Carlo Schimd
Laurea/M.Sc. in Physics (2001, Univ of Padova), Ph.D. in Physics (2005, Univ of Parma)
Maître de Conférence (Associate professor), Aix-Marseille Université
Research interests:
Morphology of LSS, galaxy clusters, and galaxies (Minkowski functionals); peculiar velocities, BAO and orbit reconstruction (least action); weak gravitational lensing, kinematic lensing; dark matter and dark energy (massive neutrinos, quintessence, scalar-tensor and f(R) theories).
Member or external collaborator of: GAMA, VIPERS, XMM-XXL, VESTIGE, DEMNUni, Euclid, SKA France, LISA, MSE.
Teaching activity:
Current: Laboratory of classical physics (1st-2nd yr, Polytech/PEIP), Electromagnetic waves (2nd yr, Polytech/PEIP), Statistics and data analysis (4th yr, Master in Physics), Numerical methods (4th yr, Master in Physics), Astrophysics (4th yr, Master in Physics), Primordial cosmology (5th yr, Master in Physics), Bridging cosmology and galaxy formation (Ph.D.)
Past: Newtonian mechanics (1st yr, Physics & Chemistry), Linear algebra (1st yr, Polytech/PEIP), Probability & Statistics (2nd yr, Physics & Chemistry), Optics & Waves (2nd yr, Polytech/PEIP), Analytical mechanics (3rd yr, Physics & Chemistry), Particle physics and primordial cosmology (4th yr, Master in Physics), Astronomical spectroscopy (5th yr, Master in Physics), Astrophysics/numerical project (3rd yr, Physics & Chemistry CTES; and 4th yr, Master SPaCE), Physical cosmology (5th yr, Master P3TMA), Cosmology (LAM Ph.D. Summer School 2013-2014), Advanced topics in cosmology (Ph.D.)
- Since 2007: supervisor of 13 master students, 1.5 Ph.D. students
Internships (stage M2) proposed in 2020-2021: (1) Morphometry of nearby galaxies: clustering of HII regions, (2) Gravitational lensing of galaxy clusters and filaments: simulations for BATMAN
email: carlo.schimd [at] lam.fr