Galen Reich

About Me

I was born and raised in San Francisco with a passion for arts and science. I'm a fan of good coffee, tinkering with technology, and talking to people about science.

I'm part of the Investigative Tech Team at Bellingcat, where I work with a diverse community of contributors to develop, maintain and improve software tools for open source investigations.

I am currently the Scientist-in-Residence at the Birmingham & Midland Institute, a Birmingham-based Society founded in 1854 for the "Diffusion and Advancement of Science, Literature and Art amongst all Classes of Persons resident in Birmingham and Midland Counties".

Previously, I was an engineer with BBC R&D and worked as a researcher on BBC Panorama.

BMI Talk on Sir Oliver Lodge (2022). © 2022 The Birmingham & Midland Institute.

Lapworth Lates (2018) - Exhibiting a radar system at the Lapworth Museum. Image Courtesy of Greg Milner.

Pint of Science (2016) - Demonstrating the surprising quantum properties of light to the crowd.

Between 2016 and 2021 I helped organize the Pint of Science festival on both local and national scales in the UK. Pint of Science helps to engage people with cutting-edge science by bringing professional scientists to local pubs and community spaces to talk about their research in a relaxed environment.

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Research Background

In 2015, I graduated with a First-Class Physics degree from the University of Birmingham. My final year projects covered quantum cryptography, remote planetary sensing, and automated semiconductor analysis.

I finished my PhD in Biologically-Inspired Radar in 2020 and you can watch me explain my research in the video below.

Publications

• G.M. Reich, J. Heathcote (2022), Analysis of Generation Loss for Wavelet-Based Compression, SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal Read
• G. Reich, C. Pike, T. Nixon (2021), Development and analysis of decorrelation filters for binaural rendering of Audio Definition Model content, Immersive and 3D Audio: from Architecture to Automotive (I3DA) Read
• G.M. Reich, Biologically-Inspired Radar Sensing (2020), PhD Thesis, University of Birmingham, UK. Read
• G.M. Reich, M. Antoniou, C.J. Baker (2020), Memory-Enhanced Cognitive Radar for Autonomous Navigation, IET Radar, Sonar & Navigation. Read
• G.M. Reich, M. Antoniou, C.J. Baker (2019), MIMO Radar for Cognitive Robot Platform Control and Navigation, IEEE International Radar Conference. Read
• G.M. Reich, M. Antoniou, C.J. Baker (2018), Biologically-inspired wideband target localisation, IET Radar, Sonar & Navigation. Read
• G.M. Reich, M. Antoniou, C.J. Baker (2018), Bio-inspired techniques for target localization, IEEE International Radar Conference. Read
• G.M. Reich, L. Thaler, X. Zhang, D. Wang, G. E. Smith, Z. Tao, R.S.A Abdullah, M. Cherniakov, C.J. Baker, D. Kish, M. Antoniou (2017), Mouth-Clicks used by Blind Expert Human Echolocators – Signal Description and Model Based Signal Synthesis, PLOS Computational Biology. Read
• X. Zhang, G. Reich, M. Antoniou, M. Cherniakov, C.J. Baker, L. Thaler, G.E. Smith (2017), Human echolocation: waveform analysis of tongue clicks, IET Electronic Letters. Read
• G.M. Reich, M. Antoniou, C.J. Baker (2017), Frequency-dependent target localization, IET Radar Conference. Read

Portfolio

In addition to my research I enjoy exploring the visual arts and working with creative media. This portfolio includes a selection of my pieces.

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