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Mentoring: Students and Projects

Graduates (co-mentoring)

  • Alex Jacquesson - 2022, "Flaring blazars at high energy"

  • Gaetan Fichet De Clairfontaine - 2018-2021, Study of ejecta propagation and emissions through stationary shocks in AGN jets

  • Caitlin Johnson - 2016-2018, Development of an MCMC method to fit blazars'broadband spectra models

  • Cedric Perenne - 2015, "Modeling the variability of active galactic nuclei"

Undergraduates

  • Sofia Franck - 2023-2024 (Senior Thesis), "Modeling the evolution and propagation of the blazars high-energy zones"

    • Received Thesis Honors

  • Sarah Youngquist - 2021-2022 (Foothill College Micro Internship), "Modeling Blazar SEDs using MCMC"

  • Keaton Ferguson - 2021, "Fermi analysis for EBL studies"

  • Will Ryan -  2018-2021, "Multiwavelength variability analysis of the blazar Mrk 421"

    • Recipient of the UCSC "Ron Ruby Award"

  • Cameron Clark - 2018, Simulating the performances of the prototype Schwarschild-Couder Telescope (pSCT)

High-School students

  • Alexander Boesh, Adam Egbariya, Anya Khotari (UCSC Science Internship Program) - 2023, "Automating a multiwavelength analysis of the blazar Mrk 421"

  • Aaron Danen, Rick Li, Arnav Swaroop (UCSC Science Internship Program) - 2022 (& 2023 for Aaron  and Adam), "Automating a multiwavelength analysis of the blazar Mrk 421"

  • Yashika Batra, Jewon Im, Nathan Nguyen (UCSC Science Internship Program) - 2020-2021, "Gamma-Ray Analysis of the Most Energetic Blazars to Probe the Cosmos"

    • Publication in the Columbia Junior Science Journal (CJSJ, 2020)

  • Ryan Hsu, Cindy Wang (UCSC Science Internship Program) - 2018-2019, "Gamma-Ray Analysis of the Most Energetic Blazars to Probe the Cosmos"

    • Cindy Wang was named a top 300 scholar in the "78th Regeneron Science Talent Search"

  • Pranati Modomudi - 2017-2018, "X-Ray Variability Study of the Blazar Mrk 421 towards Multiple Particle Acceleration Zones"

    • Awarded 2nd place for the "2018 National Young Astronomer Award"

Teaching

2022 - now: Lecturer

  • Introduction to Scientific Computing [ASTR-119] (Python, UCSC, undergrad, 1 quarter)

  • Astrophysics Advanced Laboratory [PHYS-135] (UCSC, undergrad, 2 quarters)

  • Advanced Astronomy Laboratory [ASTR-136] (UCSC, undergrad, 2 quarters)

 

2015 - 2016: Research and Teaching Assistant

  • Astronomy and celestial mechanics (Paris Observatory, online, high school to undergrad)

  • Explore and understand the Universe (Paris Observatory, online, high school to undergrad)

  • Windows on the Universe (Paris Observatory, online, undergrad to grad)

 

2013 - 2015: Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Scientific computing (C#, Paris Observatory, grad)

  • Windows on the Universe (Paris Observatory, online, undergrad to grad)

  • Astrophysics education for high school teachers (Paris Observatory, outreach)

© 2024 by Olivier Hervet

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