I am currently a postdoctoral researcher at the [[ http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/en/home/ | Argelander Institut für Astronomie]] of the University of Bonn. I have been awarded a [[http://www.dfg.de/en/index.jsp | DFG]] grant (SL 172/1-1) for a project entitled '''New methods for probing dark matter in galaxies with gravitational lensing'''. \\

You can find my cv under this [[Attach:cv_Dominique_sluse_Nov2012.pdf | link ]]

Soon after the start of my PhD thesis with Jean Surdej at the [[http://www.ago.ulg.ac.be/index_e.php | University of Liège]], I received an ESO Studentship to pursue my PhD at [[http://www.eso.org/sci/ | ESO Chile]] under the supervision of Damien Hutsemékers. During those years I discovered the joy of working in world-class observatory and learning the subtilities of observation at the [[ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Technology_Telescope | New Technology Telescope]] in La Silla. I spent my research time between the study of AGNs and the one of gravitational lenses through imager, spectrographs and Wollaston prisms. While I was carrying a polarimetric survey of quasars, I discovered the lensed quasar J1131-1231. In ''April 2005'', I defended my PhD thesis entitled ''Quasar pairs and gravitational lenses: Observational study and observational applications''. \\
In ''June 2005'', I started my first postdoc at the [[http://lastro.epfl.ch/ | Laboratoire d'Astrophysique]] (LASTRO) of the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) with Frédéric Courbin and Georges Meylan. I spent most of my research time collaborating to the launch of the [[http://www.cosmograil.org | COSMOGRAIL]] monitoring project, and to study various gravitationally lensed systems. \\

In ''September 2008'', I started to work as a [[http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/home.html | Humboldt]] Fellow at the [[http://www.ari.uni-heidelberg.de/ | Astronomisches Rechen Institut]] (ARI), part of the [[http://www.zah.uni-heidelberg.de/ | Zentrum für Astronomie]] of the University of Heidelberg, in the group of Joachim Wambsganss. During that time I strengthened my expertise in quasar microlensing. I developed microlensing as a tool to study the broad line region in AGNs and I obtained the first measurement of the size of that region based on a microlensing monitoring. I stayed at ARI until June 2011, i.e. when my DFG project started in Bonn.\\

I am currently post-doctoral researcher at the Argelander Institut für Astronomie of the University of Bonn. I have been awarded a DFG grant (SL 172/1-1) for a project entitled '''New methods for probing dark matter in galaxies with gravitational lensing '''. \\

In ''September 2008'', I started to work as a [[http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/home.html | Humboldt]] Fellow at the Astronomisches Rechen Institut (ARI) of University of Heidelberg, in the group of Joachim Wambsganss. During that time I strengthened my expertise in quasar microlensing. I developed microlensing as a tool to study the broad line region in AGNs and I obtained the first measurement of the size of that region based on a microlensing monitoring. I stayed at ARI until June 2011, i.e. when my DFG project started in Bonn.\\

[+'''A brief history:'''+] \\

Soon after the start of my PhD thesis with Jean Surdej at the University of Liege, I received an ESO Studentship to pursue my PhD at ESO Chile under the supervision of Damien Hutsemékers. During those years I discovered the joy of working in world-class observatory and learning the subtilities of observation at the New Technology Telescope in La Silla. I spend my research time between the study of AGNs and of gravitational lenses through imager, spectrographs and Wollaston prisms. While I was carrying a polarimetric survey of quasars I discovered the lensed quasar J1131-1231. In ''April 2005'', I defended my PhD thesis entitled '''Quasar pairs and gravitational lenses: Observational study and observational applications'''. \\
In ''June 2005'', I started my first postdoc at the Laboratoire d'Astrophysique (LASTRO) of the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) with Dr. Frederic Courbin and George Meylan. I spent most of my research time collaborating to the launch of the COSMOGRAIL monitoring project, and to study various gravitationally lensed systems. \\

In ''September 2008'', I started to work as a Humboldt Fellow at the Astronomisches Rechen Institut (ARI) of University of Heidelberg, in the group of Prof. Dr. Joachim Wambsganss. During that time I strengthened my expertise in quasar microlensing. I developed microlensing as a tool to study the broad line region in AGNs and obtained the first measurement of the BLR size from microlensing monitoring. I stayed at ARI until June 2011, i.e. when my DFG project started in Bonn.\\

[+'''Very brief curriculum:'''+] \\

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Soon after the start of my PhD thesis with Jean Surdej at the University of Liege, I received an ESO Studentship to pursue my PhD at ESO Chile under the supervision of Damien Hutsemékers. During those years I discovered the joy of working in world-class observatory and learning the subtilities of observation at the New Technology Telescope in La Silla. I spend my research time between the study of AGNs and of gravitational lenses through imager, spectrographs and Wollaston prisms. While I was carrying a polarimetric survey of quasars I discovered the lensed quasar J1131-1231. In April 2005, I defended my PhD thesis entitled '''Quasar pairs and gravitational lenses: Observational study and observational applications'''. \\
In June 2005, I started my first postdoc at the Laboratoire d'Astrophysique (LASTRO) of the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) with Dr. Frederic Courbin and George Meylan. I spent most of my research time collaborating to the launch of the COSMOGRAIL monitoring project, and to study various gravitationally lensed systems. \\

In September 2008, I started to work as a Humboldt Fellow at the Astronomisches Rechen Institut (ARI) of University of Heidelberg, in the group of Prof. Dr. Joachim Wambsganss. During that time I strengthened my expertise in cosmological microlensing. I developed microlensing as a tool to study the broad line region in AGNs and obtained the first measurement of the BLR size from microlensing monitoring. I stayed at ARI until June 2011, i.e. when my DFG project started in Bonn.\\

'''Very brief curriculum:''' \\

In June 2005, I started my first postdoc at the Laboratoire d'Astrophysique (LASTRO) of the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) with Dr. Frederic Courbin and George Meylan. I spent most of my research time collaborating to the launch of the COSMOGRAIL monitoring project, and to study various gravitationally lensed systems. \\

Soon after the start of my PhD thesis with Jean Surdej at the University of Liege, I received an ESO Studentship to pursue my PhD at ESO Chile under the supervision of Damien Hutsemékers. During those years I discovered the joy of working in world-class observatory and learning the subtilities of observation at the New Technology Telescope in La Silla. I spend my research time between the study of AGNs and of gravitational lenses through imager, spectrographs and Wollaston prisms. In April 2005, I defended my PhD thesis entitled '''Quasar pairs and gravitational lenses: Observational study and observational applications'''. \\
In June 2005, I started my first postdoc at the Laboratoire d'Astrophysique (LASTRO) of the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) with Dr. Frederic Courbin and George Meylan. \\
In September 2008, I started to work as a Humboldt Fellow at the Astronomisches Rechen Institut (ARI) of University of Heidelberg, in the group of Prof. Dr. Joachim Wambsganss. I stayed at ARI until June 2011, i.e. when my DFG project started in Bonn.\\