Pierre-Alain Duc
Address:
Service d'astrophysique
CEA Saclay Orme de Merisiers
91191 Gif sur Yvette cedex, France
tel:+33 (0)1 69 08 92 68
e-mail: paduc@cea.fr
Date of birth:
January 01, 1969
French nationality
Family Status:
Married, 1 child born January 19, 2005
Positions
2002-:
Charge de recherche at CNRS (Faculty, 1rst class)
Service d'astrophysique - CEA Saclay, France
(Deputy director of UMR AIM since 2005)
1999-2002:
Charge de recherche at CNRS (Faculty, second class)
Service d'astrophysique - CEA Saclay, France
1998-1999:
Research Associate
Institute of Astronomy - Cambridge, Grande-Bretagne
Post-doc of the European TMR network on "Galaxy Formation and
Evolution"
1996-1998:
ESO Fellow (Post-Doc)
European Southern Observatory - Garching, Allemagne
Functional work in the infrared group
1995-1996:
Cooperant (Service National)
European Southern Observatory - La Silla, Chili
Member of the DeNIS (Deep Near-Infrared Survey) project operation
team
Awards
2003:
Young researcher award of the French Astronomical Society (SF2A)
2000:
ATI Grant from INSU/CNRS
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Studies and diploma
1991-1994:
Doctorate thesis of University Paris VI
Service d'astrophysique - CEA Centre d'Etudes de Saclay
Subject: formation of dwarf galaxies in interacting systems
PhD adviser. F. Mirabel, defended in January 1995
(with highest grade)
1990-1991:
Master in Astrophysics and Space Science (with honors), University
Paris VI
1988-1991:
Engineering studies
Ecole Nationale Superieure de Techniques Avancees (Paris)
Specialization: Electronics - Imaging and Detection Systems
1990:
Courses in Astronomy at the University of Mississippi (summer session)
1986-1988:
Preparatory School to the "Grandes Ecoles" (Lycee du Parc, Lyon)
1986:
Baccalaureat Serie C (with highest grade)
Research topics
Environmental effects on the formation and evolution of galaxies
- Multi-wavelength study of interacting systems; formation of tidal dwarf galaxies
- Dwarf galaxies in clusters
Evolution of the properties of galaxies in clusters
- Dust enshrouded star formation
- Galaxy clusters as large scale sructures (XMM-LSS project)
Evolution of field galaxies
- Properties of Gamma Ray Bursts hosts
Previous works
- Systematic survey of Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies
- identification of the optical/infrared counterparts of microquasars
- Infrared surveys (DENIS project)
- Opacity of spiral galaxies (master thesis with F. Mirabel)
- Contribution of clusters of galaxies to the X-ray background (with D. Gerbal)
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Scientific Production
Nomber of papers in refereed journals: 42
Nomber of papers in Conference Proceedings: 55
IAU circulars: 3; Observatories Journals: 2
Press release: 5
Research Administration - Responsabilities
Member of Scientific committees
Programme National Galaxies from CNRS
- Scientific secretary, 20052008)
- Member of the Scientific Committee (2001-2008)
- President of the Time Allocation Committee for OHP/TBL (2001-2004)
Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT)
- Preesident of the French Time Allocation Committee (CFTCFH) (2005-2008)
- Vice-president of the Science Advisory Committee (SAC) (2006-2009)
Member of the Scientific Committee of OAMP (20042007)
Service d'astrophysique du CEA-Saclay
- Deputy-director of the laboratory AIM (UMR 7158, 20052008)
- Member of the Strategic Group (20012003)
- Member of the communication group (since 2001)
Conference Organizer
- International Workshop on Tidal Dwarf Galaxies (Saclay-Paris, january 2001; 20 participants)
- Annual Workshop of the PNG (Paris, June 2002; about 50 participants)
- Chair of the Scientific Organizing Committee of IAU symposium 217 ("Recycling intergalactic and
interstellar matter", Sydney, July 2003, 150 participants); Co-editors of the proceedings (published
in June 2004)
Referee
Regular referee for 'Astronomy & Astrophysics', 'Astrophysical Journal' and 'Astronomical
Journal'
Studient Advisor
- PhD advisor of M. Boquien (Service d'astrophysique of CEASaclay, since 2004)
- Co-PhD advisor of P. Weilbacher (University of Goettingen, defended in 2002)
- Co-PhD advisor of E. Le Floc'h (Service d'astrophysique of CEASaclay, defended in 2003)
- Master thesis advisor of F. Bournaud (Service d'astrophysique of CEASaclay, defended in 2003)
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