\Antoine Mérand's Resume

\Education Background

• 2002-2005 Observatoire de Paris/Université Paris VII (Paris, France)
  Doctorat in Astrophysics and Instrumentation.
  Advisors: Vincent Coudé du Foresto and Marie-José Goupil
• 2001-2002 Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris/Université Paris VI (Paris, France)
  Diplôme d'Études Approfondies in Astrophysics and Instrumentation.
• 1999-2001 École Normale Supérieure/Université Paris VI (Paris, France)
  Master of Science in theoretical physics (ex-MIP, now FIP).

\Research Experience

• feb. 2006 - present: Postdoctoral researcher Georgia State University, Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA).
  Developing an existing visible interferometric beam combiner at the CHARA Array, fringe phase stabilization using an infrared beam combiner. Advisor: Dr. Theo ten Brummelaar
• 2002 - 2005: Doctoral Student Observatoire de Paris/Université Paris VII.
  Responsible for the installation and integration of the FLUOR Beam Combiner at the CHARA Array Interferometer. Developments in interferometric data reduction and calibration. Observations of Cepheids pulsating stars. Advisors: Vincent Coudé du Foresto, Marie-José Goupil.
• apr./jun. 2002: Graduate Student Observatoire de Paris.
  I modeled the internal structure of a pre-main sequence eclipsing binary star. Advisor: Marie-José Goupil.
• jan./jun. 2001: Master's Student National Optical Astronomical Observatories, Tucson (AZ).
  I modeled interferometric data of Mira stars which are cold stars surrounded by molecular layers. Advisor: Stephen Ridgway.
• jul./aug. 2000: Master's Student Institut d'Optique Théorique et Appliquée, Orsay (France).
  I built an optical system for imaging metastable Helium Bose-Einstein condesate using a microscope and a near-infrared laser. Advisor: Prof. Alain Aspect.

\Awards

• Co-recipient of the Best Dissertation Prize
  
• Advances in Stellar Interferometry, Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation SPIE conference hold in Orlando, Florida (2006).