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Fundamental AcousticsLaboratories / Est. 1958
Portrait of Dr. Rahul Menon
Celestial & Aerial Signals Program

Dr. Rahul Menon

Deputy Director; Chief Scientist, Celestial & Aerial Signals

FAL-STAFF-212-RAHULMENONReviewed 2026-06-11Deputy Director and program chief, appointed 2019

Authorized public contact for celestial catalog methods and Night Watch instrument context.

Switchboard(440) 805-2497· ext. 212

Rahul Menon leads the Laboratories' work on narrow-band signals of apparent celestial origin and oversees the Night Watch instrument. His group specializes in distinguishing genuine sky sources from terrestrial interference reflected into the array.

Selected accomplishments

  • Designed the sky-position correlation pipeline behind Night Watch
  • Recovered three previously uncatalogued recurring carriers now held in the PSC
  • Author of more than forty peer-reviewed papers on radio-frequency detection
Current work
  • Directs the public Night Watch instrument and the celestial subset of the PSC
  • Reviews literature events before they are admitted as public comparison records
  • Coordinates radio-interference rejection standards with Field Instrumentation
Selected work
  • Institute record
    FAL Method Note 19-02
    Reflected Terrestrial Interference in Apparent Sky Records
    Cite in reading-room request
  • Institute record
    FAL Data Note 24-07
    Night Watch Bright-Star Reference Set
    Cite in reading-room request
  • Staff citation
    Menon
    R. and Behr, S., Recurrent Narrow-Band Candidates Under Public Review
    Cite in reading-room request
Institute service
  • Deputy chair, Candidate Review Board
  • Program sponsor for Night Watch
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Committee record
  • Deputy chair, Candidate Review Board
  • Program sponsor for Night Watch
Office record
  • Switchboard extension 212
  • CASP analysis wing, room C-214
  • Program: Celestial & Aerial Signals Program