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Juan Mena-Parra is an observational cosmologist who develops novel instrumentation and analysis techniques to study the origin, composition, and evolution of the universe. As part of his work with the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME), he is involved in a groundbreaking radio telescope project that maps the large-scale structure of neutral hydrogen to constrain the expansion history of the universe. His unique design and the powerful digital backend of CHIME have positioned it as a leading facility for studying the radio transient sky, particularly the enigmatic fast radio bursts (FRBs). Mena-Parra is also focused on the development of CHIME/FRB Outriggers and the Canadian Hydrogen Observatory Radio-transient Detector (CHORD), which are next-generation telescope arrays that provide unprecedented observational capabilities in cosmology and radio transient science.
Department of Sociology