Assistant Professor;
Director of Graduate Admissions
Research Interests: Cosmology, Cosmological Distance Indicators, Type Ia Supernovae, Dark Energy, Dark Matter, The Hubble Constant.
Professor Brout’s research group ties together cosmological distance and velocity measurements of the universe with the fundamental physical properties such as dark energy, dark matter, ordinary matter, and Einstein’s general relativity.
Professor Brout is currently leading several major cosmological experiments (SH0ES, Pantheon+, DES, DESI, and DECAT). These extremely large datasets cataloging the universe employ state of the art machine learning, statistical, data processing, and modeling techniques on a regular basis.
Professor Brout is also leading an effort to validate in-flight calibration of the upcoming NASA Roman Space Telescope.
Interdisciplinary Cosmology Group at Boston University
- BU Cosmology Group — Members from departments of Astronomy, Physics, and Data Sciences
Committee Participation:
- DESI Time Domain and Low Redshift Cosmology Working Group Chair
- LSST DESC Time Domain Cosmology Working Group Chair
- NASA Roman Space Telescope Supernova Project Infrastructure Team