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Christopher Groppi

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School Of Earth and Space Exploration
Associate Professor
Faculty w/Admin Appointment, TEMPE Campus, Mailcode 6004
Biography: 

Christopher Groppi is an experimental astrophysicist interested in the process of star and planet formation and the evolution and structure of the interstellar medium. His current research focuses on the design and construction of state of the art terahertz receiver systems optimized to detect the light emitted by molecules and atoms in molecular clouds, the birthplace of stars. Development of multi-pixel imaging arrays of terahertz spectrometers is a key technology for the advancement of astrophysics in this wavelength regime. Professor Groppi is participating in several research efforts to develop advanced terahertz imaging arrays for ground based and suborbital telescopes. He also applies terahertz technology developed for astrophysics to a wide range of other applications including Earth and planetary science remote sensing, hazardous materials detection and applied physics.

Fax: 
480-965-8102
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Binary Data Curriculum Vitae
Education: 
  • Ph.D. Astronomy, minor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Arizona 2003
  • B.A. Astronomy (with honor), Cornell University 1997
Research Website: 
http://thz.asu.edu
Google Scholar: 
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Research Interests: 

Christopher Groppi is an experimental astrophysicist interested in the process of star and planet formation and the evolution and structure of the interstellar medium. His current research focuses on the design and construction of state of the art terahertz receiver systems optimized to detect the light emitted by molecules and atoms in molecular clouds, the birthplace of stars. Development of multi-pixel imaging arrays of terahertz spectrometers is a key technology for the advancement of astrophysics in this wavelength regime. Dr. Groppi is participating in several research efforts to develop advanced terahertz imaging arrays for ground based and suborbital telescopes. He also applies terahertz technology developed for astrophysics to a wide range of other applications including Earth and planetary science remote sensing, hazardous materials detection and applied physics.

Publications: 
  • Christopher E. Groppi, Brian Love, Matthew Underhill, Christopher Walker. Automated CNC Micromachining for Integrated THz Waveguide Circuits. Proceedings of the 21st International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology (2010).
  • Christopher Groppi, Christopher Walker, Craig Kulesa, Dathon Golish, Jenna Kloosterman, Sander Weinreb, Glenn Jones, Joseph Barden, Hamdi Mani, Tom Kuiper, Jacob Kooi, Art Lichtenberger. Testing and Integration of Supercam, a 64-Pixel Array Receive for the 350 GHz Atmospheric Window. Proceedings of the 21st International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology (2010).
  • Drouet d’Aubigny, C., Walker, C., Young, A., Gensheimer, P, Golish, D, Groppi, C. Terahertz traveling wave tube amplifiers as high-power local oscillators for large heterodyne receiver arrays. Proc. SPIE 7741 (2010).
  • E. Robert Kursinski, Abram Young, Angel Otarola, Michael Stovern, Brian Wheelwright, Dale Ward, Kate Sammler, Robert Stickney, Christopher Groppi, Sarmad Al Banna, Michael Schein, Steve Bell, Willy Bertiger, Mark Miller, Herb Pickett. Laboratory and Ground Testing Results from ATOMMS: the Active Temperature, Ozone and Moisture Microwave Spectrometer. Proceedings of the 21st International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, (2010).
  • Groppi, C.E., Navarrini, A. & Chattopadhyay, G. A waveguide orthomode transducer for 385-500 GHz. Proc. SPIE 7741 (2010).
  • Groppi, C.E., Walker, C., Kulesa, C., Golish, D., Kloosterman, J., Weinreb, S., Jones, G., Barden, J., Mani, H., Kuiper, T., Kooi, J., Lichtenberger, A., Cecil, T., Puetz, P., Narayanan, G., Hedden, H. Testing and Integration of Supercam, a 64-Pixel Array Receive for the 350 GHz Atmospheric Window. Proc. SPIE 7741 (2010).
  • Tan, B-K., Yassin, G., Grimes, P., Leech, J., Jacobs, K., Withington, S., Tacon, M., & Groppi, C. A 700 GHz unilateral finline SIS mixer fed by a multi-flare angle smooth-walled horn. Proc. SPIE 7741 (2010).
  • Walker, C., Kulesa, C., Kloosterman, J., Lesser, D., Cottam, T., Groppi, C., Zmuidzinas, J., Edgar, M., Radford, S., Goldsmith, P., Langer, W., Yorke, H., Kawamura, J., Mehdi, I., Hollenbach, D., Stutzki, J., Huebers, H-W. Gao, J-R., Martin,C. Large format heterodyne arrays for observing far-infrared lines with SOFIA. Proc. SPIE 7741 (2010).
  • Walker, C.,Kulesa, C., Bernasconi, P., Eaton, H., Rolander, N., Groppi, C., Kloosterman, J., Cottam, T., Lesser, D., Martin, C., Stark, A., Neufeld, D., Lisse, C., Hollenbach, D., Kawamura, J., Goldsmith, P., Langer, W., Yorke, H., Stern, J., Skalare, A., Mehdi, I., Weinreb, S., Kooi, J., Stutzki, J., Graf, U., Brasse, M., Honingh, C., Simon, R., Akyilmaz, M., Puetz, P., Wolfire, M. The Stratospheric Terahertz Observatory (STO). Proc. SPIE 7733 (2010).
  • Goldsmith, Paul F., Carpenter, John, Erickson, Neal, Fisher, Rick, Ford, John, Gaier, Todd, Groppi, Chris, Harris, Andy, Heyer, Mark, Kulesa, Craig, Lawrence, Charles, Morgan, Matt, Mundy, Lee, Narayanan, Gopal, O'Neil, Karen, Readhead, Tony, Samoska, Lorene, Schloerb, Peter, Snell, Ron, Walker, Christopher, Ziurys, Lucy. Coherent Detector Arrays for Millimeter and Submillimeter Astronomy. Astro2010: The Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey (2009).
  • Kerr, A. R., Barker, Scott, Bryerton. Eric, Crowe, Tom, Erikson, Neal, Fisher, Rick, Goldsmith, Paul, Gottlieb, Carl, Groppi, Chris, Hesler, Jeffrey, Hunter, Todd, Kerr, Tony, Lichtenberger, Arthur, Narayanan, Gopal, Padin, Steve, Pan, S.-K., Russell, Adrian, Srikanth, S., Thaddeus, Pat, Walker, Chris, Webber, John, Weikle, Bobby, Wootten, Al, Ziurys, Lucy, Zmuidzinas, Jonas. In Support of Instrument Technology Development for THz Astronomy. Astro2010: The Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey (2009).
  • A. Hedden, H. Li, E. Tong, S. Paine, R. Blundell, J. Kawamura, C. Groppi, C. Kulesa, C. Walker, G. de Lange, T. Klapwijk, T. Zijlstra, H. Mani, and S. Weinreb. An 800 GHz SIS Receiver for the RLT Incorporating a HIFI Band 3-type Mixer and SiGe LNA. Proceedings of the 20th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology (2009).
  • C. Walker, C. Kulesa, C. Groppi, E. Young, P. Bernasconi, H. Eaton, N. Rolander, C. Lisse, D. Hollenbach, J. Kawamura, P. Goldsmith, W. Langer, H. Yorke, J. Sterne, A. Skalare, I. Mehdi, S. Weinreb, J. Kooi, J. Stutzki, U. Graf, C. Honingh, P. Puetz, C.L. Martin. A Test Flight Instrument for the Stratospheric Terahertz Observatory (STO). Proceedings of the 20th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology (2009).
  • Christopher Groppi, Christopher Walker, Craig Kulesa, Dathon Golish, Jenna Kloosterman, Sander Weinreb, Glenn Jones, Joseph Barden, Hamdi Mani, Tom Kuiper, Jacob Kooi, Art Lichtenberger, Thomas Cecil, Gopal Narayanan, Patrick Pütz, Abby Hedden. SuperCam: A 64 Pixel Heterodyne Array Receiver for the 350 GHz Atmospheric Window. Proceedings of the 20th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology (2009).
  • Christopher Groppi, E. Robert Kursinski, Dale Ward, Aangel Otarola, Kate Sammler, Michael Schein, Sarmad Al Banna, Brian Wheelwright, Steve Bell, Willy Bertiger, Mark Miller, and Herb Pickett. ATOMMS: the Active Temperature, Ozone and Moisture Microwave Spectrometer. Proceedings of the 20th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology (2009).
  • P.K. Grimes, M.J.R. Brock, C.M. Holler, J. John, M.E. Jones, O.G. King, J. Leech, A.C. Taylor, G. Yassin, K.Jacobs, and C. Groppi. GUBBINS: A Novel Millimeter-Wave Heterodyne Interferometer. Proceedings of the 20th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology (2009).
  • Sarmad. H. AlBanna, Chris Groppi, Chris Walker, Michael Schein, Steve Bell, Brian Wheelwright, Christian Drouet d'Aubigny, Abram Young, Dathon Golish, E. Robert Kursinski, Angel Otarola, Dale Ward, Kate Sammler, Willy Bertiger, Mark Miller, Herb Pickett. A Single 30 cm Aperture Antenna Design for the Operation of 2 Widely Separated Frequency Bands for the Active Temperature, Ozone and Moisture Microwave Spectrometer (ATOMMS). Proceedings of the 20th International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology (2009).
Research Activity: 
Summer 2020
Course NumberCourse Title
SES 692Research
SES 792Research
SES 799Dissertation
Spring 2020
Course NumberCourse Title
SES 411Senior Exploration Project II
SES 484Internship
SES 493Honors Thesis
SES 499Individualized Instruction
SES 692Research
SES 792Research
SES 799Dissertation
Fall 2019
Course NumberCourse Title
SES 410Senior Exploration Project I
SES 492Honors Directed Study
SES 499Individualized Instruction
SES 692Research
SES 792Research
SES 799Dissertation
Spring 2019
Course NumberCourse Title
SES 411Senior Exploration Project II
SES 493Honors Thesis
SES 692Research
SES 792Research
SES 799Dissertation
Fall 2018
Course NumberCourse Title
SES 106Habitable Worlds
SES 410Senior Exploration Project I
SES 492Honors Directed Study
SES 493Honors Thesis
SES 692Research
SES 792Research
SES 799Dissertation
Summer 2018
Course NumberCourse Title
GLG 494Special Topics
SES 692Research
SES 792Research
SES 799Dissertation
Spring 2018
Course NumberCourse Title
SES 411Senior Exploration Project II
GLG 495Undergraduate Thesis
SES 692Research
SES 792Research
SES 799Dissertation
Fall 2017
Course NumberCourse Title
SES 410Senior Exploration Project I
SES 499Individualized Instruction
SES 692Research
SES 792Research
SES 799Dissertation
Summer 2017
Course NumberCourse Title
SES 499Individualized Instruction
GLG 499Individualized Instruction
SES 692Research
SES 792Research
SES 799Dissertation
Spring 2017
Course NumberCourse Title
SES 411Senior Exploration Project II
AST 494Special Topics
AST 592Research
GLG 592Research
GLG 599Thesis
GLG 692Research
SES 692Research
AST 692Research
GLG 792Research
AST 792Research
SES 792Research
SES 799Dissertation
GLG 799Dissertation
AST 799Dissertation
Fall 2016
Course NumberCourse Title
SES 330Electronics Instrumentation
GLG 592Research
GLG 599Thesis
AST 692Research
SES 692Research
GLG 692Research
GLG 792Research
SES 792Research
AST 792Research
SES 799Dissertation
AST 799Dissertation
GLG 799Dissertation
Summer 2016
Course NumberCourse Title
SES 499Individualized Instruction
GLG 592Research
AST 692Research
AST 792Research
GLG 799Dissertation
Spring 2016
Course NumberCourse Title
SES 411Senior Exploration Project II
SES 493Honors Thesis
AST 523Stars/Interstellar Medium III
GLG 592Research
AST 592Research
GLG 599Thesis
SES 692Research
GLG 692Research
AST 692Research
SES 792Research
GLG 792Research
AST 792Research
SES 799Dissertation
GLG 799Dissertation
AST 799Dissertation
Fall 2015
Course NumberCourse Title
SES 492Honors Directed Study
GLG 592Research
GLG 599Thesis
AST 692Research
GLG 692Research
AST 792Research
GLG 792Research
AST 799Dissertation
GLG 799Dissertation
Service: 
  • Search committee for Experimental Cosmology faculty position, Member (2010 - Present)
  • Performance Evaluation Committee, Member (2010 - 2013)
  • 22nd International Symposium on Space Terahertz Technology, Local Organizing Committee (2009 - 2011)
Expertise Areas: 
Astronomy
Astrophysics