General
Place of Birth | Sale, Morocco |
Date of Birth | September, 23, 1977 |
Citizenchip | French |
Work address | Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale bat 121 - Université Paris Sud 91405 Orsay Cedex France |
Phone | +33 (0)1 69 85 87 17 |
alexandre.beelen [at] ias.u-psud.fr |
Present Occupation
Full Associate Astronomer (sep 2009-present) Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Orsay, France
Research
- Post-doc in Astronomy (nov 2006-sep 2009):
- Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Orsay, France
- Lagache (IAS, Orsay)
- Post-doc in Astronomy (2005-2006) :
- Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie and Argelander-Institut für Astronomie der Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Bertoldi (AIfA, Bonn)
- PhD in Astronomy (2001-2004) :
- Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Orsay, France
- Title of PhD-Thesis: 'Dust and gas in high redshift quasars.
- Advisors: P. Cox (IAS, Orsay) pierre.cox [at] ias.u-psud.fr
Observing Experiences
- ASZCa & LABOCA @APEX commissionning, observations & data reduction
- SHARC-II @CSO observations & data reduction
- VLA/ATCA observations & data reduction
- 30-m observing pool : experience on MAMBO and heterodyne observations & data reduction.
- MAMBO-II, NIKA & NIKA2 @IRAM-30m commissionning, observations & data reduction
- IRAM PdBI/NOEMA observations & data reduction
Teaching
- Continuum Observations & Sciences class at the IRAM Summer school (2015)
- Image & Data Analysis for M2R AAIS (Coordinator)
- Scientific Computing class for M2 NPAC and M2R AAIS (2009 - )
- teaching assistant for the bolometric lectures -- IRAM Summer School 2005
Responsabilities
- Member of the CSAA-SO5 subcommittee (2015 - )
- Member of the IRAM TAC (2014 - )
- Head of ANO5 labeled service IGLO (2012 - )
- Head of the IT users committee at IAS (2010 - )
- Head of development of SANEPIC for Herschel (2009 - 2012)
- Reviewer for MNRAS and A&A since (2005 - )
Supervision
- Co-supervision of Victor Bonjean M1 & M2 Intership, IAS (2015, 2016)
- Co-supervision of Chentao Yang PhD Thesis, IAS (12/2014 – )
- Co-supervision of Veeresh Singh Postdoc stay at IAS (2012 – 2014, CEFIPRA funding)
- Co-supervision of Yiping Ao Postdoc stay at IAS (3 months, 2009)
- Co-supervision of Manuel Aravena PhD Thesis, University of Bonn, 2006
- Co-Supervision of a Master Thesis, 2003
Computer Skills
- Operating Systems
- GNU/Linux (Debian;RedHat;Mandrake; Suse), Unix (HP-UX;OSF1), MS Win 9x/NT
- Programming Language
- Python, C/C++, perl, sh, RSI IDL, XML/XSLT, (D/X)HTML, Php/MySQL, LATEX, F77/F90
Language
French mother tongue, English fluent, German basic knowledge
Misc.
- Sports
- Paragliding, scuba diving, free diving, skydiving, hiking, speedriding
- Music
- Piano, fine level classical formation