Katie Bouman is 37 years old as of October 2026. She was born on 9 May 1989.
American computer scientist who helped produce the first image of a black hole with the Event Horizon Telescope
Did you know?A photo of her reacting to the first black hole image went viral in 2019.
Quick facts
Date of birth9 May 1989
Age37
NationalityAmerican
BirthplaceWest Lafayette, United States
Editor's Take:
Katie Bouman helps computers see things that are almost impossible to capture. She studied electrical engineering and computer science. At MIT she worked on ways to build images from scattered data. Her methods helped turn telescope readings into a real picture. The first image of a black hole made headlines worldwide. A photo of her joy at seeing it went viral. She now teaches at Caltech.
Key Milestones
2016: Presents CHIRP
2019: First black hole image released
2021: Asteroid named after her
Katherine Louise Bouman (born 1989) is an American engineer and computer scientist working in the field of computational imaging.
