Katie Bouman

Katherine Louise Bouman (/ˈbaʊmən/; born 1989) is an American engineer and computer scientist working in the field of computer imagery. She led the development of an algorithm for imaging black holes, known as Continuous High-resolution Image Reconstruction using Patch priors (CHIRP), and was a member of the Event Horizon Telescope team that captured the first image of a black hole.

For people named Katie Bowman, see Katie Bowman (disambiguation).

Katie Bouman
Bouman speaking about the Event Horizon Telescope in 2019
Born
Katherine Louise Bouman

1989 (age 34–35)
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater
  • University of Michigan (BS)
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (SM, PhD)
Known forCHIRP algorithm
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
ThesisExtreme Imaging via Physical Model Inversion: Seeing Around Corners and Imaging Black Holes (2017)
Doctoral advisorWilliam T. Freeman
Websitewww.cms.caltech.edu/people/klbouman

The California Institute of Technology, which hired Bouman as an assistant professor in June 2019, awarded her a named professorship in 2020. In 2021, asteroid 291387 Katiebouman was named after her.

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