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Career

  • 2022-present: Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics (Grade 11), DAMTP, University of Cambridge
  • 2017-2022: Assistant Professor, DAMTP, University of Cambridge
  • 2017-2022: STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellow, DAMTP, University of Cambridge
  • 2016-2017: NASA Einstein Fellow, Physics Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
  • 2013-2016: Miller Research Fellow, Dept. of Physics, University of California, Berkeley
  • 2008-2013: Ph.D. in Physics, Princeton University
  • 2004-2008: Part III Mathematics and Parts I/II NST Physics, University of Cambridge

Research Interests

Blake is a theoretical and observational cosmologist. He has research interests across CMB and large-scale structure, with a particular focus on measurements of the gravitational lensing of the CMB.

Research Group

Blake leads the CMBLENS project, funded by a Starting Grant from the European Research Council. Group members include:

Postdoctoral and senior researchers: 

Boris Bolliet (Senior Research Associate)

Fiona McCarthy (joint with Flatiron CCA)

Niall MacCrann (now Royal Society University Research Fellow)

PhD students:

Frank Qu

Gerrit Farren

Irene Abril Cabezas

Carmen Embil-Villagra

 

Former group members and next steps:

Toshiya Namikawa (postdoc -> Project Assistant Professor, IPMU), Dongwon Han (postdoc -> tech. industry), Omar Darwish (PhD -> postdoc U Geneva); Boryana Hadzhiyska (Masters -> PhD Harvard); Oliver Philcox (Masters -> PhD Princeton); Alex Reeves (Masters-> PhD ETH Zurich)

 

 

Publications

CMB-S4 Science Book, First Edition
KN Abazajian, P Adshead, Z Ahmed, SW Allen, D Alonso, KS Arnold, C Baccigalupi, JG Bartlett, N Battaglia, BA Benson, CA Bischoff, J Borrill, V Buza, E Calabrese, R Caldwell, JE Carlstrom, CL Chang, TM Crawford, F-Y Cyr-Racine, FD Bernardis, TD Haan, SDS Alighieri, J Dunkley, C Dvorkin, J Errard, G Fabbian, S Feeney, S Ferraro, JP Filippini, R Flauger, GM Fuller, V Gluscevic, D Green, D Grin, E Grohs, JW Henning, JC Hill, R Hlozek, G Holder, W Holzapfel, W Hu, KM Huffenberger, R Keskitalo, L Knox, A Kosowsky, J Kovac, ED Kovetz, C-L Kuo, A Kusaka, ML Jeune, AT Lee, M Lilley, M Loverde, MS Madhavacheril, A Mantz, DJE Marsh, J McMahon, PD Meerburg, J Meyers, AD Miller, JB Munoz, HN Nguyen, MD Niemack, M Peloso, J Peloton, L Pogosian, C Pryke, M Raveri, CL Reichardt, G Rocha, A Rotti, E Schaan, MM Schmittfull, D Scott, N Sehgal, S Shandera, BD Sherwin, TL Smith, L Sorbo, GD Starkman, KT Story, AV Engelen, JD Vieira, S Watson, N Whitehorn, WLK Wu
(2016)
Demonstration of Cosmic Microwave Background Delensing Using the Cosmic Infrared Background.
P Larsen, A Challinor, BD Sherwin, S Mak
– Phys Rev Lett
(2016)
117,
151102
Weak-lensing mass calibration of the Atacama Cosmology Telescope equatorial Sunyaev-Zeldovich cluster sample with the Canada-France-Hawaii telescope stripe 82 survey
N Battaglia, A Leauthaud, H Miyatake, M Hasselfield, MB Grallad, R Allison, JR Bond, E Calabrese, D Crichton, MJ Devlin, J Dunkley, R Duenner, T Erben, S Ferrara, M Halpern, M Hilton, JC Hill, AD Hincks, R Hlozek, KM Huffenberger, JP Hughes, JP Kneib, A Kosowsky, M Makler, TA Marriage, F Menanteaus, L Miller, K Moodley, B Moraesv, MD Niemack, L Page, H Shan, N Sehgal, BD Sherwin, JL Sievers, C Sifon, DN Spergel, ST Staggs, JE Taylor, R Thornton, L van Waerbekek, EJ Wollack
– Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
(2016)
2016,
013
Evidence for the kinematic Sunyaev-Zel’dovich effect with the Atacama Cosmology Telescope and velocity reconstruction from the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey
E Schaan, S Ferraro, M Vargas-Magaña, KM Smith, S Ho, S Aiola, N Battaglia, JR Bond, F De Bernardis, E Calabrese, H-M Cho, MJ Devlin, J Dunkley, PA Gallardo, M Hasselfield, S Henderson, JC Hill, AD Hincks, R Hlozek, J Hubmayr, JP Hughes, KD Irwin, B Koopman, A Kosowsky, D Li, T Louis, M Lungu, M Madhavacheril, L Maurin, JJ McMahon, K Moodley, S Naess, F Nati, L Newburgh, MD Niemack, LA Page, CG Pappas, B Partridge, BL Schmitt, N Sehgal, BD Sherwin, JL Sievers, DN Spergel, ST Staggs, A van Engelen, EJ Wollack
– Physical Review D
(2016)
93,
082002
LiteBIRD: Mission Overview and Focal Plane Layout
T Matsumura, Y Akiba, K Arnold, J Borrill, R Chendra, Y Chinone, A Cukierman, T de Haan, M Dobbs, A Dominjon, T Elleflot, J Errard, T Fujino, H Fuke, N Goeckner-wald, N Halverson, P Harvey, M Hasegawa, K Hattori, M Hattori, M Hazumi, C Hill, G Hilton, W Holzapfel, Y Hori, J Hubmayr, K Ichiki, J Inatani, M Inoue, Y Inoue, F Irie, K Irwin, H Ishino, H Ishitsuka, O Jeong, K Karatsu, S Kashima, N Katayama, I Kawano, B Keating, A Kibayashi, Y Kibe, Y Kida, K Kimura, N Kimura, K Kohri, E Komatsu, CL Kuo, S Kuromiya, A Kusaka, A Lee, E Linder, H Matsuhara, S Matsuoka, S Matsuura, S Mima, K Mitsuda, K Mizukami, H Morii, T Morishima, M Nagai, T Nagasaki, R Nagata, M Nakajima, S Nakamura, T Namikawa, M Naruse, K Natsume, T Nishibori, K Nishijo, H Nishino, T Nitta, A Noda, T Noguchi, H Ogawa, S Oguri, IS Ohta, C Otani, N Okada, A Okamoto, A Okamoto, T Okamura, G Rebeiz, P Richards, S Sakai, N Sato, Y Sato, Y Segawa, S Sekiguchi, Y Sekimoto, M Sekine, U Seljak, B Sherwin, K Shinozaki, S Shu, R Stompor, H Sugai, H Sugita, T Suzuki, A Suzuki
– Journal of Low Temperature Physics
(2016)
184,
824
Delensing cosmic microwave background B modes with the Square Kilometre Array Radio Continuum Survey
T Namikawa, D Yamauchi, B Sherwin, R Nagata
– Physical Review D
(2016)
93,
043527
The Polarbear-2 and the Simons Array Experiments
A Suzuki, P Ade, Y Akiba, C Aleman, K Arnold, C Baccigalupi, B Barch, D Barron, A Bender, D Boettger, J Borrill, S Chapman, Y Chinone, A Cukierman, M Dobbs, A Ducout, R Dunner, T Elleflot, J Errard, G Fabbian, S Feeney, C Feng, T Fujino, G Fuller, A Gilbert, N Goeckner-Wald, J Groh, TD Haan, G Hall, N Halverson, T Hamada, M Hasegawa, K Hattori, M Hazumi, C Hill, W Holzapfel, Y Hori, L Howe, Y Inoue, F Irie, G Jaehnig, A Jaffe, O Jeong, N Katayama, J Kaufman, K Kazemzadeh, B Keating, Z Kermish, R Keskitalo, T Kisner, A Kusaka, ML Jeune, A Lee, D Leon, E Linder, L Lowry, F Matsuda, T Matsumura, N Miller, K Mizukami, J Montgomery, M Navaroli, H Nishino, J Peloton, D Poletti, G Puglisi, G Rebeiz, C Raum, C Reichardt, P Richards, C Ross, K Rotermund, Y Segawa, B Sherwin, I Shirley, P Siritanasak, N Stebor, R Stompor, J Suzuki, O Tajima, S Takada, S Takakura, S Takatori, A Tikhomirov, T Tomaru, B Westbrook, N Whitehorn, T Yamashita, A Zahn, O Zahn
– Journal of Low Temperature Physics
(2016)
184,
805
POLARBEAR constraints on cosmic birefringence and primordial magnetic fields
PAR Ade, K Arnold, M Atlas, C Baccigalupi, D Barron, D Boettger, J Borrill, S Chapman, Y Chinone, A Cukierman, M Dobbs, A Ducout, R Dunner, T Elleflot, J Errard, G Fabbian, S Feeney, C Feng, A Gilbert, N Goeckner-Wald, J Groh, G Hall, NW Halverson, M Hasegawa, K Hattori, M Hazumi, C Hill, WL Holzapfel, Y Hori, L Howe, Y Inoue, GC Jaehnig, AH Jaffe, O Jeong, N Katayama, JP Kaufman, B Keating, Z Kermish, R Keskitalo, T Kisner, A Kusaka, M Le Jeune, AT Lee, EM Leitch, D Leon, Y Li, E Linder, L Lowry, F Matsuda, T Matsumura, N Miller, J Montgomery, MJ Myers, M Navaroli, H Nishino, T Okamura, H Paar, J Peloton, L Pogosian, D Poletti, G Puglisi, C Raum, G Rebeiz, CL Reichardt, PL Richards, C Ross, KM Rotermund, DE Schenck, BD Sherwin, M Shimon, I Shirley, P Siritanasak, G Smecher, N Stebor, B Steinbach, A Suzuki, J-I Suzuki, O Tajima, S Takakura, A Tikhomirov, T Tomaru, N Whitehorn, B Wilson, A Yadav, A Zahn, O Zahn
– Physical Review D
(2015)
92,
123509
MODELING ATMOSPHERIC EMISSION FOR CMB GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
J Errard, PAR Ade, Y Akiba, K Arnold, M Atlas, C Baccigalupi, D Barron, D Boettger, J Borrill, S Chapman, Y Chinone, A Cukierman, J Delabrouille, M Dobbs, A Ducout, T Elleflot, G Fabbian, C Feng, S Feeney, A Gilbert, N Goeckner-Wald, NW Halverson, M Hasegawa, K Hattori, M Hazumi, C Hill, WL Holzapfel, Y Hori, Y Inoue, GC Jaehnig, AH Jaffe, O Jeong, N Katayama, J Kaufman, B Keating, Z Kermish, R Keskitalo, T Kisner, M Le Jeune, AT Lee, EM Leitch, D Leon, E Linder, F Matsuda, T Matsumura, NJ Miller, MJ Myers, M Navaroli, H Nishino, T Okamura, H Paar, J Peloton, D Poletti, G Puglisi, G Rebeiz, CL Reichardt, PL Richards, C Ross, KM Rotermund, DE Schenck, BD Sherwin, P Siritanasak, G Smecher, N Stebor, B Steinbach, R Stompor, A Suzuki, O Tajima, S Takakura, A Tikhomirov, T Tomaru, N Whitehorn, B Wilson, A Yadav, O Zahn
– The Astrophysical Journal
(2015)
809,
63
Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background Polarization Lensing Power Spectrum with the POLARBEAR Experiment
PAR Ade, Y Akiba, AE Anthony, K Arnold, M Atlas, D Barron, D Boettger, J Borrill, S Chapman, Y Chinone, M Dobbs, T Elleflot, J Errard, G Fabbian, C Feng, D Flanigan, A Gilbert, W Grainger, NW Halverson, M Hasegawa, K Hattori, M Hazumi, WL Holzapfel, Y Hori, J Howard, P Hyland, Y Inoue, GC Jaehnig, A Jaffe, B Keating, Z Kermish, R Keskitalo, T Kisner, M Le Jeune, AT Lee, E Linder, EM Leitch, M Lungu, F Matsuda, T Matsumura, X Meng, NJ Miller, H Morii, S Moyerman, MJ Myers, M Navaroli, H Nishino, H Paar, J Peloton, E Quealy, G Rebeiz, CL Reichardt, PL Richards, C Ross, I Schanning, DE Schenck, B Sherwin, A Shimizu, C Shimmin, M Shimon, P Siritanasak, G Smecher, H Spieler, N Stebor, B Steinbach, R Stompor, A Suzuki, S Takakura, T Tomaru, B Wilson, A Yadav, O Zahn, POLARBEAR Collaboration
– Physical review letters
(2014)
113,
021301
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Research Group

Relativity and Gravitation

Room

B2.06

Telephone

01223 337906