CURRICULUM VITÆ

Julien N. Girard

Universit´e Paris VII LabEx UnivEarthS CEA-Saclay, DSM/IRFU/AIM Service d’Astrophysique (SAp) Orme des Merisiers, B.709, off. 279 91191 Gif-Sur-Yvette  +33 (0)1 69 08 83 77

04/06/1985 PhD in Astronomy & Astrophysics 19 rue de la Bourgogne 92195 Meudon  +33 (0)6 86 02 96 76

[email protected] [email protected]

Current Position 10/2012-10/2015

Post-doctoral fellow Universit´e Paris VII, Labex UnivEarthS, CEA-Saclay, AIM/IRFU/SAp, France – LEPCHE (contact : St´ephane Corbel) & LCS (contact : Jean-Luc Starck)

Work experience & internship 10/2012–10/2013 10/2009–10/2012 4/2009–6/2009 4/2008–8/2008

Spring 2007

ATER (Temporary researcher and teaching assistant) – Observatoire de Paris – LESIA Doctorat – LESIA – Observatoire de Paris, Paris VI, VII – PhD thesis – “Development of the LOFAR Super Station and planetary observations using the LOFAR radiotelescope” LESIA - Observatoire de Paris - Antenna distribution for a LOFAR Super Station - Supervisor : Philippe Zarka (3 months) SUBARU Telescope, NAOJ, Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii, Hilo, Hawaii - Development of a non linear curvature wavefront sensor for extreme adaptive optics. Supervisor : Olivier Guyon (4 months). Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale, Orsay - Mars Surface temperature determination with the Mex/OMEGA spectroimager - Supervisor : Fran¸cois Poulet (6 weeks).

Academic curriculum 2009-2013 2008-2009 2006-2009 2003-2006

PhD of Observatoire de Paris : - LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, Meudon, France Master diploma of Universit´ e Paris Sud XI Specialty : Astronomy & Astrophysics, Research - Universit´e Paris Sud XI, Orsay, France Magist` ere of fundamental physics of Universit´ e Paris Sud XI (L3,M1,M2) Optional courses : Astrophysics - Universit´e Paris Sud XI, Orsay, France Preparatory school to Grandes Ecoles (PCSI/PC*) Acceptance to Concours Communs Polytechnique (CCP) - Lyc´ee Descartes, Tours, France

Teaching Qualification 2012-2013 2009-2012

(teaching certification) 34th section – Astronomy, Astrophysics – until 31/12/2018 63rd section – Electrical and electronical engineering, photonic and system– until 31/12/2018 ATER of Observatoire de Paris : - LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, Meudon, France Teaching assistant (Class/Tutorial/Lab sessions) for 1st year student in physic of university in Lumi` ere, images et couleurs (Phys102), at Universit´e Paris Sud XI, Orsay, France.

Administratives responsibilities 2010-2012

Student representative at the board of directors of Observatoire de Paris.

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Involvement in projects • • • •

Associate member of the LOFAR Key Science Project Transients : Planets & exoplanets Member of the development team of the LOFAR Super Station (“Nenufar”) in Nan¸cay Team member of Radio & Plasma Wave Investigation (RPWI) on the JUICE space probe. Participation to the MeqTrees project

Prize & Awards March 2011, URSI Award of the best student contribution : Antenna design and distribution for a LOFAR Super Station in Nan¸cay, Paris, France

Skills Spoken languages : • English : • German : • Russian :

good level, read, written and spoken basics writing/reading basics

Computer skills : • OS : • Algorithmics : • Languages : • Visualization : • Office :

Linux/Unix, Windows, Mac OS X EM simulations (NEC), Sparse representation, Convex optimization, L1-minimization, non-linear algorithms, optimization methods, graph theory C/C++, Fortran, Python, basic Matlab, HTML and PHP/MySQL IRAF, IDL, CASA, Pylab LATEX, Adobe Creative Suite, OpenOffice, MS Office, iWork

Teaching, training and evaluation : • Teaching :

Course construction and in-class teaching

• Lab sessions :

Personalized monitoring of small working groups

• Tutorials :

Exercice preparation and in-class animation Exam preparation Extra teaching for exam preparation

• Evaluation :

Coursework : Lab report, take-home tests, exams

Observations : • Observing session in mountain (with Plan`ete Sciences) • Observing session of Master 2 “Astronomie & Astrophysique” • Assistance to the operation of a great telescope (Subaru, NAOJ, Hawaii) during instrumental tests

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Publications Phd Thesis [T] Girard J. N., Development of the LOFAR Super Station & Planetary observations with LOFAR, May 2013 (http ://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00835834).

Article in refereed journals [A1] Garsden H., Girard J. N., Starck J.-L., Corbel S., Tasse C., Woiselle A., Mckean J. P. et al., LOFAR Sparse Image Reconstruction, (to be accepted after revision), A&A, 2014 (arXiv :1406.7242) [A2] Zarka P., Bougeret J.-L., C. Briand C., Cecconi B., Falcke H., Girard J. N. et al., Planetary and exoplanetary low frequency radio observations from the Moon, Planet. Space Sci, Vol. 74, Issue 1, Pages 156-166, 2012 [A3] Girard J. N., Zarka P., Tagger M. et al., Antenna design and distribution for a LOFAR Super Station, Comptes Rendus Physique Acad´emie des Sciences, Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages 33-37, January-February 2012 [A4] Grießmeier J-M., Zarka P., Girard J. N., Observation of planetary radio emissions using large arrays, Radio Science, Volume 46, RS0F09, 9 PP., 2011 Submitted or in preparation [Prep1] Girard J. N. , Tasse C., Hess S. , Zarka P., et al. Jupiter synchrotron radiation observed with LOFAR, in revision [Prep2] Girard J. N. , Zarka P., Optimization of a small irregular 2D phased array layout synthesizing a wide-beam antenna pattern, in prep. [Prep3] Girard J. N. , Zarka P., Tagger M., Denis L. et al., The LOFAR Super Station, in prep.

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Published proceeding [C1] J. N., Girard, P. Zarka, C. Tasse, and S. Hess, Jupiter synchrotron imaging with LOFAR, SF2A-2012 : Proc. Annual meeting of the French Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Eds. : S. Boissier, P. de Laverny, N. Nardetto, R. Samadi, D. Valls-Gabaud and H. Wozniak, Nice, France, pp.681-686, 2012 [C1b] P., Zarka, J. N., Girard, M. Tagger, L. Denis, and the LSS team, LSS/NenuFAR : The LOFAR Super Station project in Nan¸cay, SF2A-2012 : Proc. Annual meeting of the French Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Eds. : S. Boissier, P. de Laverny, N. Nardetto, R. Samadi, D. Valls-Gabaud and H. Wozniak, Nice, France, pp.687-694, 2012 [C2] Girard J. N., Zarka P., Tagger M., et al., Antenna Design and Distribution for a LOFAR Super Station in Nan¸cay, in “Planetary Radio Emissions VII”, H. O. Rucker et al. eds., Austrian Acad. Sci. Press, Vienna, Austria, p. 495-503, 2011 (refereed) [C3] Zarka P., Girard J. N., J.-M. Grießmeier, et al., Planetary and exoplanetary studies with the giant radio telescope LOFAR, in “Planetary Radio Emissions VII”, H. O. Rucker et al. eds., Austrian Acad. Sci. Press, Vienna, Austria, p. 505, 2011 (refereed) [C4] J.-M. Griessmeier, P. Zarka, A. Konovalenko, G. Fischer, V. Zakharenko, B. W. Stappers, J. N. Girard, B. Ryabov, D. Vavriv, V. Ryabov, and H. O. Rucker, Ground-based study of Saturn lightning, in “Planetary Radio Emissions VII”, H. O. Rucker et al. eds., Austrian Acad. Sci. Press, Vienna, Austria, pp. 145-154, 2011 (refereed) [C5] Grießmeier, J.-M., Zarka, P. , Girard, J. N., Ter Veen, S. , Falcke, H., Ground-based study of solar system planetary lightning, in proceedings of “3rd International SKA Forum 2010”, PoS(ISKAF2010)022, 2010 [C6] P. Zarka, J.-M. Griessmeier, J. Girard, S. Hess, B. Cecconi, L. Denis, et al., Etudes Planetaires et Exoplanetaires avec le Radiotelescope LOFAR, Programme National de Plan´etologie, Colloque Quadriennal de Bilan et Prospective, IUEM Plouzan´e, France, 13-15-9-2010

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Conferences & Workshops Contribution to conferences July 2010 XLth YERAC - Young European Radio Astronomers Conference, Alcala de Henares, Espagne (talk) September 2010, 7th International Workshop on Planetary, Solar and Heliospheric Radio Emissions, Graz, Autriche (poster) December 2010 1st France-Ukraine PICS program meeting (LOC/SOC), Meudon, France (talk) March 2011 Journ´ees scientifiques de l’URSI-France, Les radiot´elescopes du futur : technologies et avanc´ees scientifiques, Paris, France (URSI-France award of the best student contribution) (talk) September 2011 TKP first results with LOFAR, Dalfsen, The Netherlands (talk & poster) December 2011 LOFAR TKP meeting, Meudon, France (talk) December 2011 2nd France-Ukraine PICS program meeting, Meudon, France (talk) August 2011 URSI General Assembly, Istanbul, Turkey (poster) March 2012 UK-Germany National Astronomy Meeting (NAM), Manchester, UK (poster) June 2012 Journ´ees de la Soci´et´e Fran¸caise d’Astronomie et d’Astrophysique, Nice, France (talk) June 2013 Semaine de l’Astrophysique Fran¸caise de la SF2A, Montpellier, France (talk) June 2013 AOGS, Brisbane, Australia (invited talk) July 2013 Magnetospheres of Outer Planets, Athens, Greece (talk) January 2014 LOFAR TKP meeting, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (2 talks) February 2014 SKA-LOFAR Radio Days, Paris, France (talk) April 2014 EGU General Assembly, Vienne, Austria (invited talk) July 2014 2nd International Summer School on : INtelligent Signal Processing for FrontIEr Research and Industry (INFIERI 2014), Paris, France (invited talk) September 2014 EPSC, Cascais, Portugal (invited talk) Workshops September 2009 Towards third generation calibration in radio astronomy - MCCT SKADS/MeqTrees Workshop, USN, Nan¸cay, France December 2009 6th Pulsar busy week, ASTRON, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands April 2010 Transient busy week, ASTRON, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands October 2010 2nd LOFAR Data Processing School, ASTRON, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands December 2010 LOFAR Programming Tutorial, ASTRON, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands Juillet 2011 LOFAR Programming Tutorial, ASTRON, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands May 2012 Long Baselines busy week, MPIfRA, Bonn, Germany March 2013 LOFAR Dalfsen II : Collaboration Science Workshop, Dalfsen, the Netherlands (talk) January 2014 NenuFAR workshop : the science of NenuFAR, Paris, France (talk) May 2014 14th NRAO synthesis imaging workshop, Socorro, United States Conference and workshop organisation Decembre 2010, 1st France-Ukraine PICS program meeting (LOC/SOC), Meudon, France Decembre 2011, 3rd LOFAR TKP meeting (LOC), Meudon, France Decembre 2011, 2nd France-Ukraine PICS program meeting (LOC/SOC), Meudon, France February 2014, SKA-LOFAR Radio Days (LOC/SOC), Paris, France February 2014, NenuFAR workshop : the science of NenuFAR (LOC/SOC), Paris, France

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