photo of H. Aussel, as of sept. 30th, 2000

 

Hervé Aussel

JCMT Fellow

Associated Scientist on the SPIRE instrument of the Herschel mission

Institute for Astronomy
University of Hawaii

2680 Woodlawn Drive
Honolulu, Hawaii, 96822, USA

Tel: (+1) 808 - 956 - 67 96
Fax: (+1) 808 - 956 - 95 80

e-mail: aussel@ifa.hawaii.edu
www : http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~aussel/


Curriculum Vitae

| Honors and Awards | Education | Professional Experience | Language Skills | Computer Skills | Observational Skills | Publications |


Honors and Awards

Daniel Guignier Prize for young researcher, 1999, attributed by the French Physical Society (SFP)

Education

1995-1999 PhD in astrophysics, ``Formation and Evolution of galaxies, as observed in the mid infrared''.
Service d'Astrophysique (Saclay, France) with L. Vigroux and J. Lequeux as advisors.
Mention très honorable avec les félicitations du jury.
1994 D.E.A. (equivalent to a Masters Degree) `Astrophysique et Techniques Spatiales'
Université Paris VII/Observatoire de Paris-Meudon.
Mention Très Bien
1990-1993 Ingenieur de l'Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manufactures de Paris (equivalent to a Bachelors Degree in physics and engeneering).
1988 Baccalauréat serie C, mention Bien.

Professional Experience

2000- JCMT Postdoctoral Fellow, at the Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii.
Evolution of galaxies in the infrared/sub-millimeter
1999-2000 Postdoc at Padova Observatory, with a European TMR grant from the "formation and evolution of galaxies" network
Interpretation of mid-infrared surveys with optical/NIR spectroscopy. Determination of the local and intermediate redshift mid-infrared luminosity function. Design of models of counts prediction in the IR.
1995-1999 ISOCAM Team, Service d'Astrophysique, CEA-Saclay. PhD dissertation : ``Formation and Evolution of galaxies, as Observed in the Infrared''. Software development for the calibration of ISOCAM and general data reduction. Development of specific tools based on wavelet analysis for faint source detection in ISOCAM deep surveys. Data interpretation, together with optical imaging/sprectoscopy, X-ray (ROSAT), far IR (ISOPHOT) and radio data.
1994-1995 Military service as physicist at CEA/DAM (Vaujours). Models and numerical simulations of cold and dense plasmas.
1994 Stage de DEA (Research project) : ``Study of the dark halo of NGC 4826'' with F. Casoli and M. Gerin (DEMIRM/ENS). Computation of M/L ratio, with models of the HI and CO rotation curves. Detailed analysis of the spiral structure with ``unsharp masking'' technique applied to B,V,R,I images.
1993 Stage de fin d'étude de l'Ecole Centrale Paris. ``Study of the feasability of a two-color laser guide star for adaptive optics''. Advisor : A. Petit, CEA/DCC/DPE/SPS (Saclay). Quantum mechanics computations of various sodium level transitions and experimental measurements.

Language Skills

French mother tongue
English fluent
German good
Italian good speaking and reading, poor writing

Computer Skills

Operating systems UNIX (Solaris, Linux), VMS
FORTRAN, C, C++, IDL Member of the CAM Interactive Analysis programmer group.
Perl Scripts for the JCMT UH queue and CFH12K data reduction

Observational Skills

Mid-Infrared Infrared Space Observatory Camera. Member of the CIST (CAM Instrument Science Team) and ISOCAM group of the SAp. Development of data reduction techniques.
Sub-millimeter Runs with the JCMT, continuum observation (SCUBA) and line observation (2000 - 2001)
Optical imaging Run on CFHT (CFH12K) (December 2000).
Optical spectroscopy Runs on CFHT (MOS) (spring 1997, summer 2000), NTT (EMMI) (Winter 1997), KeckII (ESI) (Spring 2001)
NIR spectroscopy Run (spring 2001) with IRCS on Subaru


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