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Paul Horowitz
- Professor of Physics and of Electrical Engineering
Contact Information
| Office: | Lyman 225 |
| Email: | horowitz [ AT ] seas [ DOT ] harvard [ DOT ] edu |
| Office Phone: | (617) 495-3265 |
| Office Fax: | (617) 496-5144 |
| Lab Room: | Lyman Laboratory 135 |
| Lab Phone: | (617) 495-3037 |
| Assistant: | Carol Davis |
| Unit: | Physics |
| Office: | Jefferson 241 |
| Email: | davis [ AT ] physics [ DOT ] harvard [ DOT ] edu |
| Office Phone: | 617-496-1041 |
Recruitment Status
Education
- A.B., 1965, Physics, Harvard University
- Ph.D., 1970, Physics, Harvard University
Research Interests
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- Electrical Engineering
- Circuits and VLSI
Profile
Paul Horowitz's research group is currently focused on several problems in experimental astrophysics-the search for intentional microwave transmissions from extraterrestrial intelligent civilizations (SETI), a search for highly redshifted neutral hydrogen condensations (with colleagues at MIT), and optical interferometry (with the IOTA collaboration).
The latest incarnation of the group's evolving SETI effort consists of a 3-beam, 250- million-channel radiofrequency Fourier spectrum analyzer performing an all-sky transit survey at the university's 84-foot radiotelescope. At the Arecibo Observatory his group designed and installed several spectrometers, collaborating in a parasitic transit survey for 21-cm radiation from galactic protoclusters in the redshift regime of z=5-6 (at 250 MHz), and in pulsar searches and observations. Astronomical interferometry is a developing art form; at IOTA his group is building rapid path-modulation systems to enhance data rates by some two orders of magnitude.
The group's development of custom instrumentation continues earlier researches in scanning microscopies (x-ray, proton), studies of the E. Coli rotary engine, and optical studies of pulsars.
Horowitz's interests include contemporary electronic circuit design and diverse topics in technology and national security. An idea for landmine detection, which emerged during a summer study on humanitarian demining, is currently being developed into a fieldable acoustic system for mine detection.
Positions & Employment
Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences/Harvard Department of Physics
- Professor of Physics and of Electrical Engineering
Selected Publications
- P. Horowitz, et. al., "New technological approaches to humanitarian demining," JSR-96- 115, MITRE Corp., McLean, VA (1996).
- P. Horowitz and C. Sagan, "Five years of project META: an all-sky narrow-band radio search for extraterrestrial signals." Astrophys. J. 415: 218 (1993).
- P. Horowitz and W. Hill, The Art of Electronics. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989.
- P. Horowitz and L. Grodzins, "Scanning proton-induced x-ray microspectrometry in an atmospheric environment." Science 189: 795 (1975).
- P. Horowitz and J. Howell, "A scanning x-ray microscope using synchrotron radiation." Science 178: 608 (1972).
- P. Horowitz, C. Papaliolios, and N.P. Carleton, "Stability of the crab pulsar." Astrophys. J. 172: L51 (1972).
