PhD student in Cosmology
Kavli Institute for Cosmology
c/o Institute of Astronomy
Madingley Road
Cambridge CB3 0HA
Biography:
2017-present: PhD in Physics, University of Cambridge, UK (Supervisors: Anthony Lasenby, Mike Hobson, Will Handley)
2014-2016: MSc in Physics, ETH Zürich, Switzerland (Supervisors: Alexandre Refregier, Adam Amara, Robert Brandenberger)
2013/14: Erasmus Programme, Université Joseph-Fourier de Grenoble, France
2011-2014: BSc in Physics, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany (Supervisor: Gregor Witte)
Research Interests
- Cosmology
- Anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background
- Bayesian analysis techniques
- Curvature of the Universe
- Initial conditions of cosmic inflation
Teaching
- Exercise class: Analysis II, Fachbereich Mathematik und Informatik, Philipps-Universität Marburg (WS 2012/13)
- Exercise class: Physics for Biologists and Pharmaceutical Scientists, ETH Zürich (FS 2015 and FS 2016)
- Exercise class: Physics for civil and environmental engineers, ETH Zürich (HS 2015)
- Supervisions: Part IA Physics for Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge (Michaelmas 2017 - Easter 2018)
- Supervisions: Part II Relativity, University of Cambridge (2018/19)
Other Professional Activities
Talks
- Flash talk: Kinetic initial conditions for inflation – KICC 10th Anniversary Symposium, University of Cambridge, UK (Sep 2019)
- Constraining the kinetically dominated Universe – From the Early to the Late Universe, Venice, Italy (Aug 2019)
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Kinetic initial conditions for inflation – Astrophysics seminar, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK (Jun 2018)
Outreach
- "Cosmic Lensing", Institute of Astronomy Open Day, University of Cambridge (23rd March 2019)
- "34th Physics at Work Exhibition", Cavendish Laboratories, University of Cambridge (20th September 2018)
- "Cosmic Lensing", Institute of Astronomy Open Day, University of Cambridge (24th March 2018)
- "Treffpunkt Science City: Das Universum – Wanderzirkus", ETH Zürich (22nd - 29th March 2015)
KeywordsBayesian Statistics ; Inflation ; Cosmology |
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Collaborators
Key Publications
- Quantum initial conditions for inflation and canonical invariance (arXiv:2002.07042)
- Constraining the kinetically dominated Universe (arXiv:1809.07737, DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.100.023501)
- A case for kinetically dominated initial conditions for inflation (arXiv:1809.07185, DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.100.023502)
- Searching for cosmic strings in CMB anisotropy maps using wavelets and curvelets (arXiv:1608.00004, DOI:10.1088/1475-7516/2017/06/004)
