Curriculum Vitae Adae Hincks
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Cosmology; cosmic microwave background observation & instrumentation.
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Sept. 2004 – present: Princeton University Ph. D. student in the Department of Physics
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Sept. 2000 – June 2004: University of Toronto Hon. BSc., with high distinction, Physics & Astrophysics
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Sept. 2004 – present: Work on the Atacama
Cosmology Telescope (ACT) at Princeton: detector
characterisation and fabrication, data acquisition hardware and
software, telescope control software, field deployment and
operations, data anaylsis. Supervisor: Lyman Page.
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Sept. 2003 – May 2004: Senior undergraduate
thesis at the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics
(CITA): "Probing Cosmic Topology using Correlations in the
Cosmic Microwave Background Temperature Fluctuations".
Supervisors: Richard Bond & Carlo Contaldi.
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Summers 2002 – 2004: University of Toronto,
Department of Physics, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research
Council of Canada (NSERC) Undergraduate Summer Research Award
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June 2002 – Aug. 2004: Web-tender and
technical consultant for www.AfricaFiles.org. Part-time paid, some volunteered.
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Sept. 2003 – June 2004: Volunteer with Frontier College, a literacy organisation, tutoring students once a week in a Somali Homework Club.
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Summers 2000, 2001: Optium Digital Solutions, Junior Web Programmer.
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& Awards
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Sept. 2004 – Aug. 2008: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Postgraduate Scholarship holder.
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June 2004: St. Michael's College Gold Medal — highest cumulative GPA in sciences in graduating class of St. Michael's College at the University of Toronto.
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June 2004: The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Gold Medal — awarded by Toronto Centre to top graduating student from the Physics & Astrophysics programme at the University of Toronto.
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Sept. 2003: Walter John Helm Scholarship in Astronomy and Astrophysics (University of Toronto)
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June 2003: E.G. Clarke Scholarship in Biblical Hebrew (University of Toronto)
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Oct. 2002: John Pounder Scholarship in Astronomy and Astrophysics (University of Toronto)
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Aug. 2002 – May 2004: University of Toronto Scholar
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Aug. 2000 – May 2004: St. Michael's College Foundation Admission Scholarship
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June 2000: Toronto Catholic District School Board Student Achievement Award — highest final-year academic average (99.0%) in school board for 1999-2000 school year.
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Activities
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27 June 2008: Presented a poster (7020-62) at the SPIE
Astronomical Instrumentation conference in Marseille: "The
effects of the mechanical performance and alignment of the
Atacama Cosmology Telescope on the sensitivity of microwave
observations".
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23 May 2008: Gave talk to Princeton Gravity Group:
"An Introduction to the Bullet Cluster".
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24 Mar. 2008: Gave talk at the
African Institude for
Mathematical Sciences (AIMS): "Probing the History of
the Universe with the Atacama Cosmology Telescope".
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Mar. 2008: Attended the 2008 PIRE Summer School,
"Multiwavelength Views of the High Redshift Universe", at
the South African Astronomical Observatory, Cape Town.
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13 Jan. 2006: Gave talk to Princeton Gravity Group: "Liquid
Mirror Telescopes: Technology and Applications".
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Jan. 2006: Attended the Seventeenth Chris Engelbrecht
Summer School in Theoretical Physics, KwaZulu-Natal, South
Africa. Topics: early universe, CMB anisotropies, large scale
structure, compact objects.
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A. D. Hincks, V. Acquaviva, P. Ade, P. Aguirre, M. Amiri, J. W. Appel,
L. F. Barrientos, E. S. Battistelli, J. R. Bond, B. Brown, B. Burger,
J. Chervenak, S. Das, M. J. Devlin, S. Dicker, W. B. Doriese, J.
Dunkley, R. Dünner, T. Essinger-Hileman, R. P. Fisher,
J. W. Fowler, A. Hajian, M. Halpern, M. Hasselfield,
C. Hernández-Monteagudo, G. C.
Hilton, M. Hilton, R. Hlozek, K. Huffenberger, D. Hughes, J. P.
Hughes, L. Infante, K. D. Irwin, R. Jimenez, J. B. Juin, M. Kaul, J.
Klein, A. Kosowsky, J. M. Lau, M. Limon, Y.-T. Lin, R. H. Lupton, T.
Marriage, D. Marsden, K. Martocci, P. Mauskopf, F. Menanteau, K.
Moodley, H. Moseley, C. B. Netterfield, M. D. Niemack, M. R. Nolta, L.
A. Page, L. Parker, B. Partridge, H. Quintana, B. Reid, N. Sehgal, J.
Sievers, D. N. Spergel, S. T. Staggs, O. Stryzak, D. Swetz, E.
Switzer, R. Thornton, H. Trac, C. Tucker, L. Verde, R. Warne, G.
Wilson, E. Wollack, Y. Zhao,
"The Atacama Cosmology
Telescope (ACT): Beam Profiles and First SZ Cluster Maps",
arXiv:0907.0461v1 (2009).
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E. S. Battistelli, M. Amiri, B. Burger, M. J. Devlin,
S. R. Dicker, W. B. Doriese, R. Dünner, R. P. Fisher,
J. W. Fowler, M. Halpern, M. Hasselfield, G. C. Hilton,
A. D. Hincks, K. D. Irwin, M. Kaul, J. Klein, S. Knotek,
J. M. Lau, M. Limon, T. A. Marriage, M. D. Niemack, L. Page,
C. D. Reintsema, S. T. Staggs, D. S. Swetz, E. R. Switzer,
R. J. Thornton, and Y. Zhao, "Automated SQUID tuning
procedure for kilo-pixel arrays of TES bolometers on the
Atacama Cosmology Telescope", Proc. SPIE 7020, 702028
(2008).
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A. D. Hincks, P. A. R. Ade, C. Allen, M. Amiri, J. W. Appel,
E. S. Battistelli, B. Burger, J. A. Chervenak, A. J. Dahlen,
S. Denny, M. J. Devlin, S. R. Dicker, W. B. Doriese,
R. Dünner, T. Essinger-Hileman, R. P. Fisher, J. W. Fowler,
M. Halpern, P. C. Hargrave, M. Hasselfield, G. C. Hilton,
K. D. Irwin, N. Jarosik, M. Kaul, J. Klein, J. M. Lau,
M. Limon, R. H. Lupton, T. A. Marriage, K. L. Martocci,
P. Mauskopf, S. H. Moseley, C. B. Netterfield,
M. D. Niemack, M. R. Nolta, L. Page, L. P. Parker,
A. J. Sederberg, S. T. Staggs, O. R. Stryzak, D. S. Swetz,
E. R. Switzer, R. J. Thornton, C. Tucker, E. J. Wollack, and
Y. Zhao, "The effects of the mechanical performance and
alignment of the Atacama Cosmology Telescope on the
sensitivity of microwave observations", Proc. SPIE 7020,
70201P (2008).
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D. S. Swetz, P. A. R. Ade, C. Allen, M. Amiri, J. W. Appel,
E. S. Battistelli, B. Burger, J. A. Chervenak, A. J. Dahlen,
S. Das, S. Denny, M. J. Devlin, S. R. Dicker, W. B. Doriese,
R. Dünner, T. Essinger-Hileman, R. P. Fisher, J. W. Fowler,
X. Gao, A. Hajian, M. Halpern, P. C. Hargrave,
M. Hasselfield, G. C. Hilton, A. D. Hincks, K. D. Irwin,
N. Jarosik, M. Kaul, J. Klein, S. Knotek, J. M. Lau,
M. Limon, R. H. Lupton, T. A. Marriage, K. L. Martocci,
P. Mauskopf, S. H. Moseley, C. B. Netterfield,
M. D. Niemack, M. R. Nolta, L. Page, L. P. Parker,
B. A. Reid, C. D. Reintsema, A. J. Sederberg, N. Sehgal,
J. L. Sievers, D. N. Spergel, S. T. Staggs, O. R. Stryzak,
E. R. Switzer, R. J. Thornton, C. Tucker, E. J. Wollack, and
Y. Zhao, "Instrument design and characterization of the
Millimeter Bolometer Array Camera on the Atacama Cosmology
Telescope", Proc. SPIE 7020, 702008 (2008).
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E. R. Switzer, C. Allen, M. Amiri, J. W. Appel,
E. S. Battistelli, B. Burger, J. A. Chervenak, A. J. Dahlen,
S. Das, M. J. Devlin, S. R. Dicker, W. B. Doriese,
R. Dünner, T. Essinger-Hileman, X. Gao, M. Halpern,
M. Hasselfield, G. C. Hilton, A. D. Hincks, K. D. Irwin,
S. Knotek, R. P. Fisher, J. W. Fowler, N. Jarosik, M. Kaul,
J. Klein, J. M. Lau, M. Limon, R. H. Lupton, T. A. Marriage,
K. L. Martocci, S. H. Moseley, C. B. Netterfield,
M. D. Niemack, M. R. Nolta, L. Page, L. P. Parker,
B. A. Reid, C. D. Reintsema, A. J. Sederberg, J. L. Sievers,
D. N. Spergel, S. T. Staggs, O. R. Stryzak, D. S. Swetz,
R. J. Thornton, E. J. Wollack, and Y. Zhao, "Systems and
control software for the Atacama Cosmology Telescope",
Proc. SPIE 7019, 70192L (2008).
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R. J. Thornton, P. A. R. Ade, C. Allen, M. Amiri,
J. W. Appel, E. S. Battistelli, B. Burger, J. A. Chervenak,
M. J. Devlin, S. R. Dicker,
W. B. Doriese,T. Essinger-Hileman, R.P. Fisher,
J. W. Fowler, M. Halpern, P. C. Hargrave, M. Hasselfield,
G. C. Hilton, A. D. Hincks, K. D. Irwin, N. Jarosik,
M. Kaul, J. Klein, J. M. Lau, M. Limon, T. A. Marriage,
K. L. Martocci, P. Mauskopf, S. H. Moseley, M. D. Niemack,
L. Page, L. P. Parker, J. Reidel, C. D. Reintsema,
S. T. Staggs, O. R. Stryzak, D. S. Swetz, E. R. Switzer,
C. Tucker, E. J. Wollack, and Y. Zhao, "Opto-mechanical
design and performance of a compact three-frequency camera
for the Millimeter Bolometer Array Camera on the Atacama
Cosmology Telescope", Proc. SPIE 7020, 70201R (2008).
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Y. Zhao, C. Allen, M. Amiri, J. W. Appel, E. S. Battistelli,
B. Burger, J. A. Chervenak, A. J. Dahlen, S. Denny,
M. J. Devlin, S. R. Dicker, W. B. Doriese, R. Dünner,
T. Essinger-Hileman, R. P. Fisher, J. W. Fowler, M. Halpern,
G. C. Hilton, A. D. Hincks, K. D. Irwin, N. Jarosik,
J. Klein, J. M. Lau, T. A. Marriage, K. L. Martocci,
S. H. Moseley, M. D. Niemack, L. Page, L. P. Parker,
A. Sederberg, S. T. Staggs, O. R. Stryzak, D. S. Swetz,
E. R. Switzer, R. J. Thornton, and E. J. Wollack,
"Characterization
of Transition Edge Sensors for the Millimeter Bolometer
Array Camera on the Atacama Cosmology Telescope",
Proc. SPIE 7020, 70200O (2008).x
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M. D. Niemack, Y. Zhao, E. Wollack, R. Thornton,
E. R. Switzer, D. S. Swetz, S. T. Staggs, L. Page,
O. Stryzak, H. Moseley, T. A. Marriage, M. Limon, J. M. Lau,
J. Klein, M. Kaul, N. Jarosik, K. D. Irwin, A. D. Hincks,
G. C. Hilton, M. Halpern, J. W. Fowler, R. P. Fisher,
R. Dünner, W. B. Doriese, S. R. Dicker, M. J. Devlin,
J. Chervenak, B. Burger, E. S. Battistelli, J. Appel,
M. Amiri, C. Allen, A. M. Aboobaker,
"A
kilopixel array of TES bolometers for ACT: Development,
Testing, and First Light," J. Low Temp. Phys. 151(3-4),
pp. 690-696, 2008.
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J. W. Fowler, M. D. Niemack, S. R. Dicker, A. M. Aboobaker,
P. A. R. Ade, E. S. Battistelli, M. J. Devlin,
R. P. Fisher, M. Halpern, P. C. Hargrave, A. D. Hincks,
M. Kaul, J. Klein, J. M. Lau, M. Limon, T. A. Marriage,
P. D. Mauskopf, L. Page, S. T. Staggs, D. S. Swetz,
E. R. Switzer, R. J. Thornton, C. E. Tucker,
"Optical
Design of the Atacama Cosmology Telescope and the
Millimeter Bolometric Array
Camera," Appl. Opt. 46(17),
pp. 3444-3454, 2007.
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