CV

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Contact Information

Name Aymeric Galan
Professional Title Postdoctoral Researcher in Astrophysics
Email aymeric.galan@gmail.com

Professional Summary

Postdoctoral researcher working on strong gravitational lensing, dark matter, and cosmology, currently at the Department of Astronomy, University of Geneva (UNIGE) on an SNSF Mobility return grant.

Experience

  • 2026 - present

    Geneva, Switzerland

    Postdoctoral Researcher
    Department of Astronomy, University of Geneva (UNIGE)
    SNSF Mobility return grant.
  • 2025 - 2025

    Munich, Germany

    Postdoc
    Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA)
    Project: “Studying galaxy evolution with Euclid strong lenses”. Advisor: Prof. Sherry Suyu (TUM, MPA).
  • 2023 - 2025

    Munich, Germany

    SNSF PostDoc.Mobility Fellow
    Technische Universität München (TUM)
    Project: “Dark Matter and Cosmology with Gravitational Lenses”. Advisor: Prof. Sherry Suyu (TUM, MPA). Guest researcher at MPA.
  • 2022 - 2023

    Lausanne, Switzerland

    Postdoc
    Laboratory of Astrophysics (LASTRO), EPFL
    Advisor: Prof. Frédéric Courbin (EPFL).

Education

  • 2018 - 2022

    Lausanne, Switzerland

    PhD
    EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
    Astrophysics
    • Thesis: “Next generation modeling techniques for strong gravitational lensing and measuring the Hubble constant”
    • Supervisors: Prof. Frédéric Courbin (EPFL) & Dr. Jean-Luc Starck (CEA Saclay)
  • 2016 - 2018

    Lausanne, Switzerland

    Master of Science
    EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
    Physics
    • Minor in Computational Science and Engineering
    • Thesis: “Assessing the reliability of strong lensing modeling tools for time delay cosmography” — supervisor: Prof. Frédéric Courbin (EPFL)
    • Minor thesis: “Active Contour for Jointly Segmentation of Multiple Cells” — supervisor: Prof. Michael Unser (EPFL)
  • 2012 - 2016

    Lausanne, Switzerland

    Bachelor of Science
    EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
    Physics

Skills

Programming (): Python, C/C++, Java, HTML/CSS, LaTeX
Astronomical software (): DS9, QFitsView, SExtractor, Astropy, pPXF, Herculens (developer), Lenstronomy (significant contributor), STARRED (contributor)
Scientific computing (): JAX, TensorFlow, high performance computing
Other skills (): Astronomical observations & data analysis, software development, visual communication, graphic design, website development

Languages

French : Native
English : Fluent
German : B1

Interests

Racket sports & team sports:
Astro- & landscape photography: