Martin Bucher
School of Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, Durban, South Africa
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Département de Physique, Ecole Normale Supérieure and Laboratoire APC, Université Paris 7/CNRS, Paris, France
Education:
- 1990, Ph.D. Physics, California Institute of Technology, United States
- 1986, B.A. Physics, University of California at Berkeley
- 1990-1991 J.D. Programme, Hastings College of the Law, University of California, San Francisco
Employment History:
- Directeur de recherche au CNRS (2004 – present), Paris, France (since 2004) presently assigned to Laboratoire APC (Astroparticule et Cosmologie), Université Paris 7
- Fractional (20%) Research Professor of Mathematics (since 2018) Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science , UKZN Westville
- Honorary Professor of Mathematics (since 2011-2017) Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, UKZN Westville
- SW Hawking Fellow of Mathematical Sciences (2000-2004) College Lecturer and Staff Fellow, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England
- Postdoctoral researcher (1998-2000), Relativity Group, DAMTP, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England
- Postdoctoral researcher, 1996-1998 CN Yang Institute of Theoretical Physics, SUNY, Stony Brook, New York
- Research staff, 1994-1996, Physics Department, Princeton University, USA
- Postdoctoral researcher, 1992-1994, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey
Awards:
- Member, Academy of Science of South Africa (2019)
- EPS Giuseppe and Vanna Cocconi Prize (2019, awarded to Planck Team)
- Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship (2019)
- Royal Astronomical Society Astronomy Group Achievement Award (2018, Planck Team)
- Gruber Prize in Cosmology (2018, awarded to Planck Team)
- Stephen Hawking Fellowship in Mathematical Sciences (2000)
Research Interests
Bucher has worked on a broad range of topics in high-energy theoretical physics, general relativity, theoretical cosmology, and observational cosmology. Bucher played a key role in the European Space Agency Planck space mission, which surveyed the microwave sky in temperature and polarization. Bucher is presently very excited about the UKZN-led HIRAX experiment and the Square Kilometer Array (see SKA South Africa and SKA France).
Bucher has 172 publications (see below) and an H-index of 62. Bucher has a B1 NRF rating.
