799 | Dissertation |
2023 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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SES 799 | Dissertation |
SES 692 | Research |
SES 792 | Research |
SES 330 | Electronics Instrumentation |
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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SES 492 | Honors Directed Study |
SES 792 | Research |
SES 799 | Dissertation |
SES 499 | Individualized Instruction |
SES 692 | Research |
2022 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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SES 692 | Research |
SES 692 | Research |
SES 792 | Research |
SES 792 | Research |
SES 799 | Dissertation |
SES 799 | Dissertation |
2022 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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SES 493 | Honors Thesis |
SES 799 | Dissertation |
SES 692 | Research |
SES 792 | Research |
AST 394 | Special Topics |
SES 598 | Special Topics |
SES 510 | Grad Exploration Project I |
SES 511 | Grad Exploration Project II |
2021 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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SES 330 | Electronics Instrumentation |
SES 492 | Honors Directed Study |
SES 792 | Research |
SES 799 | Dissertation |
SES 499 | Individualized Instruction |
SES 692 | Research |
2021 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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SES 692 | Research |
SES 692 | Research |
SES 792 | Research |
SES 792 | Research |
SES 799 | Dissertation |
SES 799 | Dissertation |
2021 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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SES 493 | Honors Thesis |
SES 799 | Dissertation |
SES 692 | Research |
SES 792 | Research |
SES 494 | Special Topics |
SES 598 | Special Topics |
2020 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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SES 330 | Electronics Instrumentation |
SES 492 | Honors Directed Study |
SES 792 | Research |
SES 799 | Dissertation |
SES 499 | Individualized Instruction |
SES 692 | Research |
IPI 494 | Special Topics |
2020 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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SES 692 | Research |
SES 692 | Research |
SES 792 | Research |
SES 792 | Research |
SES 799 | Dissertation |
SES 799 | Dissertation |
2020 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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AST 111 | Intro/Solar Systems Astronomy |
AST 111 | Intro/Solar Systems Astronomy |
AST 113 | Astronomy Laboratory I |
AST 113 | Astronomy Laboratory I |
SES 493 | Honors Thesis |
SES 799 | Dissertation |
SES 692 | Research |
SES 792 | Research |
2019 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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SES 330 | Electronics Instrumentation |
SES 492 | Honors Directed Study |
SES 792 | Research |
SES 799 | Dissertation |
AST 494 | Special Topics |