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            Johan RICHARD

            Born : january 05, 1980 in Dourdan, France
            French - single

            Position : Post-doctoral scholar at Caltech (From Sep 2005)
  PROPERTIES OF THE FIRST STARS AND GALAXIES :
CONSTRAINTS ON GALAXY FORMATION MODELS

      Supervisors :  Roser Pelló, Jean-Paul Kneib

• Coordinates :

          Astronomy 105-24 - Caltech
          PASADENA, CA 91125
          USA  

        Phone :   +1 (626) 395 3293
          Fax     :   +1 (626) 568 9352
          E-mail :   johan@astro.caltech.edu

• Education   :

• 1999-2002 : Engineer Degree from Supaero, Toulouse
• 2002          : Master degree in astrophysics from Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse
• 2002-2005 : PhD degree in astrophysics from Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse

• Experience   :
• july 2000               : Supaero 1st  year research training in IAP (Paris).
                                  Supervisor : Elisabeth Vangioni-Flam.
                                  Subject : Optimization of a primordial nucleosynthesis simulation code.

• june - august 2001 : Supaero 2nd year research training in LAOMP (Toulouse).
                                  Supervisor : Jean-Paul Kneib.
                                  Subject : study of a sample of galaxy clusters at z ~ 0.2

• march - june 2002 : master of astrophysics training in LAOMP & Caltech. Supervisors : Richard Ellis & Jean-Paul Kneib.                                              Subject : high redshift objects magnified by lensing clusters. 

• Knowledges :

• Languages :
• French, English, Spanish : fluent
• German : good
• Japanese : basics (JLPT level 4)

• Computing :
• Operating Systems : LINUX, UNIX, Windows
• Languages : C, C++, Java, Perl, Fortran, UML, HTML, XML
• Astronomical Software : IRAF, IDL, Sextractor

• Observing : optical / IR (imaging and spectroscopy)
• Keck : LRIS (6 nights), ESI (2 nights), DEIMOS (4 nights), NIRSPEC (3 nights), NIRC (2 nights)
• ESO/VLT : ISAAC - imaging and spectroscopy (6 nights in visitor)
• Las Campanas/Magellan : LDSS3 (3 nights)

• Data Reduction : 
• good skills with optical/IR data (photometry and spectroscopy)

• Teaching, organizations :

• Practical works in the course "Introduction to Statistical Physics and Astrophysical Applications" in Supaero (2003)

• Camp counselor in ADAGIO's astronomical summer school (Toulouse) : every summer since 2000. 
• observations with telescopes up to 82 cms diameter.
• courses : "stellar physics", "methods of astrophysics", "distances measurements in the Universe".
• practical workshops