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Josh Bloom is a Professor in the Astronomy Department at the University of California, Berkeley. He received his PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics from Caltech in 2002, and completed his M. Phil in Astronomy at Cambridge University in 1997. Bloom graduated from Harvard College with high honors, having earned a double AB in Astronomy & Astrophysics and Physics. His research interests focus on various aspects of astrophysics, including radiative processes, high-energy astrophysics, astronomical data analysis, and machine learning applications in observational astronomy. He has published over 300 refereed articles, significantly contributing to the understanding of time-domain transients and automated telescope insights. In addition to his research, Bloom has authored a technical book on gamma-ray bursts for physical scientists, published by Princeton University Press. He is also a co-founder and CTO of Wise.io, an AI application startup acquired by GE in 2016. Bloom has received several prestigious awards, including the Data-Driven Discovery prize from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and he was a Sloan Fellow and a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society.
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