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Faculty of Mathematics

 

Career

  • 2022-present: Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics (Grade 11), DAMTP, University of Cambridge
  • 2017-2022: Assistant Professor, DAMTP, University of Cambridge
  • 2017-2022: STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellow, DAMTP, University of Cambridge
  • 2016-2017: NASA Einstein Fellow, Physics Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
  • 2013-2016: Miller Research Fellow, Dept. of Physics, University of California, Berkeley
  • 2008-2013: Ph.D. in Physics, Princeton University
  • 2004-2008: Part III Mathematics and Parts I/II NST Physics, University of Cambridge

Research Interests

Blake is a theoretical and observational cosmologist. He has research interests across CMB and large-scale structure, with a particular focus on measurements of the gravitational lensing of the CMB.

Research Group

Blake leads the CMBLENS project, funded by a Starting Grant from the European Research Council. Group members include:

Postdoctoral and senior researchers: 

Boris Bolliet (Senior Research Associate)

Fiona McCarthy (joint with Flatiron CCA)

Niall MacCrann (now Royal Society University Research Fellow)

PhD students:

Frank Qu

Gerrit Farren

Irene Abril Cabezas

Carmen Embil-Villagra

 

Former group members and next steps:

Toshiya Namikawa (postdoc -> Project Assistant Professor, IPMU), Dongwon Han (postdoc -> tech. industry), Omar Darwish (PhD -> postdoc U Geneva); Boryana Hadzhiyska (Masters -> PhD Harvard); Oliver Philcox (Masters -> PhD Princeton); Alex Reeves (Masters-> PhD ETH Zurich)

 

 

Publications

CMB-S4 Science Book, First Edition
KN Abazajian, P Adshead, Z Ahmed, SW Allen, D Alonso, KS Arnold, C Baccigalupi, JG Bartlett, N Battaglia, BA Benson, CA Bischoff, J Borrill, V Buza, E Calabrese, R Caldwell, JE Carlstrom, CL Chang, TM Crawford, F-Y Cyr-Racine, FD Bernardis, TD Haan, SDS Alighieri, J Dunkley, C Dvorkin, J Errard et al.
(2016)
Demonstration of Cosmic Microwave Background Delensing Using the Cosmic Infrared Background.
P Larsen, A Challinor, BD Sherwin, S Mak
– Phys Rev Lett
(2016)
117,
151102
Weak-lensing mass calibration of the Atacama Cosmology Telescope equatorial Sunyaev-Zeldovich cluster sample with the Canada-France-Hawaii telescope stripe 82 survey
N Battaglia, A Leauthaud, H Miyatake, M Hasselfield, MB Grallad, R Allison, JR Bond, E Calabrese, D Crichton, MJ Devlin, J Dunkley, R Duenner, T Erben, S Ferrara, M Halpern, M Hilton, JC Hill, AD Hincks, R Hlozek, KM Huffenberger, JP Hughes, JP Kneib, A Kosowsky, M Makler, TA Marriage et al.
– Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
(2016)
2016,
013
Evidence for the kinematic Sunyaev-Zel’dovich effect with the Atacama Cosmology Telescope and velocity reconstruction from the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey
E Schaan, S Ferraro, M Vargas-Magaña, KM Smith, S Ho, S Aiola, N Battaglia, JR Bond, F De Bernardis, E Calabrese, H-M Cho, MJ Devlin, J Dunkley, PA Gallardo, M Hasselfield, S Henderson, JC Hill, AD Hincks, R Hlozek, J Hubmayr, JP Hughes, KD Irwin, B Koopman, A Kosowsky, D Li et al.
– Physical Review D
(2016)
93,
082002
LiteBIRD: Mission Overview and Focal Plane Layout
T Matsumura, Y Akiba, K Arnold, J Borrill, R Chendra, Y Chinone, A Cukierman, T de Haan, M Dobbs, A Dominjon, T Elleflot, J Errard, T Fujino, H Fuke, N Goeckner-wald, N Halverson, P Harvey, M Hasegawa, K Hattori, M Hattori, M Hazumi, C Hill, G Hilton, W Holzapfel, Y Hori et al.
– Journal of Low Temperature Physics
(2016)
184,
824
Delensing cosmic microwave background B modes with the Square Kilometre Array Radio Continuum Survey
T Namikawa, D Yamauchi, B Sherwin, R Nagata
– Physical Review D
(2016)
93,
043527
The Polarbear-2 and the Simons Array Experiments
A Suzuki, P Ade, Y Akiba, C Aleman, K Arnold, C Baccigalupi, B Barch, D Barron, A Bender, D Boettger, J Borrill, S Chapman, Y Chinone, A Cukierman, M Dobbs, A Ducout, R Dunner, T Elleflot, J Errard, G Fabbian, S Feeney, C Feng, T Fujino, G Fuller, A Gilbert et al.
– Journal of Low Temperature Physics
(2016)
184,
805
POLARBEAR constraints on cosmic birefringence and primordial magnetic fields
PAR Ade, K Arnold, M Atlas, C Baccigalupi, D Barron, D Boettger, J Borrill, S Chapman, Y Chinone, A Cukierman, M Dobbs, A Ducout, R Dunner, T Elleflot, J Errard, G Fabbian, S Feeney, C Feng, A Gilbert, N Goeckner-Wald, J Groh, G Hall, NW Halverson, M Hasegawa, K Hattori et al.
– Physical Review D
(2015)
92,
123509
MODELING ATMOSPHERIC EMISSION FOR CMB GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
J Errard, PAR Ade, Y Akiba, K Arnold, M Atlas, C Baccigalupi, D Barron, D Boettger, J Borrill, S Chapman, Y Chinone, A Cukierman, J Delabrouille, M Dobbs, A Ducout, T Elleflot, G Fabbian, C Feng, S Feeney, A Gilbert, N Goeckner-Wald, NW Halverson, M Hasegawa, K Hattori, M Hazumi et al.
– The Astrophysical Journal
(2015)
809,
63
Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Lensing Power Spectrum with the POLARBEAR Experiment
PAR Ade, Y Akiba, AE Anthony, K Arnold, M Atlas, D Barron, D Boettger, J Borrill, S Chapman, Y Chinone, M Dobbs, T Elleflot, J Errard, G Fabbian, C Feng, D Flanigan, A Gilbert, W Grainger, NW Halverson, M Hasegawa, K Hattori, M Hazumi, WL Holzapfel, Y Hori, J Howard et al.
– Physical Review Letters
(2014)
113,
021301
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Research Group

Relativity and Gravitation

Room

B2.06

Telephone

01223 337906