C.V.

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
E-mail 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
      1. Lagache (IAS, Orsay)
  • Post-doc in Astronomy (2005-2006) :
    • Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie and Argelander-Institut für Astronomie der Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
      1. 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