Juan Diego Soler








Postdoctoral Research Fellow                      

 
Institute d'Astrophysique Spatiale. CNRS.  

 
 jsolerpu [at] ias.u-psud.fr 

 
Centre Universitaire d'Orsay. Bat 121.

 
91405 ORSAY CEDEX

 
Telephone: +33 1 69 85 86 20 


Mobile:    +33 7 89 01 28 84

 

 
 

 


 




Education









  
  • Ph.D. Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto (Canada), 2013 
  
      
       
    •  Dissertation: "In Search of an Imprint of Magnetization in the Balloon-borne Observation of the Polarized Dust Emission from Molecular Clouds". Advisor: C. Barth Netterfield.

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  • M.Sc. Physics, Universidad de los Andes (Colombia), 2006


    

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  • B.Sc. Physics, Universidad de los Andes (Colombia), 2004	


    

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Research Experience

    
    		

    


    

    
  • Planck Core Team, IAS, 2013 -
        
      
                
    •  Data analysis and physical modelling of the Galactic astrophysics relevant to the emission and polarization at microwave frequencies.

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  • Spider Core Team, University of Toronto, 2008 -
        
      
                
    • Mechanical and thermal design of the balloon-borne platform.

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  • BLASTPol Core Team, University of Toronto, 2008 -
        
      
                
    • Mechanical and thermal design of the balloon-borne platform.
                
    • Data reduction and analysis.
                
    • Flight team member. McMurdo Station, Antarctica, 2010 & 2012.

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  • Research Assistant, CIEMAT (Madrid, Spain), 2006-2007
        
      
            
    • Medical Physics Group
                
    • Development of dose calculation software for radiotherapy treatments based on Monte Carlo simulations. 

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  • Research Assistant, CEADEN (La Habana, Cuba), 2005
        
      
            
    • Medical Physics Group
                
    • Characterization of silicon micro-strip detectors for radiography.

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Research Interests

    
    		

    


    

	
      
	
    • ISM: Dust and Magnetic Fields. Analysis of submillimeter polarization maps and comparison with MHD simulations.
 	
    • Instrumentation: Submillimeter Polarimetry. Mechanical and thermal design of balloon-borne platforms.
	
    
    		

    


    


    


    

Teaching Experience

    
    		

    


    

  
  • Co-Advisor of Undergraduate Summer Student Projects, University of Toronto, 2011-2013
  	
      
            
    • Ivan Padilla, Astronomy & Astrophysics student. Project: Thermal design of balloon-borne platform BIT.
            
    • Steven Li, Engineering Science student. Project: Design and manufacturing of the Spider gondola sunshields
        
    

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  • Teaching Assistant, University of Toronto, 2007 - 2008
  
      
            
    • Astronomy 101
        
    

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  • Physics Lab Teacher, Universidad de los Andes, 2006
    
      
            
    • Physics I (Mechanics, kinematics)
        
    

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  • Teaching Assistant, Universidad de los Andes, 2004-2005
  
      
            
    • Physics I (Mechanics, kinematics)
                
    • Physics II (Fluid dynamics, Thermodynamics)
                
    • Physics III (Electromagnetism)
        
    


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Selected Publications

    
    		

    


    


  • "An Imprint of Molecular Cloud Magnetization in the Morphology of the Dust Polarized Emission", 

    
Soler, J.D.; Hennebelle, P.; Martin, P.G.; Miville-Deschenes, M.A.; Netterfield, C.B.; Fissel, L.M. 

    

    
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 774, Issue 2, article id. 128, 16 pp. (2013)

    

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  • "Lupus I Observations from the 2010 Flight of the Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetry",

    
Matthews, T.G.; Ade, P.A.R.; Angile, F.E.; Benton, S.J.; Chapin, E.L.; Chapman, N.L.; Devlin, M.J.; Fissel, L.M.; Fukui, Y.; Gandilo, N.N.; Gundersen, J.O.; Hargrave, P.C.; Klein, J.; Korotkov, A.L.; Moncelsi, L.; Mroczkowski, T.K.; Netterfield, C.B.; Novak, G.; Nutter, D.; Olmi, L.; Pascale, E.; Poidevin, F.; Savini, G.; Scott, D.; Shariff, J.A.; Soler, J.D.; Tachihara, K.; Thomas, N.E.; Truch, M.D.P.; Tucker, C.E.; Tucker, G.S.; Ward-Thompson, D. 

    

    
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 784, Issue 2, article id. 116, 10 pp. (2014)

    

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  • "SPIDER: probing the early Universe with a suborbital polarimeter",

    
Fraisse, A.A.; Ade, P.A.R.; Amiri, M.; Benton, S.J.; Bock, J.J.; Bond, J.R.; Bonetti, J.A.; Bryan, S.; Burger, B.; Chiang, H.C.; Clark, C.N.; Contaldi, C.R.; Crill, B.P.; Davis, G.; Doré, O.; Farhang, M.; Filippini, J.P.; Fissel, L.M.; Gandilo, N.N.; Golwala, S.; Gudmundsson, J.E.; Hasselfield, M.; Hilton, G.; Holmes, W.; Hristov, V. V.; Irwin, K.; Jones, W.C.; Kuo, C.L.; MacTavish, C.J.; Mason, P.V.; Montroy, T.E.; Morford, T.A.; Netterfield, C.B.; O'Dea, D.T.; Rahlin, A.S.; Reintsema, C.; Ruhl, J.E.; Runyan, M.C.; Schenker, M.A.; Shariff, J.A.; Soler, J.D.; Trangsrud, A.; Tucker, C.; Tucker, R.S.; Turner, A.D.; Wiebe, D.

    

    
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Issue 04, article id. 047, pp. (2013)

    

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  • "Empirical modelling of the BLASTPol achromatic half-wave plate for precision submillimetre polarimetry",

    
Moncelsi, L.; Ade, P.; Angile, F.; Benton, S.; Devlin, M.; Fissel, L.; Gandilo, N.; Gundersen, J.; Matthews, T.; Netterfield, C.B.; Novak, G.; Nutter, D.; Pascale, E.; Poidevin, F.; Savini, G.; Scott, D.; Soler, J.D.; Spencer, L.; Truch, M.; Tucker, G.; Zhang, J.

    

    
2014MNRAS.437.2772M

    

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  • "SPIDER Optimization. II. Optical, Magnetic, and Foreground Effects",

    
O'Dea, D.T.; Ade, P.A.R.; Amiri, M.; Benton, S.J.; Bock, J.J.; Bond, J.R.; Bonetti, J.A.; Bryan, S.; Burger, B.; Chiang, H.C.; Clark, C.N.; Contaldi, C.R.; Crill, B.P.; Davis, G.; Dore, O.; Farhang, M.; Filippini, J.P.; Fissel, L.M.; Fraisse, A.A.; Gandilo, N.N.; Golwala, S.; Gudmundsson, J.E.; Hasselfield, M.; Hilton, G.; Holmes, W.; Hristov, V.V.; Irwin, K.; Jones, W.C.; Kuo, C.L.; MacTavish, C.J.; Mason, P.V.; Montroy, T.E.; Morford, T.A.; Netterfield, C.B.; Rahlin, A.S.; Reintsema, C.; Ruhl, J.E.; Runyan, M.C.; Schenker, M.A.; Shariff, J.A.; Soler, J.D.; Trangsrud, A.; Tucker, C.; Tucker, R.S.; Turner, A.D.; Wiebe, D.

    

    
2011, Astrophysical Journal, 738, 63O

    

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Conference Presentations

    
    		

    


    


  •  "An Imprint of the Magnetisation in the Structure of the Interstellar Medium"; 

    
The Impact of Galactic Structure on Star Formation. Hokkaido University, Japan. February, 2014.

    

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  •  "Characterizing the correlation between column density structure and magnetic fields";

    
 IAU General Assembly, Special Session 4: Galactic and Extragalactic Magnetic Fields. Beijing, China. 2012

    

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  •  "BLASTpol: A Large Aperture Balloon-borne Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetry ";

    
IAP and CEA Service d'Astrophysique Conference, From Dust to Galaxies. Paris, France. 2011

    

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Public Outreach

    
    		

    


    


  •  "Nostalgia for the Dark: Looking for Stars in the Land Where the Sun Is Always Up", Soler, J.D.;  University of Toronto Astronomy Public Tour. Toronto. April 4, 2013.

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  •  "Under the Midnight Sun: The Adventure of Astronomy from Antarctica", Soler, J.D.;  University of Toronto Astronomy Public Tour. Toronto. February 3, 2011.

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