cv

This is my latest CV as of 31.01.2025. Please get in touch if you would like something more up-to-date and see a PDF version on the left!

Basics

Name Alexander Reeves
Current position PhD Candidate in Cosmology
Email areeves@phys.ethz.ch
Address ETH Zürich, Stefano-Franscini-Platz 5

Current Position: PhD Candidate in Cosmology

Email: areeves@phys.ethz.ch

Address: ETH Zürich, Stefano-Franscini-Platz 5

Education

  • 2021.09 - Present
    PhD
    ETH Zürich
    Cosmology

    PhD candidate in Professor Alexandre Refregier's Cosmology group with secondary supervision from Prof. Andrina Nicola (Universität Bonn).

    • Multiprobe analysis combining Cosmic Microwave Background and Large Scale Structure data.
    • Using the Effective Field Theory of Large Scale Structure (EFTofLSS) to describe galaxy clustering.
  • 2017.09 - 2021.07
    Masters
    Downing College, University of Cambridge
    Astrophysics (Part III Natural Sciences)
    1st class (ranked 4th in cohort)

Awards

  • 2024
    Doc.Mobility Fellowship, ETH Zürich
    Awarded CHF 9100 fellowship to undertake research at the University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab under the supervision of Dr. Simone Ferraro and Prof. Martin White.
  • 2020
    1st Place: International PLANCKS Theoretical Physics Competition, International PLANCKS
    Part of the 4-person University of Cambridge team that came first out of 45 University teams at the international finals.
  • 2018
    Whitelegg and Unwin Scholarships, Downing College, University of Cambridge
    Scholarships awarded for academic achievement.

Student supervision

  • 2024.02 - 2024.09
    Domitille Chebat, Master Thesis Co-Supervisor
    Thesis Title: 'Realistic Field Level Simulations with the Effective Field Theory of Large Scale Structure'
  • 2024.02 - 2024.09
    Laura Reymond, Master Thesis Co-Supervisor
    Thesis Title: 'Precise Computation of the Angular Power Spectrum at Large Angular Scales'
  • 2023.09 - 2023.12
    Laura Reymond, Semester Thesis Supervisor
    Thesis Title: 'Precise Computation of the Angular Power Spectrum at Large Angular Scales'
  • 2023.02 - 2023.08
    Fabio Holdener, Master Thesis Co-Supervisor
    Thesis Title: 'Weak Lensing With 21cm Intensity Mapping'

Teaching experience

  • 2024.02 - 2024.09
    Astrophysics II
    Teaching Assistant
  • 2023.09 - 2023.12
    Cosmological Probes
    Teaching Assistant
  • 2023.02 - 2023.05
    Theoretical Cosmology
    Teaching Assistant

Talks and posters

  • 2023.03
    Poster at 'Future Science with CMB x LSS'
    Kyoto
    Delivered a fireside talk and presented a poster based on arXiv:2309.03258.
  • 2022.12
    Poster at Tonale Winter School on Cosmology
    Tonale
    Poster presentation based on arXiv:2309.03258.
  • 2022.08
    Talk at 'Tensions in Cosmology' Conference
    Corfu
    Delivered a 10-minute talk on the results of arXiv:2207.01501.
  • 2022.06
    Talk at NBI Summer School: 'Neutrinos Here, There, and Everywhere'
    Copenhagen
    Delivered a 10-minute talk on the results of arXiv:2207.01501.
    Video Link

Collaboration memberships

  • Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI)
  • Legacy Survey of Space and Time - Dark Energy Science Collaboration (LSST-DESC)

Publications

  • Rapid and Differentiable Analysis Using the Effective Field Theory of Large Scale Structure
    A. Reeves, P. Zhang, H. Zheng, A. Refregier
    In preparation, expected March 2025
    Contribution: concept, computational analysis, and paper writing.
  • Tuning the Cosmic Instrument: Robust Cosmology Through Combined Probes
    A. Reeves, A. Nicola, A. Refregier
    Submitted to JCAP, February 2025
    Contribution: leading the project and performing the computational analysis and majority of paper writing.
  • 12X2pt Combined Probes: Pipeline, Neutrino Mass, and Data Compression
    A. Reeves, A. Nicola, A. Refregier, T. Kacprzak, L.F. Machado Poletti Valle
    Accepted in JCAP, January 2024
    Contribution: led the project and performed the majority of the computational analysis and subsequent writing of the paper.
  • Restoring Concordance with Early Dark Energy and Massive Neutrinos
    A. Reeves, L. Herold, S. Vagnozzi, B. Sherwin, E. Ferreira
    Accepted in MNRAS, April 2023
    Contribution: led the project and performed the bulk of the theoretical and computational analysis as well as subsequent writing of the paper.

References

Prof. Alexandre Refregier
Prof. Andrina Nicola