Tasse, C.
Citation
Tasse, C. (2008, January 31). Host galaxies and environment of active galactic nuclei : a study of the XMM large scale structure survey. Leiden Observatory, Faculty of Science, Leiden University. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/1887/12586
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Curriculum vitae
I was born in Saint-Brieuc (Cotes d’Armor, Breizh, France) on the 18th of August 1979 from Michel Tasse and Beatrice Tasse (born Guillou). I grew up in Landerneau (Finist`ere), where I spent most of my childhood observing our cloudy sky with a 115/900 Newton telescope, and building home made explosives and rockets. In 1995 I moved to Rennes the capital of Britanny, where I graduated from high school in 1997. During the same year I entered theInstitut National des Sci- ences Appliqu´ees (INSA) engineering school. I had my first professional contact with astronomy in 2001 at the Observatory of Sofia (Bulgaria) under the supervision of Valeri Golev, where I worked on the calibration of the CCDs of the Rosen observatory. For my final research project in 2002, I worked on the Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) dark matter detection experiment (EDELWEISS) at the Comissariat a l’Energie Atomique (CEA) in Saclay. During that period, I modeled and experimentally characterised superconducting thin layers (with critical temparatures of∼ 10 mK), in the goal of building a μK sensitive thermometer. In 2002 I both graduated from the G´enie Physique department at the INSA, and from the Physique, mati`ere et rayonnement master degree of the Rennes university. During the same year I entered an astrophysics oriented master de- gree of the Observatoire de Meudon (Astrophysique et m´ethodes associ´ees). I did my final research project at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Santiago (Chile), trying unsuccessfully to detect Lyα emitters at z ∼ 6.5.
I arrived in Leiden in september 2003, where I started my PhD research on the relationship between active galactic nuclei and large scale structure, under the supervision of Huub R¨ottgering and George Miley. During my PhD I had a few working periods abroad with Aaron Cohen at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, Philip Best at the Royal Observatory of Edinburgh, and Damien Leborgne and Marguerite Pierre at the CEA. I went observing twice at the Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope (NCRA, Puna, India), and at the William Herschel Telescope in La Palma (Canary Islands). I participated in the Very Large Array summer school in Soccoro (New- Mexico, USA), in the high redshift radio galaxies conference at Granada (Spain), and in various XMM-LSS consortium meeting. I have been a teaching-assistant for the active galactic nuclei lectures at Leiden Observatory.
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Acknowledgement
During these four years, there have been many good moments, and more rarely, difficult ones.
During all that time, my family and friends have been there. This thesis is dedicated to them:
Papa, Maman, Gilles, Marie, Mami Monique, Papi Jacques, Mami Emilienne, Papi Robert, Herve
& Marie and their children, Marie-Paul & Guillaume and their children, Maryse et Jean and their children. This thesis is equally dedicated to the people who were a great source of inspiration for me (in order of appearance): Ty & Aude & Eliott, Mik, Ben, Pedro & Miss & Edouard-Hamidou, Doudouze & Cathel, Neven & Cl´emence, Jeff, Jean-Marie, Nivanh & Bea, Julien & Barbara, Guillaume & Mayil, Jacques-Edern & H´el`ene, Cedric & Christelle, Fab’, Jean-No, Elen & Unar, Gil, Caro, Biloute, Olive, Jule-Millien & Dim’ & Pinpin & Cat’ & Alain, Evelyne, Sylvouille, Paty, Jose-Lu´ıs, La Vero, Calbuco, Bea & Alberto & Nagual, Andy, Carlos, Erik-Jan, Mirek & Lucia, Tomash & Tia, Sophie, Pierre-Guillaumme, Marta, Alma, Marie & Patricia, Cedrouze, Mario &
Daisy, Eline, Bruno & Veronica, Maud, Toto & Elo¨ıse & Chlo´e, Estelle, Olivera & Martin, Niruj, Claudio, Annette la Paquerette, Simone, Davi-Charles, Eric, Brent, Raymond, Thibaud & Emilie, Hayden & Laura, Malcom, Robert, Luc, Matthieu & Lara, and the Multipleks crew.
I thank Valeri Golev, Xavier-Franc¸ois Navick, Daniel Rouan, Didier Pelat, Jacqueline Plancy, and Jean-Gabriel Cuby for helping me cross the important steps towards starting a PhD in As- trophysics. I thank my collaborators Aaron Cohen, Damien Le Borgne for always supporting me when I needed it. I address my endless gratitude to Philip Best, without whom this thesis would not be as it is. I thank the computer group, the secretaries, as well as all the administrative staff from the observatory that have always been very nice and helpful to me. I thank the man that suc- ceeded in translating the abstract of the thesis to dutch: Dominic Schnitzeler! A special thank to the people who have been reading this thesis, to correct the many spelling mistakes: Tracy, Brent, George, Niruj, and Nina. Thanks to Reinout who translated the stellingen to dutch. Finally, I thank my brother Gilles for designing the cover of this thesis.
Cyril Tasse Leiden, January 18, 2008
