Alexander A. Kaurov

Кауров Александр Александрович

Affilation:

Graduate student at the Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics of The University of Chicago

E-mail:

kaurov@uchicago.edu
akaurov@gmail.com (GTalk)

Skype:

alexander.kaurov

Phone number:

US: +1-773-787-9856
RU: +7-921-357-9944 (active, while I'm in Russia)

Mailing address:

TAAC 64
Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics
University of Chicago
5640 S. Ellis Ave.
Chicago, IL 60637

Research:

My current research is focused on the analytical and semi-numerical models of the epoch of reionization.

"Effect of halo bias and Lyman Limit Systems on the history of cosmic reionization", A. A. Kaurov, N. Y. Gnedin, 2012 (arXiv, submitted to ApJ)

All my publications: ADS query

Personal:

• Born in the USSR, Leningrad (St. Petersburg) 12 Jul 1990.
• Field of interest: theoretical astrophysics.

Education:

• Graduate school (2011-??): The University of Chicago (Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics)
• Undergraduate school / college (2007-2011) St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University (PhTF, Astrophysics), Russia
• High School: 2004-2007 Lyceum “Physical-Technical High School” (PTHS), St. Petersburg, Russia
• Primary / middle school 1997-2004 Lyceum “Physical-Mathematical School #30”, St. Petersburg, Russia

Current research:

• Reionization (work with Nickolay Y. Gnedin)

Publications:

• arXiv:1212.1458

Conference Proceedings:

• “Observations of accreting pulsars with Konus-Wind” (Kaurov A. A., Pal'shin V. D.) Poster (Physics of Neutron Stars, St. Petersburg, Russia, 11-15 July 2011)
• “Periodicities in the radial distribution of Luminous Red Galaxies” (Kaurov A. A., Kaminker A. D., Ryabinkov A.I.) Presentation (St. Petersburg, Russia, 27-30 Sep 2010)
• “Periodicities in the radial distribution of Luminous Red Galaxies” (Kaurov A. A., Kaminker A. D., Ryabinkov A.I.) Poster (Garching, Germany, 26-30 Jul 2010)
• “Spatial distribution of galaxies from SDSS” (Kaurov A. A., Kaminker A. D., Ryabinkov A.I.) Poster-presentation Youth Physics Conference (St. Petersburg, Russia, 2009)
• “Spatial distribution of galaxies from SDSS” (Kaurov A. A., Kaminker A. D., Ryabinkov A.I.) “Best science research” at Week of Science (intra faculty cross-course event) (St. Petersburg, Russia, 2009)
• “Cosmology with Chaplygin Gas” (Kaurov A. A., Gnedin Yu. N.) “Best science research” at 2nd Youth Conference of The Central Astronomical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences at Pulkovo (St. Petersburg, Russia, 2009).

Astrophysical schools:

• Summer School in Statistics for Astronomers VI (June 7-12, 2010) Penn State, PA, USA
• Supplement on Statistics and Computation for Astronomical Surveys (June 12-14, 2010) Penn State, PA, USA

Honors and fellowships:

• Fermilab Fellowship in Theoretical Physics (2012-2013)
• The participant of the federal program “The Scientific and Scientific-Pedagogical Cadres of Innovative Russia” from the Central Astronomical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences at Pulkovo (2009-2010).
• The participant of the federal program “The Scientific Schools” (НШ-3769.2010.2) (School supervisor Dmitry Varshalovich) (2009, 2010).

Work experience:

• Employee (assistant) in St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University of the laboratory: “Astrophysics of Objects with Extreme Energy Release” 2010-2011.
• Private tutoring in mathematics and physics.

Skills Summary:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in programming and physical modelling in Python, Matlab, Maple.
• Basic GPU programming skills (CUDA, MatLab Jacket Toolbox, MatLab Compiler).
• Experienced in working with scientific literature and with online databases (SDSS, 2df, XMM-SAS etc).
• Experienced in working with raw data from Konus-Wind survey.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in programming in C++, PHP (Web-programming), MySQL.
• Proficient in Windows and Unix operating systems, LaTeX, MS Office.
• 6+ years of hands-on experience in working with 3D modeling software like 3ds MAX (MaxScript), Maya, Blender, and in 2D graphical software like Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premier (non-linear video editing), Adobe After Effetcts (non-linear video editing), CorelDraw (vector graphics).
• Languages: Russian and English (verbal and written communication).