Yves Revaz

Expertise Galactic dynamics, N-body simulations, warped galaxies, dwarf galaxies,cooling flow clusters, large scale cosmological structures, chemical evolution Expertise Galactic dynamics, N-body simulations, warped galaxies, dwarf galaxies,cooling flow clusters, large scale cosmological structures, chemical evolution After successful studies in physics at EPFL, he accomplished his PhD entitled: "Dynamics of external regions of spiral galaxies and constraints on the dark matter", at the Geneva Observatory in the galactic dynamics group of Prof. D. Pfenniger. He then moved to the Paris Observatory to work at the LERMA (Laboratory for Studies of Radiation and Matter in Astrophysics) under the supervision of Prof. F. Combes on the understanding of cooling flows in galaxy clusters. He joined LASTRO at EPFL in 2007, where, in collaboration with Pascale Jablonka, he developed a new TreePM/SPH chemo-dynamical code called GEAR, designed to study the chemical evolution of galaxies. His current main research focus on the evolution of dwarf spheroidal galaxies and their link with the cosmology. Yves Revaz is also the author of pNbody, a parallelized python toolbox designed to manipulate large N-body systems. Teaching & PhD PhD Students Darwin Florian Gustavo Roduit, Felix Francisco Vecchi Past EPFL PhD Students Loïc Hausammann, Mahsa Sanati, Mladen Ivkovic Past EPFL PhD Students as codirector Mahsa Sanati Courses Astrophysics IV : stellar and galactic dynamics PHYS-401 The aim of this course is to acquire the basic knowledge on specific dynamical phenomena related to the origin, equilibrium, and evolution of starclusters, galaxies, and galaxy clusters. General physics : mechanics PHYS-101(j) Give the student the basic notions that will allow him or her to have a better understanding of physical phenomena, such as the mechanics of point masses. Acquire the capacity to analyse quantitatively the consequences of these effects with appropriate theoretical tools.