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Athol Kemball

Associate Professor

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Department of Astronomy

Athol Kemball is currently serving as a College Of Liberal Arts & Sciences Associate Professor at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

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Athol Kemball

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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astronomy observational astronomy physics astrophysics astrophysical plasmas radio astronomy synchrotron radiation stellar astrophysics stellar structure planetary sciences radio telescopes high energy density physics interstellar medium stellar evolution space weather high-energy astrophysics polarization imaging astronomical image analysis sio masers atmospheric measurement technique extragalactic astronomy atomic spectroscopy planetary change star formation plasma physics high energy physics computational imaging synthetic aperture radar geophysical research large scale structure magnetars tx cam acta astronautica geodesy galaxy formation astrophysical simulations maser emission millimeter wave technology sio maser emission radiology magnetic resonance shock waves magnetic fields cosmic abundance space optic circular polarization alma observations scientific computing dusty plasmas cosmic plasma reconstruction techniques image reconstruction astronomical coordinate system relativistic astrophysics subparsec-scale structure combined array statistical bootstrap radio communication imaging spectroscopy geometrical optics radio propagation alternative cosmology interferometry bootstrap resampling component system component-based software engineering software components component technology high performance computing massive star formation carbon monoxide simulated alma observations matter density underlying jet flow subparsec scale ring structure uncertainty quantification extraterrestrial intelligence gravity search for extraterrestrial intelligence astrophysical masers gravitational lens einstein telescope gravitational lensing

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A Search for Exoplanet Candidates in Tess 2 Minute Light Curves Using Joint Bayesian Detection. The Astronomical Journal (2025)

Jamila S. TaakiAthol J. KemballFarzad Kamalabadi

joint bayesian detectorastrophysicsexoplanetsplanetary sciencesastronomical image analysisgeodesyextrasolar systemastronomyastrostatisticsdetection algorithmobservational astronomytess 2orbit determination

PYSTARSHADE: Simulating High-Contrast Imaging of Exoplanets With Starshades. The Journal of Open Source Software (2025)

Jamila TaakiAthol KemballFarzad Kamalabadi

computational imagingexoplanet formationexoplanetsplanetary sciencescomputational astrophysicsextrasolar systemastronomyobservational astronomyhigh-contrast imagingexoplanet atmospheres

Jamila S. TaakiAthol J. KemballFarzad Kamalabadi

computational imagingastrophysicsexoplanetsplanetary sciencesgeodesyplanetary systemsrobust detrendingastrostatisticsastronomykepler light curvesobservational astronomykepler datasetorbit determination

Testing Primordial Black Hole Dark Matter With Atacama Large Millimeter Array Observations of the Gravitational Lens B1422+231. Universe (2024)

Di WenAthol J. Kemball

physicsflux densityextragalactic astronomyhigh energy physicsastrophysical simulationsalma observationsastronomygravitational lenssynchrotron radiationrelativistic astrophysicsgalaxy formationearly universeflux density ratioobservational cosmologysupermassive black holeslarge scale structuredark matter

Polarized Maser Emission With In-Source Faraday Rotation. The Astrophysical Journal (2023)

T. L. TobinM. D. GrayA. J. Kemball

physicsradiative transferastrophysicselectromagnetismmagnetic resonancemicrowave spectroscopyplasma physicsmagnetohydrodynamicsatomic spectroscopyastrophysical masersastronomypolarization imagingnew codeapplied physicspolarized maser emission

Testing Primordial Black Hole Dark Matter With Alma Observations of the Gravitational Lens B1422+231. arXiv (Cornell University) (2022)

Wen, DiKemball, Athol J.

physicsflux densityhigh energy physicsalma observationsastronomygravitational lenssynchrotron radiationearly universeflux density ratioobservational cosmologysupermassive black holeslarge scale structurehigh-energy astrophysics

Bayesian Methods for Joint Exoplanet Transit Detection and Systematic Noise Characterization. The Astronomical Journal (2020)

Jamila S. TaakiFarzad KamalabadiAthol J. Kemball

astrophysicsexoplanetsplanetary sciencessignal strengthsystematic noise characterizationbayesian methodsextrasolar systemastronomybayesian analysisastrostatisticssignal processingobservational astronomyexoplanet atmospheres

Halo Counts-In-Cells for Cosmological Models With Different Dark Energy. The Astrophysical Journal (2020)

Di WenAthol J. KemballWilliam C. Saslaw

halo counts-in-cellsmodern physicsplanetary scienceshigh energy physicsastrophysical simulationsgalaxy formation and evolutionpercentage differencescosmologyastronomydark energyobservational cosmologyalternative cosmologydark matter

Mapping Circumstellar Magnetic Fields of Late-Type Evolved Stars With the Goldreich–Kylafis Effect: Carma Observations at λ1.3 MM of R Crt and R Leo. The Astrophysical Journal (2020)

Ko-Yun HuangAthol J. KemballWouter H. T. VlemmingsShih-Ping LaiLouis YangIván Agudo

physicsatmospheric measurement techniqueastrophysicsstellar evolutionastrophysical plasmaslate-type evolved starsstellar astrophysicsastronomysynchrotron radiationstellar structurecircumstellar magnetic fieldsobservational astronomyspectral-line polarizationspace weather

Constraining Theories of Polarized Sio Maser Transport: Multi-Epoch Analysis of a π/2 Electric Vector Rotation Feature. The Astrophysical Journal (2019)

T. L. TobinA. J. KemballM. D. Gray

physicsastrophysicsstellar evolutionmaser featurehigh energy physicshigh energy density physicsstellar astrophysicsastronomystellar structureinternal polarization rotationpolarization imagingobservational astronomyindividual maser featuresastrophysical plasmas

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Athol Kemball

Associate Professor

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Affiliations

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Department of Astronomy

Athol Kemball is currently serving as a College Of Liberal Arts & Sciences Associate Professor at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Honors

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Experiences

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Athol Kemball

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Associate Professor

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

A Search for Exoplanet Candidates in Tess 2 Minute Light Curves Using Joint Bayesian Detection. The Astronomical Journal (2025)

Jamila S. TaakiAthol J. KemballFarzad Kamalabadi

PYSTARSHADE: Simulating High-Contrast Imaging of Exoplanets With Starshades. The Journal of Open Source Software (2025)

Jamila TaakiAthol KemballFarzad Kamalabadi

computational imagingexoplanet formationexoplanetsplanetary sciencescomputational astrophysicsextrasolar systemastronomyobservational astronomyhigh-contrast imagingexoplanet atmospheres

Jamila S. TaakiAthol J. KemballFarzad Kamalabadi

Testing Primordial Black Hole Dark Matter With Atacama Large Millimeter Array Observations of the Gravitational Lens B1422+231. Universe (2024)

Di WenAthol J. Kemball

Polarized Maser Emission With In-Source Faraday Rotation. The Astrophysical Journal (2023)

T. L. TobinM. D. GrayA. J. Kemball

Testing Primordial Black Hole Dark Matter With Alma Observations of the Gravitational Lens B1422+231. arXiv (Cornell University) (2022)

Wen, DiKemball, Athol J.

Bayesian Methods for Joint Exoplanet Transit Detection and Systematic Noise Characterization. The Astronomical Journal (2020)

Jamila S. TaakiFarzad KamalabadiAthol J. Kemball

Halo Counts-In-Cells for Cosmological Models With Different Dark Energy. The Astrophysical Journal (2020)

Di WenAthol J. KemballWilliam C. Saslaw

Mapping Circumstellar Magnetic Fields of Late-Type Evolved Stars With the Goldreich–Kylafis Effect: Carma Observations at λ1.3 MM of R Crt and R Leo. The Astrophysical Journal (2020)

Ko-Yun HuangAthol J. KemballWouter H. T. VlemmingsShih-Ping LaiLouis YangIván Agudo

Constraining Theories of Polarized Sio Maser Transport: Multi-Epoch Analysis of a π/2 Electric Vector Rotation Feature. The Astrophysical Journal (2019)

T. L. TobinA. J. KemballM. D. Gray

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