Joshua Bloom: podcast appearances and interviews

Joshua Simon Bloom, born on June 8, 1974, in Washington, D.C., is an American astrophysicist and a professor of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley. His academic background includes a Bachelor of Arts in astronomy and astrophysics and physics from Harvard College, earned in 1996; a Master of Philosophy from Cambridge University in 1997; and a PhD in astronomy from the California Institute of Technology in 2002. After completing his doctorate, Bloom was a Junior Fellow of the Harvard Society of Fellows from 2002 to 2005. He has also served as the chair of the Astronomy Department at UC Berkeley from 2020 to 2023. His research primarily focuses on gamma-ray bursts and other astrophysical transients such as supernovae and tidal disruption events. Bloom is the author of the book What Are Gamma-Ray Bursts? published by Princeton University Press in 2011. Additionally, he was the CTO and co-founder of the machine-learning company wise.io, which was acquired by General Electric in 2016.