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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

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: temperature and gravitational lensing power spectrum measurements from three seasons of data
S Das, T Louis, MR Nolta, GE Addison, ES Battistelli, JR Bond, E Calabrese, D Crichton, MJ Devlin, S Dicker, J Dunkley, R Dünner, JW Fowler, M Gralla, A Hajian, M Halpern, M Hasselfield, M Hilton, AD Hincks, R Hlozek, KM Huffenberger, JP Hughes, KD Irwin, A Kosowsky, RH Lupton et al.
– Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
(2014)
2014,
014
Cosmological parameters from pre-planck cosmic microwave background measurements
E Calabrese, RA Hlozek, N Battaglia, ES Battistelli, JR Bond, J Chluba, D Crichton, S Das, MJ Devlin, J Dunkley, R Dünner, M Farhang, MB Gralla, A Hajian, M Halpern, M Hasselfield, AD Hincks, KD Irwin, A Kosowsky, T Louis, TA Marriage, K Moodley, L Newburgh, MD Niemack, MR Nolta et al.
– Physical Review D
(2013)
87,
103012
Cosmological Parameters from Pre-Planck CMB Measurements
E Calabrese, RA Hlozek, N Battaglia, ES Battistelli, JR Bond, J Chluba, D Crichton, S Das, MJ Devlin, J Dunkley, R Dünner, M Farhang, MB Gralla, A Hajian, M Halpern, M Hasselfield, AD Hincks, KD Irwin, A Kosowsky, T Louis, TA Marriage, K Moodley, L Newburgh, MD Niemack, MR Nolta et al.
(2013)
THE ATACAMA COSMOLOGY TELESCOPE: DATA CHARACTERIZATION AND MAPMAKING
R Duenner, M Hasselfield, TA Marriage, J Sievers, V Acquaviva, GE Addison, PAR Ade, P Aguirre, M Amiri, JW Appel, L Felipe Barrientos, ES Battistelli, JR Bond, B Brown, B Burger, E Calabrese, J Chervenak, S Das, MJ Devlin, SR Dicker, WB Doriese, J Dunkley, T Essinger-Hileman, RP Fisher, MB Gralla et al.
– The Astrophysical Journal
(2012)
762,
10
THE ATACAMA COSMOLOGY TELESCOPE: CALIBRATION WITH THEWILKINSON MICROWAVE ANISOTROPY PROBEUSING CROSS-CORRELATIONS
A Hajian, V Acquaviva, PAR Ade, P Aguirre, M Amiri, JW Appel, L Felipe Barrientos, ES Battistelli, JR Bond, B Brown, B Burger, J Chervenak, S Das, MJ Devlin, SR Dicker, WB Doriese, J Dunkley, R Duenner, T Essinger-Hileman, RP Fisher, JW Fowler, M Halpern, M Hasselfield, C Hernandez-Monteagudo, GC Hilton et al.
– The Astrophysical Journal
(2011)
740,
86
THE ATACAMA COSMOLOGY TELESCOPE: COSMOLOGICAL PARAMETERS FROM THE 2008 POWER SPECTRUM
J Dunkley, R Hlozek, J Sievers, V Acquaviva, PAR Ade, P Aguirre, M Amiri, JW Appel, LF Barrientos, ES Battistelli, JR Bond, B Brown, B Burger, J Chervenak, S Das, MJ Devlin, SR Dicker, WB Doriese, R Duenner, T Essinger-Hileman, RP Fisher, JW Fowler, A Hajian, M Halpern, M Hasselfield et al.
– The Astrophysical Journal
(2011)
739,
52
THE ATACAMA COSMOLOGY TELESCOPE: SUNYAEV-ZEL'DOVICH-SELECTED GALAXY CLUSTERS AT 148 GHz IN THE 2008 SURVEY
TA Marriage, V Acquaviva, PAR Ade, P Aguirre, M Amiri, JW Appel, L Felipe Barrientos, ES Battistelli, JR Bond, B Brown, B Burger, J Chervenak, S Das, MJ Devlin, SR Dicker, WB Doriese, J Dunkley, R Duenner, T Essinger-Hileman, RP Fisher, JW Fowler, A Hajian, M Halpern, M Hasselfield, C Hernandez-Monteagudo et al.
– The Astrophysical Journal
(2011)
737,
61
THE ATACAMA COSMOLOGY TELESCOPE: COSMOLOGY FROM GALAXY CLUSTERS DETECTED VIA THE SUNYAEV–ZEL'DOVICH EFFECT
N Sehgal, H Trac, V Acquaviva, PAR Ade, P Aguirre, M Amiri, JW Appel, L Felipe Barrientos, ES Battistelli, JR Bond, B Brown, B Burger, J Chervenak, S Das, MJ Devlin, SR Dicker, WB Doriese, J Dunkley, R Duenner, T Essinger-Hileman, RP Fisher, JW Fowler, A Hajian, M Halpern, M Hasselfield et al.
– The Astrophysical Journal
(2011)
732,
44
THE ATACAMA COSMOLOGY TELESCOPE: EXTRAGALACTIC SOURCES AT 148 GHz IN THE 2008 SURVEY
TA Marriage, J Baptiste Juin, Y-T Lin, D Marsden, MR Nolta, B Partridge, PAR Ade, P Aguirre, M Amiri, JW Appel, L Felipe Barrientos, ES Battistelli, JR Bond, B Brown, B Burger, J Chervenak, S Das, MJ Devlin, SR Dicker, WB Doriese, J Dunkley, R Duenner, T Essinger-Hileman, RP Fisher, JW Fowler et al.
– The Astrophysical Journal
(2011)
731,
100
THE ATACAMA COSMOLOGY TELESCOPE: A MEASUREMENT OF THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND POWER SPECTRUM AT 148 AND 218 GHz FROM THE 2008 SOUTHERN SURVEY
S Das, TA Marriage, PAR Ade, P Aguirre, M Amiri, JW Appel, LF Barrientos, ES Battistelli, JR Bond, B Brown, B Burger, J Chervenak, MJ Devlin, SR Dicker, WB Doriese, J Dunkley, R Duenner, T Essinger-Hileman, RP Fisher, JW Fowler, A Hajian, M Halpern, M Hasselfield, C Hernandez-Monteagudo, GC Hilton et al.
– The Astrophysical Journal
(2011)
729,
62
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Research Group

Relativity and Gravitation

Room

B2.06

Telephone

01223 337906