I'm an experimental cosmologist and long-wavelength instrumentalist, currently employed as Assistant Professor at the Dunlap Institute and Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics at the University of Toronto. I'm currently actively recruiting both undergraduate summer researchers and graduate students interested in cosmology and microwave/radio instrumentation.
My primary research interests involve the Large Scale Structure (LSS) in the Universe. By studying its properties and evolution, we can make firm statements about the physicals processes which must have been active. Despite -- or perhaps because of -- its size, the LSS is difficult to observe, and specialized insdfgkljstruments and surveys are required to study it. I work on two such instruments, the South Pole Telescope (SPT), and the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME).
More locally, I've recently become involved in a Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) project to study pulsar scintillation. Using India's Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) and Canada's pioneering and recently re-commissioned Algonquin Radio Observatory (ARO), we aim to use interstellar plasma lensing to resolve motion in the pulsar emission.
Prior my current position, I was a postdoc in the McGill Cosmology Instrumentation Lab, working with Matt Dobbs. For most of 2008 I lived in the Antarctic as a winterover for SPT, and before that I was a graduate student at the University of Chicago. While there, I spent a lot of time time on outreach projects, particularly within the MSCOPE program, working in and developing exhibits for the Museum of Science and Industry and Adler Planetarium, some of which are still in use.
Beyond work pursuits, I enjoy fresh air & sunshine: cycling, hiking, climbing, kayaking, really anything that'll get me outside and into the world. I dabble in photography, make a mean chocolate truffle, and spend far too much time fiddling with computers.
My primary research interests involve the Large Scale Structure (LSS) in the Universe. By studying its properties and evolution, we can make firm statements about the physicals processes which must have been active. Despite -- or perhaps because of -- its size, the LSS is difficult to observe, and specialized insdfgkljstruments and surveys are required to study it. I work on two such instruments, the South Pole Telescope (SPT), and the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME).
More locally, I've recently become involved in a Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) project to study pulsar scintillation. Using India's Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) and Canada's pioneering and recently re-commissioned Algonquin Radio Observatory (ARO), we aim to use interstellar plasma lensing to resolve motion in the pulsar emission.
Prior my current position, I was a postdoc in the McGill Cosmology Instrumentation Lab, working with Matt Dobbs. For most of 2008 I lived in the Antarctic as a winterover for SPT, and before that I was a graduate student at the University of Chicago. While there, I spent a lot of time time on outreach projects, particularly within the MSCOPE program, working in and developing exhibits for the Museum of Science and Industry and Adler Planetarium, some of which are still in use.
Beyond work pursuits, I enjoy fresh air & sunshine: cycling, hiking, climbing, kayaking, really anything that'll get me outside and into the world. I dabble in photography, make a mean chocolate truffle, and spend far too much time fiddling with computers.
Contact Info:
keith.vanderlinde@utoronto.ca Lab: Astronomy Building 52 Office: Astronomy Building 126 Phone: 416-946-5436 |
Academic Background:
BS, Physics w/ EE, MIT, 1998-2002 |