higgins[at]ph1.uni-koeln.de

Remote operations of a telescope, data calibration and analysis, heterodyne data reduction, mapping of star formation cloud in the local galaxy

2007-2011- PhD University of Maynooth, Topic: Calibration of the Herschel/HIFI spectrometer
2011-present: PostDoc, University of Cologne
2011-2014: Instrument scientist for HIFI/Herschel
2011-2019: Support astronomer for NANTEN2 telescope in Chile
2015-2022: Instrument scientist for upGREAT receiver on board SOFIA (50+ flights)
2019-present: Deputy project engineer for CCAT project, support trial assembly in Germany, laser metrology system procurement and deployment, water vapor radiometer procurement, IT infrastructure installation on telescope