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Curriculum Vitae Rodolphe CONAN University of Victoria Department of Mechanical Engineering Engineering Lab Wing B160 PO Box 3055 STN CSC Victoria, BC V8W3P6 Canada Telephone numbers : private: +1

1 Curriculum Vitae Rodolphe CONAN University of Victoria Department of Mechanical Engineering Engineering Lab Wing B160 PO Box 3055 STN CSC Victoria, BC V8W3P6 Canada Telephone numbers : private: +1 (250) office : +1 (250) e mail : rconan@uvic.ca Web Site Adaptive Optics Systems Scientist Experiences Since March 2005 I am an Adaptive Optics Systems Scientist working for the Adaptive Optics Laboratory of the University of Victoria (Canada). I am managing the Adaptive Optics simulations and experiments in the laboratory. I am the Principal Investigator and designer of the Woofer Tweeter and of the Laser Guide Star wavefront sensor experiments for the Thirty Meter Telescope project and of our patented AO optical tweezers test bench. I am also part of the team which did one of the two Conceptual Design Studies for the Real-Time Computer of NFIRAOS, the TMT Adaptive Optics facility. From November 2002 to February 2005 I was a researcher at the CNRS working for the Laboratory of Astrophysics of Grenoble Observatory in France and for the Optics Department of ONERA in Paris. I was with the project VLT Planet Finder, a second generation instrument for the VLT. The goal of the instrument is the seeking of extra solar planets. I was working for the Adaptive Optics group in charge of the design of the adaptive optics system of the instrument. My work consisted in the studies of different wavefront sensor, the modeling of atmospheric turbulence effects on the system and the comparison of several closed loop algorithm from a simple integrator to a Kalman filter. From January 2001 to October 2002 I got a post-doctoral position at the headquarters of the European Southern Observatory in Germany. My post-doctoral position was funded by the European Community in the framework of the Research and Training Network on Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes (ELTs). I was a system scientist in the Adaptive Optics group of the Instrument Division of ESO. I was working on the modeling of Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics (MCAO) systems and collaborated to the development of an MCAO demonstrator. I have studied also the impact of the finite value of the outer scale of turbulence on the performance of AO systems for ELTs and I have developed a C++ parallel library for fast and simple evaluation of ELT AO budget error. From October 1997 to October 2000 PhD at the Department of Astrophysics of the University of Nice-Sophia-Antipolis (FRANCE) on: Modeling of the effects of the spatial coherence outer scale of the wave front for High Angular Resolution (HAR) in Astronomy. Applications to Adaptive Optics, Interferometry and Extremely Large Telescopes. I was involved in theoretical developments and on site measurements for a better understanding of the effects of the outer scale on HAR techniques like adaptive optics and interferometry. My doctorate has been delivered the 31 of October 2000 with highly recommended distinction.

2 From February to July 1997 Internship with BERTIN company in Aix-en-Provence (FRANCE). I was part of the project TRACE (TRajectographie et Aide à la Conduite d Essais). I was working on the development and the design of an automatic cine-theodolite to follow and to estimate the trajectory of an air-borne target. My main work consisted in defining the error on the position of the target due to refraction and atmospheric turbulence. From August 1996 to May 1997 Military service at the Ecole National du Service de Santé de l Armée de Terre in DINAN (France) as a teacher. I carried out courses in mathematics, mechanics and electrical engineering to officers who prepared examinations. I also obtained my level of first-aid worker and my heavy-goods vehicle license. From February to June 1996 Training course at the laboratory of Astrophysics of Grenoble Observatory (LAOG) under the direction of Almas Chalabaev. My work was to model the spectro-imager GraF (Grating and Fabry-Perot Interferometer). From a model of an astrophysical source, I had to calculate the cube of data obtained by the instrument taking into account the various source of noise. Education Studies Master s degree in physics at the University of Bretagne Occidentale (France) (1994). (First in one s year) D.E.A. Astrophysics and diluted Mediums at the University of Lyon (1995). D.E.A. Imagery and High Angular Resolution at the University of Nice (1997). PhD. Modeling of the effects of the spatial coherence outer scale of the wave front for High Angular Resolution in Astronomy. Applications to Adaptive Optics, Interferometry and Extremely Large Telescopes at the University of Nice (2000). (highly recommended distinction) School August The Michelson Interferometry Summer School at the California Institute of Technology, in Pasadena. The Summer School consisted of a series of tutorial lectures describing the theory and techniques of optical/infrared long baseline stellar interferometry, from its fundamental principles through to its astrophysical applications, methods of data analysis, and interpretation. Languages French: mother tongue. English: fluent. Spanish: intermediate. Computer knowledge Scientific software : Matlab/Simulink (extensive experience), IDL (some experience). Optical design software : Zemax (intermediate level). Languages: HTML, C/C++ (MPI), Java. Operating systems: DOS, Windows, UNIX/Linux. Miscellaneous French citizenship, 38 years old, married, two children. Status in Canada: permanent resident Patent 1. C. Bradley and R. Conan. Adaptive Optics Based System and Method to Generate and Control Multiple Optical Beams for Trapping and Manipulating Small Particles. US Patent 11/977,994, November 2007.

3 Journal papers References [1] Rodolphe Conan, Olivier Lardière, Glen Herriot, Colin Bradley, and Kate Jackson. Experimental assessment of the matched filter for laser guide star wavefront sensing. Appl. Opt., 48(6): , [2] Olivier Lardiere, Rodolphe Conan, Colin Bradley, Kate Jackson, and Glen Herriot. A laser guide star wavefront sensor bench demonstrator for TMT. Opt. Express, 16(8): , [3] R. Conan. Mean square residual error of a wavefront after propagation through atmospheric turbulence and after correction with zernike polynomials. J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, 25(2), February [4] O. Keskin, R. Conan, P. Hampton, and C. Bradley. Derivation and experimental evaluation of a point spread function reconstruction from a dual deformable mirror adaptive optics system. Optical Engineering (SPIE), 47(4), April [5] P. Hampton, R. Conan, O. Keskin, C. Bradley, and P. Agathoklis. Self characterization of linear and non-linear adaptive optics systems. Appl. Opt., 47(2), January [6] R. Conan, C. Bradley, P. Hampton, O. Keskin, A. Hilton, and C. Blain. Distributed modal command for a two deformable mirror adaptive optics system. Appl. Opt., 46(20): , July [7] V. Korkiakoski, C. Vérinaud, M. Le Louarn, and R. Conan. Comparison between a model-based and a conventional pyramid sensor reconstructor. Appl. Opt., 46: , August [8] L. Jolissaint, J.-P. Véran, and R. Conan. Analytical modeling of adaptive optics: foundations of the phase spatial power spectrum approach. J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, 23: , February [9] B. P. Wallace, P. J. Hampton, C. H. Bradley, and R. Conan. Evaluation of a MEMS deformable mirror for an adaptive optics test bench. Optics Express, 14: , October [10] R. Conan, R. Avila, L. J. Sánchez, A. Ziad, F. Martin, J. Borgnino, O. Harris, S. I. González, R. Michel, and D. Hiriart. Wavefront outer scale and seeing measurements at San Pedro Mártir Observatory. Astron. Astrophys., 396: , December [11] A. Tokovinin, M. Le Louarn, E. Viard, N. Hubin, and R. Conan. Optimized modal tomography in adaptive optics. Astron. Astrophys., 378: , November [12] A. Ziad, A. Jabiri, Z. Benkhaldoun, F. Martin, R. Conan, M. Lazrek, and J. Borgnino. The first optical characterisation of the oukaïmeden site with the generalized seeing monitor (GSM). Astron. Astrophys., 365: , [13] R. Conan, J.Borgnino, A. Ziad, and F. Martin. Analytical solution for the covariance and for the coherence time of the angle of arrival of a wave front corrugated by atmospheric turbulence. J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, 17(10): , Octobre [14] F. Martin, R. Conan, A. Tokovinin, A. Ziad, H. Trinquet, J. Borgnino, A. Agabi, and M. Sarazin. Optical parameters relevant for High Angular Resolution at Paranal from GSM instrument and surface layer contribution. Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser., 144:39 44, May [15] A. Ziad, R. Conan, A. Tokovinin, F. Martin, and J. Borgnino. From the Grating Scale Monitor (GSM) to the Generalized Seeing Monitor (GSM). Appl. Opt., 39:5415, [16] F. Martin, A. Tokovinin, A. Ziad, R. Conan, J. Borgnino, R. Avila, A. Agabi, and M. Sarazin. First statistical data on wave front outer scale at La Silla observatory from the G.S.M. instrument. Astron. Astrophys., 336:L49 L52, 1998.

4 Conferences References [1] R. Conan, C. Bradley, and S. Bowman. A multiple trap optical tweezer system based on adaptive optics technology. In Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation V, volume Proc. SPIE Optics + Photonics 2008, August [2] R. Conan, O. Lardiere, K. Jackson, G. Herriot, and C. Bradley. A sodium-layer laser guide star wavefront sensing test bench. In Advanced Wavefront Control: Methods, Devices, and Applications VI, volume Proc. SPIE Optics + Photonics 2008, August [3] D. Andersen, M. Fischer, R. Conan, M. Fletcher, and J.-P. Veran. VOLT: The Victoria open loop testbed. In Adaptive Optics Systems. Proc. SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, [4] G. Herriot, R. Conan, O. Lardière, D. Andersen, B. Ellerbroek, L. Gilles, P. Hickson, K. Jackson, J.-P. Véran, and L. Wang. Compensation of TMT laser wavefront sensors for variations of sodium layer. In Adaptive Optics Systems. Proc. SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, [5] O. Keskin, R. Conan, and C. Bradley. Off-axis point spread function reconstruction from a dual deformable mirror. In Adaptive Optics Systems. Proc. SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, [6] O. Lardiere, R. Conan, C. Bradley, G. Herriot, and K. Jackson. Laser guide star wavefront sensing for TMT: Experimental results of the Matched Fitering. In Adaptive Optics Systems. Proc. SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, [7] R. Conan, O. Lardiere, K. Jackson, G. Herriot, and C. Bradley. Modeling of the Thirty-Meter-Telescope matched-filter-based lgs wavefront sensing. In Adaptive Optics Systems. Proc. SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, [8] R. Conan, P. Hampton, C. Bradley, and O. Keskin. The woofer tweeter experiment. In Advances in Adaptive Optics II, volume Proc. SPIE, June [9] B. L. Ellerbroek, C. Boyer, C. Bradley, M. C. Britton, S. Browne, R. A. Buchroeder, J.-L. Carel, M. K. Cho, M. R. Chun, R. Clare, R. Conan, L. G. Daggert, R. G. Dekany, J. H. Elias, D. A. Erickson, R. Flicker, D. T. Gavel, L. Gilles, P. Hampton, G. Herriot, M. R. Hunten, R. R. Joyce, M. Liang, B. A. Macintosh, R. Palomo, I. P. Powell, S. C. Roberts, E. Ruch, J.-C. Sinquin, M. J. Smith, J. A. Stoesz, M. Troy, G. A. Tyler, J.-P. Veran, C. R. Vogel, and Q. Yang. A conceptual design for the Thirty Meter Telescope adaptive optics systems. In Advances in Adaptive Optics II. Edited by Ellerbroek, Brent L.; Bonaccini Calia, Domenico. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 6272, pp D (2006)., volume 6272 of Presented at the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference, July [10] P. Hampton, C. Bradley, P. Agathoklis, and R. Conan. Control System Performance of a Woofer-Tweeter Adaptive Optics System. In The Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference, held in Wailea, Maui, Hawaii, September 10-14, 2006, Ed.: S. Ryan, The Maui Economic Development Board, p.e59, [11] P. J. Hampton, R. Conan, C. Bradley, and P. Agathoklis. Control of a woofer tweeter system of deformable mirrors. In Advanced Software and Control for Astronomy, volume Proc. SPIE, June [12] O. Keskin, R. Conan, and C. Bradley. Point spread function reconstruction from Woofer-Tweeter adaptive optics bench. In Advances in Adaptive Optics II. Edited by Ellerbroek, Brent L.; Bonaccini Calia, Domenico. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 6272, pp I (2006)., volume 6272 of Presented at the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference, July [13] R. Conan, T. Fusco, and G. Rousset. High Order Adaptive Optics Simulation Tool for VLTs and ELTs. In W. Brandner and M. E. Kasper, editors, Science with Adaptive Optics, pages 97 +, 2005.

5 [14] T. Fusco, G. Rousset, J.-L. Beuzit, D. Mouillet, K. Dohlen, R. Conan, C. Petit, and G. Montagnier. Conceptual design of an extreme AO dedicated to extra-solar planet detection by the VLT-Planet Finder instrument. In R. K. Tyson and M. Lloyd-Hart, editors, Astronomical Adaptive Optics Systems and Applications II. Edited by Tyson, Robert K.; Lloyd-Hart, Michael. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5903, pp (2005)., volume 5903 of Presented at the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference, pages , August [15] I. Cruz-Gonzales, R. Avila, M. Tapia, F. Angeles, E. Carrasco, R. Conan, R. Costero, D. X. Cruz, S. Cuevas, J. Echevarria, F. Garfias, S. I. Gonzalez, L. Gutierrez, O. N. Harris, D. Hiriart, F. Ibanez, L. A. Martinez, E. Masciadri, R. M. Michel, V. G. Orlov, L. Parrao, B. Sanchez, L. J. Sanchez, M. S. Sarazin, W. J. Schuster, V. V. Voitsekhovich, A. Agabi, M. Azouit, J. Borgnino, F. Martin, J. Vernin, and A. Ziad. San Pedro Mártir: astronomical site evaluation. In A. L. Ardeberg and T. Andersen, editors, Second Backaskog Workshop on Extremely Large Telescopes. Edited by Ardeberg, Arne L.; Andersen, Torben. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5382, pp (2004)., volume 5382 of Presented at the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference, pages , July [16] R. Conan, T. Fusco, G. Rousset, D. Mouillet, J.-L. Beuzit, A. Blanc, M. Nicolle, and C. Petit. Modeling and analysis of XAO systems: application to VLT-Planet Finder. In D. Bonaccini Calia, B. L. Ellerbroek, and R. Ragazzoni, editors, Advancements in Adaptive Optics. Edited by Domenico B. Calia, Brent L. Ellerbroek, and Roberto Ragazzoni. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5490, pp (2004)., volume 5490 of Presented at the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference, pages , October [17] T. Fusco, G. Rousset, R. Conan, M. Nicolle, C. Petit, and J.-L. Beuzit. End-to-end model for XAO simulations: Application to Planet-Finder. In F. Combes, D. Barret, T. Contini, F. Meynadier, and L. Pagani, editors, SF2A-2004: Semaine de l Astrophysique Francaise, pages 155 +, December [18] R. Conan, R. Avila, L. J. Sánchez, A. Ziad, F. Martin, J. Borgnino, O. Harris, S. I. González, R. Michel, and D. Hiriart. Wavefront outer scale measurements at San Pedro Mártir Observatory. Its impact on Adaptive Optics performances. In I. Cruz-Gonzalez, R. Avila, and M. Tapia, editors, Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica Conference Series, volume 19 of Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica Conference Series, pages 31 36, September [19] R. Conan, M. Le Louarn, J. Braud, E. Fedrigo, and N. N. Hubin. Results of AO simulations for ELTs. In J. R. P. Angel and R. Gilmozzi, editors, Future Giant Telescopes. Edited by Angel, J. Roger P.; Gilmozzi, Roberto. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 4840, pp (2003)., volume 4840 of Presented at the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference, pages , January [20] P. Dierickx, J.-L. Beckers, E. Brunetto, R. Conan, E. Fedrigo, R. Gilmozzi, N. N. Hubin, F. Koch, M. Le Louarn, E. Marchetti, G. J. Monnet, L. Noethe, M. Quattri, M. S. Sarazin, J. Spyromilio, and N. Yaitskova. The eye of the beholder: designing the OWL. In J. R. P. Angel and R. Gilmozzi, editors, Future Giant Telescopes. Edited by Angel, J. Roger P.; Gilmozzi, Roberto. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 4840, pp (2003)., volume 4840 of Presented at the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference, pages , January [21] D. J. Butler, E. Marchetti, J. Bähr, W. Xu, S. Hippler, M. E. Kasper, and R. Conan. Phase screens for astronomical multi-conjugate adaptive optics: application to MAPS. In P. L. Wizinowich and D. Bonaccini, editors, Adaptive Optical System Technologies II. Edited by Wizinowich, Peter L.; Bonaccini, Domenico. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 4839, pp (2003)., volume 4839 of Presented at the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference, pages , February [22] N. N. Hubin, R. Arsenault, H. Bonnet, R. Conan, B. Delabre, R. Donaldson, C. Dupuy, E. Fedrigo, L. Ivanescu, M. E. Kasper, M. Kissler-Patig, J.-L. Lizon, M. Le Louarn, E. Marchetti, J. Paufique, S. Stroebele, and S. Tordo. Adaptive optics projects at ESO. In P. L. Wizinowich and D. Bonaccini, editors, Adaptive Optical System Technologies II. Edited by Wizinowich, Peter L.; Bonaccini, Domenico. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 4839, pp. 1-8 (2003)., volume 4839 of Presented at the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference, pages 1 8, February 2003.

6 [23] E. Marchetti, N. N. Hubin, E. Fedrigo, J. Brynnel, B. Delabre, R. Donaldson, F. Franza, R. Conan, M. Le Louarn, C. Cavadore, A. Balestra, D. Baade, J.-L. Lizon, R. Gilmozzi, G. J. Monnet, R. Ragazzoni, C. Arcidiacono, A. Baruffolo, E. Diolaiti, J. Farinato, E. Vernet-Viard, D. J. Butler, S. Hippler, and A. Amorin. MAD the ESO multi-conjugate adaptive optics demonstrator. In P. L. Wizinowich and D. Bonaccini, editors, Adaptive Optical System Technologies II. Edited by Wizinowich, Peter L.; Bonaccini, Domenico. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 4839, pp (2003)., volume 4839 of Presented at the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference, pages , February [24] D. Bello, R. Conan, B. Le Roux, E. Marchetti, J.-M. Conan, T. Fusco, A. Tokovinin, M. Le Louarn, E. Vernet-Viard, and N. Hubin. Performances of a NGS-based MCAO demonstrator: the NGC3366 and NGC2346 simulations. In E. Vernet, R. Ragazzoni, S. Esposito, and N. Hubin, editors, Beyond conventional adaptive optics : a conference devoted to the development of adaptive optics for extremely large telescopes. Proceedings of the Topical Meeting held May 7-10, 2001, Venice, Italy. Edited by E. Vernet, R. Ragazzoni, S. Esposito, and N. Hubin. Garching, Germany: European Southern Observatory, 2002 ESO Conference and Workshop Proceedings, Vol. 58, ISBN , p. 231, pages 231 +, [25] N. Hubin, E. Marchetti, E. Fedrigo, R. Conan, R. Ragazzoni, E. Diolaiti, M. Tordi, G. Rousset, T. Fusco, P.- Y. Madec, D. Butler, H. Stefan, and S. Esposito. The ESO demonstrator MAD: a European collaboration. In E. Vernet, R. Ragazzoni, S. Esposito, and N. Hubin, editors, Beyond conventional adaptive optics : a conference devoted to the development of adaptive optics for extremely large telescopes. Proceedings of the Topical Meeting held May 7-10, 2001, Venice, Italy. Edited by E. Vernet, R. Ragazzoni, S. Esposito, and N. Hubin. Garching, Germany: European Southern Observatory, 2002 ESO Conference and Workshop Proceedings, Vol. 58, ISBN , p. 27, pages 27 +, [26] F. Martin, A. Ziad, R. Conan, J. Borgnino, and A. Tokovinin. Optical parameters for high angular resolution astronomy estimated from the GSM (Generalized Seeing Monitor) experiment at several major astronomical sites in the world (Poster). In J. Vernin, Z. Benkhaldoun, and C. Muñoz-Tuñón, editors, Astronomical Site Evaluation in the Visible and Radio Range, volume 266 of Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, pages 138 +, [27] A. Ziad, F. Martin, R. Conan, and J. Borgnino. GSM: a monitor of wavefront optical parameters for the site evaluation. In J. Vernin, Z. Benkhaldoun, and C. Muñoz-Tuñón, editors, Astronomical Site Evaluation in the Visible and Radio Range, volume 266 of Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, pages 114 +, [28] R. Conan. Performances comparison betwen a multi-conjugate adaptive optics system and an adaptive optics system. In Societe Francaise d Astronomie et d Astrophysique, editor, SF2A-2001: Semaine de l Astrophysique Francaise, pages 537 +, May [29] R. Conan, A. Ziad, R. Avila, A. Tokovinin, F. Martin, and J. Borgnino. Spatio-Temporal Analysis of the Wavefront with the GSM. In D. Bonaccini, editor, Astronomy with adaptive optics : present results and future programs, pages 133 +, [30] R. Conan, A. Ziad, A. Tokovinin, R. Avila, J. Borgnino, and F. Martin. Measurement of the optical relevant parameters for high angular resolution astronomy with the Generalized Seeing Monitor(G.S.M.). In S. R. Restaino, W. Junor, and N. Duric, editors, Catching the Perfect Wave: Adaptive Optics and Interferometry for the 21st Century, volume 174 of Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, pages 27 +, [31] A. Ziad, F. Martin, R. Conan, and J. Borgnino. Generalized Seeing Monitor (GSM) : A dedicated monitor for wavefront optical parameter measurements. In Optics in Atmospheric Propagation and Adaptive Systems III, Florence, September SPIE. [32] A.A. Tokovinin, A. Ziad, F. Martin, R. Avila, J. Borgnino, R. Conan, and M. Sarazin. Wavefront outer scale monitoring at La Silla. In D. Bonaccini and R.K. Tyson, editors, Adaptive Optical System Technologies, volume 3353 of SPIE, pages , March 1998.

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