Jean-Paul Richard Kneib

Expertise Cosmology, Gravitational Lensing, Redshift Survey, First Galaxies, Cluster of Galaxies, Fiber-positioner robotic system, Radio Astronomy, Space Sustainibility Current work

• Former Principal investigator of the SDSS-IV eBOSS project. This is an international project assembling more than 150 participants located mainly in Europe, USA and China. This project will observe 1.5 million galaxy and quasars over 2014-2020 to accurately measure the expansion history of the Universe. * Member of the DESI collaboration. DESI is a future generation spectroscopic survey that will start in 2020 and will observe 40 millions of galaxy and quasars to probe the cosmological world model. In this project I have developed the emission line galaxy targeting and also participating in the design of the Fiber-Robot Positioner System. This robotic system is developed in collaboration with two other EFPL laboratories: LSRO (Laboratory of robotic systems) and REACT (Coordination and interaction system group). * Exploiting the Hubble Frontier Fields data. The frontier field is a public observing campaign with Hubble conducting deep images of strong lensing clusters, with the goal of using these massive cluster of galaxies to probe the very early universe. Recent results can be found here * Co-lead of the "Strong Lensing" working group of the ESA Euclid space mission. Euclid is a european-led space mission to conduct a major imaging and spectroscopic survey of the distant Universe. It regroups one thousands scientists and engineers throughout the world. * Co-Principal investigator of the CFHT-Stripe 82 project. This is an international project assembling about 20 participants located in Europe, Canada Japan and Brazil. This project has imaged 170 square degree of the equatorial sky to measure the mass distribution of structures using weak gravitational lensing. ERC Advanced project: Light on the Dark Despite impressive progress in cosmology over the last decade, our understanding of the universe is still limited particularly in some Dark Areas: Dark Matter, Dark Energy & Dark Ages, where progress is particularly difficult. My goal is to assemble a focused research group in a unique environment at the crossroad of astrophysics, cosmology and fundamental physics, to shade new «Light on the DArk» (LIDA) using new analysis techniques and new observations coming from on one side: wide field imaging and spectroscopy galaxy surveys, and on the other side: deep multi-wavelength survey of massive galaxy clusters. If interested to join or learn more, do not hesitate to contact me! Education PhD | Astrophysics 1993 – 1993 Toulouse University, France Directed by B. Fort and Y. Mellier Master | Astrophysics, Geophysics & Space Technics 1990 – 1990 Toulouse University, France Engineer degree | Aerodynamics & Space Technics 1990 – 1990 Ecole Nationale Sup�rieur de l�A�ronautique et de l�Espace Professionals experiences Professor, ERC Advanced Laureate 2012–2012 EPFLVisiting Professor 2002–2004 CaltechMarie Curie fellowship 1994–1996 University of CambridgeFellow / Support Astronomer 1993–1994 ESO ResearchMost significant recent publications • Atek, H., Richard, J., Kneib, J.-P., and 8 colleagues. Probing the z>6 Universe with the First Hubble Frontier Fields Cluster A2744. ApJ 786, 60. (2014) • Comparat, J., Kneib, J.-P. and 23 colleagues. Investigating emission-line galaxy surveys with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey infrastructure. MNRAS 428, 1498 (2013) • Shan, H., Kneib, J.-P., and 8 colleagues. Weak Lensing Measurement of Galaxy Clusters in the CFHTLS-Wide Survey. ApJ 748, 56 (2012) • Anderson, L., and 76 colleagues. The clustering of galaxies in the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: baryon acoustic oscillations in the Data Release 9 spectroscopic galaxy sam- ple. MNRAS 427, 3435 (2012) • Kneib, J.-P. & Natarajan, N, Cluster Lenses, A&ARv, 19, 47 (2010) [review article] • Jullo, E., Natarajan, P., Kneib, J.-P. and 4 colleagues, Cosmological Constraints from Strong Gravitational Lensing in Clusters of Galaxies. Science 329, 924 (2010) • Leauthaud, A., Finoguenov, A., Kneib, J.-P. and 27 colleagues. A Weak Lensing Study of X-ray Groups in the Cosmos Survey: Form and Evolution of the Mass-Luminosity Relation. ApJ 709, 97. (2010) • Tasca, L., Kneib, J.-P. and 57 colleagues. The zCOSMOS redshift survey: the role of environment and stellar mass in shaping the rise of the morphology-density relation from z ~ 1. A&A 503, 379 (2009) • Full Publication: 351 publications, ~24,300 citations, h factor: 81 (from ADS)Press Releases • 2014 July 24; New mass map of a distant galaxy cluster is the most precise yet: stunning new observations from Frontier Fields • 2014 July 15: Large number of Dark Matter peaks found using Gravitational Lensing • 2014 June 19: Small but significant: Astronomers use Hubble to study bursts of star formation in the dwarf galaxies of the early Universe • 2014 May 1: Hubble astronomers check the prescription of a cosmic lens: First ever gravitation- ally lensed Type Ia supernovae discovered • 2014 April 8: Astronomers from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Make the Most Precise Measurement Yet of the Expanding Universe see EPFL/LASTRO news • 2014 February 7: Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes Find One of the Youngest Galaxies in the Universe • 2012 October 16: Dark Matter Filament Studied in 3D for the First Time • 2011 April 12: First galaxies were born much earlier than expected • 2010 August 19: Astronomers take a step towards revealing the UniversePublications • ADS Service: Publication List • Research ID: A-7919-2015 • ORCID: 0000-0002-4616-4989 Teaching & PhD PhD Students Oliver Pineda Suarez, Robert Daniel Kincaid, Ethan Daniel Tregidga, Belén Yu Irureta-Goyena Chang, Elisabeth Andréa Cécile Rachith, Shengyu He, Aurélien Thomas Mathieu Verdier, Timour Jestin Past EPFL PhD Students Markus Rexroth, Luzius Gregor Kronig, Christoph Ernst René Schäfer, Vasileios Angelopoulos, Michaël Juillard, Amélie Tamone, Andrei Variu, Yoan Rappaz, Anne-Marlene Rüede, Jiaxi Yu, Daniel Felipe Forero Sanchez, Beauchesne Benjamin Emmanuel Nicolas, Shreyam Parth Krishna Past EPFL PhD Students as codirector Philipp Hörler, Loïc Hausammann, Damien Spérone-Longin, Matin Macktoobian, Romain Ely Roland Lucchesi Courses Astrophysics V : observational cosmology PHYS-402 Cosmology is the study of the structure and evolution of the universe as a whole. This course describes the principal themes of cosmology, as seenfrom the point of view of observations. Introduction to astrophysics: the basics PHYS-345 General presentation of the methods and knowledge of modern astrophysics to illustrate our perception and understanding of the universe. This course constitutes the basis for more advanced courses, but also provides general 'astrophysics' culture for any student. Robotics practicals MICRO-453 The goal of this lab series is to practice the various theoretical frameworks acquired in the courses on a variety of robots, ranging from industrial robots to autonomous mobile robots, to robotic devices, all the way to interactive robots.