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Frédéric Courbin Laboratory of Astrophysics Dr. birth date: 23.12.1971 nationality: French web site: http://lastro.epfl.ch/ phone(s): 0223792418 private phone: 022 344 42 27 BIOGRAPHY After his studies in fundamental physics at the University of Paris-XI (Orsay, France), Frédéric Courbin carried out his PhD work between the Astrophysics Institute of the University of Liège (Belgium), Paris Observatory (France), and the European Southern Observatory (Germany). In 1999, he left Europe for three years, taking advantage of the clear skies of Chile to carry out his research using the brand new Very Large Telescope, constructed by Europe in the Atacama desert. In 2004, after two years of a Marie Curie fellowship at the University of Liège, he joint the Laboratory of Astrophysics. His main fields of activity are in observational cosmology and extragalactic astrophysics. ALL PUBLICATIONS All publications in NASA/ADS MAIN PUBLICATIONS First Case of Strong Gravitational Lensing by a Quasar : SDSS J0013+1523, at z = 0.120, F. Courbin, M. Tewes, D. Sluse, G. Meylan, S. G. Djorgovski, A. Mahabal, F. Rerat, 2010, A&A, 516, L12 A Method for Spatial Deconvolution of Spectra, Courbin, F., Magain, P., Kirkove, M., Sohy, S., 2000, ApJ 529, 1136 Deconvolution with Correct Sampling, Magain, P., Courbin, F., Sohy, S., 1998, ApJ 494, 472 COSMOGRAIL: the COSmological MOnitoring of GRAvItational Lenses VII. Time delays and the Hubble constant from WFI J2033-4723, Vuissoz, F. Courbin, D. Sluse, et al., 2008, A&A 488, 481 Microlensing variability in the gravitationally lensed quasar QSO 2237+0305 ≡ the Einstein Cross . I. Spectrophotometric monitoring with the VLT, Eigenbrod, A., Courbin, F., Sluse, D., Meylan, G., Agol, E., 2008, A&A 480, 647 COSMOGRAIL: the COSmological MOnitoring of GRAvItational Lenses. V. The time delay in SDSS J1650+4251, Vuissoz, C., Courbin, F., Sluse, D., Meylan, G., Ibrahimov, M., Asfandiyarov, I., Stoops, E., Eigenbrod, A., Le Guillou, L., van Winckel, H., Magain, P., 2007, A&A 464, 845 Discovery of a bright quasar without a massive host galaxy, Magain, P., Letawe, G., Courbin, F., Jablonka, P., Jahnke, K., Meylan, G., Wisotzki, L., 2005, Nature 437, 381 The geometry of the quadruply imaged quasar PG 1115+080: implications for Ho, Courbin, F., Magain, P., Keeton, C. R., Kochanek, C. S., Vanderriest, C., Jaunsen, A. O., Hjorth, J., 1997, A&A 324, L1 Microlensing variability in the gravitationally lensed quasar QSO 2237+0305 ≡ the Einstein Cross. II. Energy profile of the accretion disk, Eigenbrod, A., Courbin, F., Meylan, G., Agol, E., Anguita, T., Schmidt, R. W., Wambsganss, J., 2008, A&A, 490, 933

Skills Astro: Cosmology, black holes and quasars, gravitational lensing, high redshift universe Techniques: Image and spectra deconvolution Teaching Physics Astrophysics I : Introduction to astrophysics [fr] (SSC SMX SPH SMT SAR SIN) Cosmology: Dark and Luminous Matters [en] Phd programs Physics (edoc) Phd Students Gentile Marc Rérat François Henri Ambroise Tewes Malte Previous PHD students Christel Vuissoz Alexander Eigenbrod