Hello! Bonjour! Hola! Aloha!
- Welcome to my home page! I am an astronomer
and the Director of Science Operations at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope.
Since 1999, I have been the Project Scientist/Manager
of the Queued Service Observing (QSO) project. I am also the Manager of the CFHT Astronomy Group (yup, lots of paperwork...) and a member of the CFHT Executive.
Prior to my actual employment (since September 1997), I got my Ph.D in astrophysics at the
Université Laval (Quebec City) in 1992, spent 3 years as a post-doc
fellow at Steward Observatory (Tucson, Az) and, for almost 2 years,
I was a fellow for the ESO New Technology Telescope in Chile.
NEWS: In September 2008, I will
become the Director of the WIYN Observatory, on Kitt Peak (Arizona). The WIYN is a modern 3.5 meter telescope with
superb possibilities for conducting world-class astrophysical research. I am honored to have been selected for this challenging but quite exciting position!
- On the science side, I am working on the chemical
evolution of galaxies, star formation, morphology of galaxies, and interacting
systems. I am particularly interested (no, sorry, obsessed) by barred
spirals. Hopefully, I'll have time to put some of my work on
this site some day....
- On the personal side, I was born in St-Alexis
de Matapédia, a very small village in the eastern part of the
Province of Québec where my parents still live. I am married
to wonderful Dr. Patricia E. Pérez, a Texan from Houston (yes, the
home of the Astros but also the giant mosquitoes...), and we both live
in this wonderful little town named Waimea, on the Big Island of Hawaii.
I like professional sports, particularly hockey and baseball, but my
favorite hobby is drumming! I have been
bashing the heads for over 30 years now, mostly playing along drummers
from my favorite progressive rock bands, and I have no plan to stop
anytime soon (so beware if you're looking for quiet neighbours...)!
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