CV

  Current Position
2020–present Assistant Professor, Sutton Family Chair in Science, Christianity and Cultures, University of Toronto.
Joint appointment to the Dept. of Astronomy & Astrophysics and to St. Michael’s College
  Interests
  • Physical cosmology: cosmic microwave background, large scale structure; millimetre & radio instrumentation, observation & data analysis
  • Philosophy & theology: metaphysics, the transcendentals, creation; Thomas Aquinas, Bernard Lonergan
  Education
2018–2020 Master of Theology (ThM), Regis College and University of Toronto (conjoint), Toronto.
  • Thesis: Natural Knowledge of Creation from Nothing. Supervisor: Gordon Rixon.
2018–2020 Licentiate in Sacred Theology (STL), summa cum laude, Regis College, Toronto.
  • The STL is an ecclesiastical degree that can be pursued concurrently with the ThM and has largely overlapping requirements (including the thesis)
2015–2018 Bachelor of Sacred Theology (STB), summa cum laude, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome.
  • The STB is three-year, full-time ecclesiastical degree that is generally accepted as equivalent to North American Master of Divinity programmes.
2011–2013 Diploma in Philosophical Studies, Regis College, University of Toronto, Toronto.
  • Full-time studies consisting of an historical and thematic survey of philosophy, plus a few breadth courses.
2004–2009 Ph.D. in Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J..
  • Advisor: Lyman A. Page, Jr.
  • Dissertation: Toward a Mass-Limited Catalog of Galaxy Clusters from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope
2000–2004 Hon. BSc. (Astronomy & Physics specialist programme), with high distinction, University of Toronto, Toronto.
  Experience
Scientific Research
2020–present Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, Toronto.
Research in observational astronomy, with membership in the following collaborations: Hydrogen Intensity and Real-Time Analysis eXperiment (HIRAX), Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT), Simons Observatory
2011–13,
2016–20
Part-time Research, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics; Sapienza University of Rome, Toronto; Rome.
During my philosophy and theology studies, I engaged in some scientific research as a visiting scientist at local institutions, spending up to a day a week on research activities.
  • 2011–13 & 2018–present: Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics
  • 2016–18: Experimental Cosmology Laboratory Group of Paolo de Bernardis, Sapienza University of Rome
2013–2015 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
Member of the Experimental Cosmology Group, working on the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) and the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT/ACTpol): data acquisition hardware and software, field deployment and operations, data analysis. Supervisors: Mark Halpern and Gary Hinshaw.
2004–2009 Graduate Student, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J..
Doctoral work on the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT): detector characterisation and fabrication, data acquisition hardware and software, telescope control software, field deployment and operations, data anaylsis. Supervisor: Lyman Page.
2002–2004 Undergraduate Student, University of Toronto, Toronto.
  • Senior thesis: ‘Probing Cosmic Topology using Correlations in the Cosmic Microwave Background Temperature Fluctuations’. Supervisors: J. Richard Bond & Carlo Contaldi (2003–2004).
  • NSERC Undergraduate Summer Research Awards: work on the Balloon-borne Large Aperture Sub-millimetre Telescope (2002, 2004; supervisor: Barth Netterfield) and at CERN, Geneva on the ATLAS experiment (2003; supervisors: Peter Krieger & Robert Orr).
Ministry
The items listed below represent regular/formal commitments; I currently also provide occasional ministries such as saying masses or hearing confessions for various groups and providing individual spiritual direction. I have been an ordained Catholic priest since 11 May 2019.
9–11 May 2023,
10–20 May 2022
Chaplain, University of St. Michael’s College, Rome.
Chaplain for students and staff from University of St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto, participating in the Gilson Seminar in Faith and Rome. (Originally engaged for ten days in 2023, but time shortened by illness.)
2018–2020 Various Ministries, St. Peter’s Parish, Toronto.
Service as a priest (prior to May 2019, as a deacon) at Sunday liturgies, including delivering sermons monthly; I also helped occasionally with other ministries in the church.
2015–2018 Various Venues, Direction of Spiritual Exercises, Rome.
Spiritual accompaniment, both in general and for individuals doing the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius in daily life.
  • In Summer 2016 I also spent a few weeks at the Centre Spirituel Vouela in Brazzaville, Congo helping with preaching and providing individual accompaniment during two eight-day retreats.
2013–2015 Various ministries, St. Mark’s Parish and Corpus Christi College, Vancouver.
Assisted at weekly meetings for the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults at St. Mark’s (2014–15) and periodically helped lead service trips to a soup kitchen by Corpus Christi students.
Winter 2013 Catholic Students Chaplaincy, Ryerson University, Toronto.
Assisted the chaplaincy with weekly prayer gatherings.
2011–2012 Youth Ministry, Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Toronto.
Co-coordinator of activities for the parish youth group.
2009–2011 Various Locations, Novitiate Placements.
  • African Jesuit AIDS Network, Nairobi, Kenya. Assisted with policy and publication work in the main office and also worked with partner programmes on the ground. (4.5 months)
  • Accueil Bonneau, Montréal. Weekly/semi-weekly volunteer at Accueil Bonneau, a centre for the homeless. (8 months)
  • St. Kevin’s Parish, Montréal. Sunday school instructor. (4 months)
  • L’Arche, Amos, Québec. Assistant with L’Arche, a community for adults with mental disabilities. (6 weeks)
Other Employment & Volunteer Work
Spring 2008 Volunteer Tutor, Princeton Student Volunteer Council, Trenton, NJ.
Weekly tutoring of students at ‘PiTSToP’, an after-school drop-in programme at Cadwalader Library, Trenton, NJ.
2002–2004 Web-tender, www.AfricaFiles.org, Toronto.
Part-time web-tender and technical consultant for www.AfricaFiles.org. Mix of paid and volunteered work.
2003–2004 Volunteer Tutor, Frontier College, Toronto.
Volunteered tutoring students at a weekly ‘Somali Homework Club’, Regent Park/Duke of York Public School
2000, 2001 Junior Web Programmer, Optium Digital Solutions, Toronto.
Employed for two consecutive summers.
  Skills
Languages
  • Italian & French: advanced
  • Spanish: intermediate
  • Latin & Ancient Hebrew: intermediate reading
  • Classical Greek & Anglo Saxon: basic reading
Computing
  • Programming: C, C++, Fortran 77/90, Python, bash
  • Web: HTML, CSS, PHP, ASP, JavaScript, jQuery
  • Firmware: past experience with FPGA (VHDL & Quartus II) and EEPROM software development.
  • Miscellaneous: LaTeX, SQL
  Scholarships & Awards
2004–2008 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Postgraduate Scholarship holder.
2004 St. Michael’s College Gold Medal – highest cumulative GPA in sciences in graduating class of St. Michael’s College at the University of Toronto
2004 The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Gold Medal – awarded by Toronto Centre to top graduating student from the Physics & Astrophysics programme at the University of Toronto.
2003 Walter John Helm Scholarship in Astronomy and Astrophysics (University of Toronto)
2003 E.G. Clarke Scholarship in Biblical Hebrew (University of Toronto)
2002 John Pounder Scholarship in Astronomy and Astrophysics (University of Toronto)
2000, 2002, 2003 University of Toronto Scholar
2000–2004 St. Michael’s College Foundation Admission Scholarship
2000 Toronto Catholic District School Board Student Achievement Award – highest final-year academic average (99.0%) in school board for 1999–2000 school year.
  University Courses Taught
Winter 2024,
Winter 2023,
Winter 2022
University of Toronto, The Bible and the Big Bang (JCA302).
Undergraduate, interdisiplinary course jointly offered by Astronomy & Astrophysics and Christianity and Culture on the possible relationships between scientific theories of the early Universe and religious notions of creation within Abrahamic traditions.
Fall 2023,
Fall 2022
University of Toronto, The Sun and Its Neighbours (AST101).
Undergraduate survey of Solar System astronomy for non-science majors; one of the largest classes offered at the University. Co-taught with Prof. Renée Hložek (2022) and Prof. Michael Reid (2023).
Fall 2023,
Fall 2021,
Winter 2021
University of Toronto, Faith and Physics (CHC371).
Undergraduate course studying the relationship between faith and physics both conceptually and from the vantage point of prominent physicists. Formerly SMC371.
Winter 2023 University of Toronto, Advanced Topics in Christianity and Culture I: God and Natural Science (CHC400).
Fourth-year undergraduate seminar on the possibility and scope of natural theology within Jewish and Chrisitian traditions. Co-taught with Prof. David Novak.
  Professional Memberships & Affiliations
Institutions
2020– Adjunct Scholar, Vatican Observatory.
2017– Society of Catholic Scientists Member. Board member of the Toronto Chapter since 2020.
2017–2020 Associate Scholar, Vatican Observatory.
Scientific Collaborations
2020– Hydrogen Intensity and Real-Time Analysis eXperiment (HIRAX)
2017– Simons Observatory
2004– Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT)
2013–2015 Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME)
  Professional Service
Boards and Committees
2023– Governing Council, Regis College
2022– Membership Committee (chair), Simons Observatory Collaboration
2021– Literary Trustee, Estate of Bernard Lonergan.
Departmental Service (University of Toronto)
2024– Graduate Programme Committee, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics
2022– Community Climate Committee (chair since 2023), Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics
2022–2024 Colloquium Committee (chair from 2023), Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics
2021– Academic Appeals Committee, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics
2020–2022 Graduate Qualifying Examination Committee, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics
  Professional Meetings and Talks
Conferences and Symposia
2 July 2024 Contributed talk, European Astronomical Society Annual Meeting, Padua: ‘Multifrequency Fitting of the Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect in Galaxy Cluster Bridge Systems’.
15 May 2024 Poster, Hotwiring the Transient Universe VII conference, Toronto: ‘Millimetre Light Curves of Active Galactic Nuclei from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope’.
29 April 2024 Keynote talk, Recalling Our Roots and Charting the Future. Theology Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, Emerging Scholars Colloquium, Université Saint-Paul University, Ottawa: ‘Big Bang ex Nihilo? The Relationship Between Modern Cosmology and the Theological Tradition of Creation’
24 April 2024 Keynote talk, Ontario Catholic Supervisory Officers’ Association AGM & Conference, Niagara Falls: ‘Space for Faith: Inspiration from Astronomy for Integrating Science and Faith in Catholic Education’
1 Sept. 2023 Contributed talk, Conference on Jesuit Scholarship in a Secular Age, Loyola University, Chicago: ‘Entering Their Door and Leaving by Ours: Reclaiming Secularity in the Intellectual Apostolate’
13 July 2023 Contributed talk, European Astronomical Society Annual Meeting, Krakow: ‘Measuring Point Source Variability in a Wide-Area Cosmic Microwave Background Survey’
18 April 2023 Keynote talk, Conference on Science and Divine Action, St. Patrick’s Pontifical University, Maynooth: ‘The Big Bang Ex Nihilo?’
18 July 2022 Contributed talk, SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, Montréal: ‘A graph database solution for tracking the deployment and layout of a large radio interferometer
8 June 2022 Invited talk, Conference on Transitioning to Integral Ecology? Transdisciplinary Approaches for the Grounding and Implementation of a Holistic Worldview, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome: ‘Givens and Givenness: The Scientific Method and Integral Ecology’
19 Mar. 2019 Invited talk, Templeton Symposium on Understanding Our Place in the Universe: Beyond the Legacy of Stephen Hawking, Jerusalem: ‘Fine Tuning and Divine Causality’.
8 July 2015 Invited talk, Creation out of Nothing Conference, University of Notre Dame: ‘What Does Physical Cosmology Say About Creation Ex Nihilo?’ (Presented in absentia.)
6 Oct. 2014 Contributed talk, 24th annual Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems conference, Calgary: ‘Managing Hardware Configurations and Data Products for the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment’.
22 May 2014 Invited talk, IAS Workshop on New Perspectives in Cosmology, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology: ‘Wider, Deeper, Faster: Probing Fundamental Cosmology with Surveys by ACT and CHIME’. I was also a panelist for a discussion of current developments in observational cosmology.
10 Jan. 2014 Contributed talk, URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, CO: ‘Overview of the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME)’.
27 June 2008 Poster (7020-1P), SPIE Astronomical Instrumentation conference, Marseille: ‘The effects of the mechanical performance and alignment of the Atacama Cosmology Telescope on the sensitivity of microwave observations’.
Colloquia and Seminars
10 June 2024 Nordita Astrophysics Seminar, The Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (Nordita), Stockholm: ‘Revealing the Cosmic Web with CMB Data’
18 April 2024 Invited short presentation for teacher-training session on Science, Suffering and (Eco)-Theology, Durham Catholic District School Board, Oshawa (for a Regis–St. Michael’s Faculty, Toronto School of Toronto series on Critical Conversations in Catholic Education): ‘Science & Faith: Context for Eco-Theology’
29 Nov. 2023 Seminar talk, Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA) Graduate Student Committee (GSC) Canadian Telescope Seminar Series (via Zoom): ‘The Simons Observatory: Part I: The Experiment’
12 June 2023 Seminar talk, Vatican Observatory Summer School, Vatican Observatory: ‘How to Measure the Oldest Light in the Universe and What It Tells Us’
25 May 2023 Seminar talk, Dept. Physics, University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’: ‘Revealing the Cosmic Web with CMB Data’
2 March 2023 Invited lecture, University of St. Michael’s College, Toronto: ‘Does a Fine-tuned Universe Tell Us Anything About God?’
8 Oct. 2022 Colloquium, Department of Physics, Toronto Metropolitan University: ‘The Cosmic Microwave Background: What It Tells Us and How We Observe It’
8 June 2022 Short seminar talk, Green Bank Observatory Community Zoom (presented remotely), Green Bank Observatory, ‘Mapping the Gas in Intercluster Filaments with the Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect
31 May 2022 Colloquium [Seminario Generale], Dept. Physics, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’: ‘CMB Surveys from the Ground: Recent Achievements with ACT, Future Prospects with the Simons Observatory’
11 March 2022 Lunch Talk, Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, Chicago (short talk on journal article same title; via Zoom): ‘A high-resolution view of the filament of gas between Abell 399 and Abell 401 from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope and MUSTANG-2’
29 Sept. 2021 Mini-Colloquium, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics Colloquium (internal speaker series; presented remotely), University of Toronto: ‘A Cosmic Filament Illuminated by the Cosmic Microwave Background’
29 Nov. 2019 Seminar talk, Jesuit History Research Group Seminar, University of Toronto: ‘The Vatican Observatory: From Early Modernity to Modern Research’
30 Nov. 2016 Seminar Talk, Institute of Space Astrophysics and Physical Cosmology (IASF), Bologna: ‘Measuring Cosmic Acceleration with the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment’.
13 Nov. 2015 Seminar talk, Department of Physics, Sapienza University of Rome: ‘Measuring Cosmic Acceleration with the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME)’.
6 March 2015 Lunch talk, National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Friday Scientific Lunch Talk: ‘Measuring Cosmic Acceleration with the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment’.
29 Sept. 2014 Colloquium, University of British Columbia Astronomy Colloquium: ‘A Tour of the Atacama Cosmology Telescope’.
10 July 2014 Seminar talk, Department of Physics, Oxford University: ‘Measuring Cosmic Acceleration with the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME)’.
1 July 2014 Seminar talk, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (Garching) ‘Measuring Cosmic Acceleration with the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME)’.
22 Jan. 2014 Seminar talk, Institute of Astrophysics, Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile: ‘The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME)’.
28 May 2009 Invited talk, Graduate School Leadership Council, Princeton University: ‘A Graduate Student’s Experience Working on the Atacama Cosmology Telescope’.
6 Mar. 2009 Short seminar talk, Princeton Gravity Group: ‘Small Angular Scale CMB Measurements from QUaD’.
23 May 2008 Short seminar talk, Princeton Gravity Group: ‘An Introduction to the Bullet Cluster’.
25 Mar. 2008 Seminar talk, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cape Town: ‘Probing the History of the Universe with the Atacama Cosmology Telescope’.
13 Jan. 2006 Short seminar talk, Princeton Gravity Group: ‘Liquid Mirror Telescopes: Technology and Applications’.
Leadership at Workshops & Conferences
Summer 2024 Organiser of a four-day workshop for the Manchester–Melbourne–Toronto research project on ‘Cosmic Gas in the Universe’s Largest Structures’, Toronto, 29 July – 1 August 2024
Spring 2024 Member of Scientific Organising Committee for the annual meeting of the Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA), Toronto, 3–6 June 2024
2022 Member of Local Organising Committee for Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems (ADASS) XXXII, Remote Conference, 31 Oct. – 4 Nov. 2022
June 2014 Faculty assistant at the Vatican Observatory 14th Summer School on ‘Galaxies: Near and Far, Young and Old’. I mentored students as they worked on the assigned research projects and provided technical and computational support for the school.
May 2011 Co-organiser and presenter at a week-long seminar on HIV/AIDS in Arusha, Tanzania for young men and women in religious life. Run by the African Jesuit AIDS Network.
Participation in Workshops & Conferences
June 2024 Attended the 2024 Lemaître Conference on ‘Black Holes, Gravitational Waves and Space-Time Singularities’, at the Vatican Observatory
July 2014 Participated in the ‘Creation ex Nihilo’ workshop, Keble College, Oxford.
Jan. 2011 Attended the Workshop on HIV Prevention Among Youth in Nairobi, Kenya, organised by the African Jesuit AIDS Network.
Mar. 2008 Attended the 2008 PIRE Summer School, ‘Multiwavelength Views of the High Redshift Universe’, at the South African Astronomical Observatory, Cape Town.
Jan. 2006 Attended the Seventeenth Chris Engelbrecht Summer School in Theoretical Physics, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Topics: early universe, CMB anisotropies, large scale structure, compact objects.
  Outreach
Public Lectures
9 Nov. 2023 Presentation hosted by Catholic Chaplaincy at the University of Toronto Mississauga: ‘The Big Bang Ex Nihilo?’
24 Feb. 2023 Presentation at St. Mary Student Parish, St. Mary Student Parish, Catholic Campus Ministry at the University of Michigan: ‘The Jesuits, Astronomy and the Vatican Observatory’ (presented remotely)
8 Nov. 2022 Presentation at St. Peter’s Church, Toronto: ‘Knowledge, Belief and Faith’
10 Apr. 2022 Lecture for the Thomistic Institute at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston: ‘The Big Bang: Proof for Creation Ex Nihilo?’
12 Aug. 2020 ‘Star Talk’ for the Astronomy and Space Exploration Society, Toronto (presented via Zoom): ‘How to Measure the Universe’s Oldest Light and What it Tells Us’
2 Oct. 2019 CWL Annual Lecture in Catholic Studies, St. Mary’s University, Calgary: ‘Do Faith and the Big Bang Collide? How Science, Philosophy and Theology Explain the Origins of the Universe’. Before the talk I also led a question-and-answer session with students on the question, ‘Is Science Good for the Soul?’
28 Nov. 2018 Presentation at St. Peter’s Church, Toronto: ‘Why Does the Vatican Have an Astronomical Observatory?’
19 Sept. 2017 Presentation sponsored by Memorian University Catholic Chaplaincy, St. John’s: ‘Big Bang Ex Nihilo
20 Sept. 2017 Presentation for the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, St. John’s Centre:‘Looking at the Universe’s Oldest Light from the World’s Highest Telescopes’
24 Feb. 2014 Annual Campion Controversies Lecture, Campion College, University of Regina: ‘Knowledge, Belief and Faith’. Preceded by a talk for local high school students: ‘A Faith that Does Science’.
10 Oct. 2012 Short talk at the Regis College’s weekly Collegium seminar: ‘An Introduction to Physical Cosmology’.
Presentations to Specific Groups
16 May 2022 Cohosted visit to the Vatican Observatory by the St. Michael’s College Gilson Seminar and delivered lecture, Castel Gandalfo: ‘Big Bang ex Nihilo?’
7 Apr. 2022 Short talk + Q&A, Sons of St. Patrick (undergraduate club), Boston College: ‘Science Belief and Faith’
10 Oct. 2019 Lecture hosted by Regis College and Jesuits of Canada Offices of Advancement, Toronto: ‘Big Bang from Nothing? What Science and Faith Say About the Origin of the Universe’
12 Sept. 2018 Lecture for the Jesuit Contributions to Science series sponsored by the Jesuits of Canada Office of Advancement for invited donors, Toronto: ‘Jesuits & Astronomy’
11 May 2018 Cohosted visit to the Vatican Observatory by the St. Michael’s College Gilson Seminar and delivered lecture, Castel Gandalfo: ‘Big Bang ex Nihilo?’
5 Nov. 2014 St. Paul’s High School, Winnipeg: keynote speech for the annual Grade 10 Career Day.
13 May 2013 Guest lecture for Regis College Teacher Formation Program: ‘Ignatian Spirituality: An Introduction’.
3 May 2012 Talk at the York Catholic District School Board vocation promotion day: ‘A Faith that Does Science’.
Interviews and Media Appearances
30 Nov. 2023 Featured in a news story by Faculty of Arts & Science, University of Toronto: ‘When worlds collide: Faith & Physics course takes a wide-ranging approach to life’s most fundamental questions
21 April 2023 Interviewed and featured in Toronto Life: ‘‘‘There’s always more to understand about the universe’’: Meet the U of T scientist working on a cutting-edge map of dark matter
11 April 2023 Interviewed for news story by Faculty of Arts & Science, University of Toronto: ‘Astronomers release the most detailed map of matter in the cosmos, confirming Einstein’s theory of general relativity
11 April 2023 Interviewed for news story by the Toronto Star: ‘Scientists create the most detailed map of dark matter yet, confirming Einstein’s theory of general relativity
11 April 2023 Interviewed for news story by the National Post: ‘Most of the universe is invisible dark matter. Scientists used the glow of the Big Bang to map it
25 Jan. 2023 Interview on Cosmos From Your Couch, Dunlap Institute: ‘Can Religion and Astronomy Coexist?
20 Jan. 2023 Interview on the CBC Radio programme Tapestry: ‘Jesuits in Space
21 Dec. 2022 Interview on Cosmos From Your Couch, Dunlap Institute: ‘The Oldest Light in the Universe
21 Sept. 2022 Interview on Cosmos From Your Couch, Dunlap Institute: ‘Sound Waves from the Early Universe
7 Sept. 2022 Interview on AMDG: A Jesuit Podcast: ‘God and the Big Bang with Astrophysicist Fr. Adam Hincks, SJ
11 July 2022 Research featured in news story on Univesity of Toronto’s Faculty of Arts & Science website: ‘U of T astronomers are helping find the missing universe
20 Jan. 2022 Interviewed for story in Catholic Register after the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope: ‘What we learn of the universe leads us to God
10 Oct. 2021 Interviewed for a story in The Mike: ‘Michaelmas: Carrying traditions into the future
25 Feb. 2021 Interviewed for a story on the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Arts and Science: ‘Adam Hincks ponders the universe as both a cosmologist and a priest
29 Nov. 2020 Interviewed for a story in The Varisity: ‘Opinion: Don’t dismiss the religious scientist in your lab just yet
23 Aug. 2019 Interview in Convivium: ‘Astrophysics and The Society of Jesus
12 July 2019 Interviewed for article in the Catholic Register: ‘Beyond the moonlight: Faith written in the stars
26 June 2019 One of two scientist–religious interviewed and featured in an article on Présence-information religieuse: ‘Apollo 11, à la croisée de la science et du sens [Apollo 11, at the intersection of science and meaning]
9 Oct. 2018 Story about a talk I gave in the Catholic Register: ‘Jesuit’s passion is written in the stars
9 March 2018 One of four special interviewees present at the Vatican Press Conference announcing the publication of the Apostolic Exhortation ‘Gaudete et Exsultate’.
Sept. 2017 Interviewed by local radio stations (CHMR and VOCM) about public lecture delivered in St. John’s (see ‘Invited Lectures’, 19 Sept. 2017, above).
21 Nov. 2017 Interviewed for the programme ‘Sweetgrass’ on Radio Maria: ‘Big Bang Jesuit’
14 Dec. 2016 Video interview (in Italian) for news story by INAF Media, the news service of the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics: ‘Il Canada a caccia dell’energia oscura con il radiotelescopio CHIME [Canada in pursuit of dark energy with the CHIME radio telescope]
Popular Articles
Adam D. Hincks, ‘Angelo Secchi, the Jesuit father of astrophysics’, America 219(3), 2018.
Adam D. Hincks, ‘The Joy of Science: Discovering beauty and truth in the universe’, America 215(1), 2016.
Adam D. Hincks, ‘Justified Reason: The Collaboration of Knowledge, Belief and Faith’, America 211(7), 2014.
Adam D. Hincks, ‘Particles of Faith: Seeking God in Small Things’, America 208(6), 2013.
Adam D. Hincks, ‘Wonders of the Universe: New Scientific Discoveries and Old Truths’, America 206(13), 2012.
  Academic Publications
Publications are refereed unless preceded by a superscript ‘c’ (conference proceedings), ‘w’ (white papers), ‘n’ (non-refereed), or ‘in preparation’.
Papers in which I had a leading role include my name in bold. For most other papers my coauthorship is based on contributions to the experiment that the results derive from or that the paper is about.
Philosophy & Theology
nAdam D. Hincks, ‘Integrating the Inquirer: A Jesuit Approach to Interdisciplinarity’, Nexus: Conversations on the Catholic Intellectual Tradition 2:3, 2023.
Adam D. Hincks, ‘Beauty, Contemplation and the Fifth Level of Consciousness: The Transcendentals within an Intentionality Analysis’, Method: Journal of Lonergan Studies 10(2):57–83, 2021.
nAdam D. Hincks, ‘What Does Physical Cosmology Say about Creation from Nothing?’ in Creation ex nihilo: Origins, Development, Contemporary Challenges, edited by Gary A. Anderson & Markus Bockmuehl, Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2018.
Scientific Articles & Conference Proceedings
In Preparation William R. Coulton et al., ‘The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Detection of Patchy Screening of the Cosmic Microwave Background’, arXiv e-prints arXiv:2401.13033, 2024.
Yilun Guan et al., ‘Simons Observatory: Observatory Scheduler and Automated Data Processing’, arXiv e-prints arXiv:2406.10905, 2024.
J. van Marrewijk et al., ‘XLSSC 122 caught in the act of growing up: Spatially resolved SZ observations of a z=1.98 galaxy cluster’, arXiv e-prints arXiv:2310.06120, 2023.
Cristian Vargas et al., ‘The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Extragalactic Point Sources in the Southern Surveys at 150, 220 and 280 GHz observed between 2008-2010’, arXiv e-prints arXiv:2310.17535, 2023.
2024 William Coulton et al., ‘Atacama Cosmology Telescope: High-resolution component-separated maps across one third of the sky’, Phys. Rev. D 109(6):063530, 2024.
Carlos Hervías-Caimapo, Sigurd Naess, Adam D. Hincks et al., ‘The Atacama cosmology telescope: flux upper limits from a targeted search for extragalactic transients’, MNRAS 529(3):3020–3034, 2024.
Christina D. Kreisch et al., ‘Atacama Cosmology Telescope: The persistence of neutrino self-interaction in cosmological measurements’, Phys. Rev. D 109(4):043501, 2024.
Mathew S. Madhavacheril et al., ‘The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: DR6 Gravitational Lensing Map and Cosmological Parameters’, ApJ 962(2):113, 2024.
John Orlowski-Scherer et al., ‘The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Millimeter Observations of a Population of Asteroids or: ACTeroids’, ApJ 964(2):138, 2024.
Frank J. Qu et al., ‘The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: A Measurement of the DR6 CMB Lensing Power Spectrum and Its Implications for Structure Growth’, ApJ 962(2):112, 2024.
2023 nGiovanni Isopi et al., ‘Compact Sources in the A401–A399 Galaxy Cluster System Observed at 90 GHz with the MUSTANG-2 Camera’, Research Notes of the AAS 7(4):79, 2023.
Yaqiong Li et al., ‘The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Systematic Transient Search of 3 Day Maps’, ApJ 956(1):36, 2023.
Zack Li et al., ‘The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: limits on dark matter-baryon interactions from DR4 power spectra’, J. Cosmology Astropart. Phys. 2023(2):046, 2023.
2022 wClarence L. Chang et al., ‘Snowmass2021 Cosmic Frontier: Cosmic Microwave Background Measurements White Paper’, arXiv e-prints arXiv:2203.07638, 2022.
Devin Crichton et al., ‘Hydrogen Intensity and Real-Time Analysis Experiment: 256-element array status and overview’, Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems 8:011019, 2022.
M. Gatti et al., ‘Cross-correlation of Dark Energy Survey Year 3 lensing data with ACT and Planck thermal Sunyaev-Zel’dovich effect observations. I. Measurements, systematics tests, and feedback model constraints’, Phys. Rev. D 105(12):123525, 2022.
J. Colin Hill et al., ‘Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Constraints on prerecombination early dark energy’, Phys. Rev. D 105(12):123536, 2022.
cAdam D. Hincks, Anatoly Zavyalov & Dhananjhay Bansal, ‘A graph database solution for tracking the deployment and layout of a large radio interferometer’, in Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy VII, edited by Jorge Ibsen & Gianluca Chiozzi, volume 12189, 1218909, International Society for Optics and Photonics, SPIE, 2022.
Adam D. Hincks et al., ‘A high-resolution view of the filament of gas between Abell 399 and Abell 401 from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope and MUSTANG-2’, MNRAS 510(3):3335–3355, 2022.
M. Lokken et al., ‘Superclustering with the Atacama Cosmology Telescope and Dark Energy Survey. I. Evidence for Thermal Energy Anisotropy Using Oriented Stacking’, ApJ 933(2):134, 2022.
Marius Lungu et al., ‘The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: measurement and analysis of 1D beams for DR4’, J. Cosmology Astropart. Phys. 2022(5):044, 2022.
Thomas W. Morris et al., ‘The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: Modeling bulk atmospheric motion’, Phys. Rev. D 105(4):042004, 2022.
S. Pandey et al., ‘Cross-correlation of Dark Energy Survey Year 3 lensing data with ACT and P l a n c k thermal Sunyaev-Zel’dovich effect observations. II. Modeling and constraints on halo pressure profiles’, Phys. Rev. D 105(12):123526, 2022.
Federico Radiconi et al., ‘The thermal and non-thermal components within and between galaxy clusters Abell 399 and Abell 401’, MNRAS 517(4):5232–5246, 2022.
2021 Omar Darwish et al., ‘The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: a CMB lensing mass map over 2100 square degrees of sky and its cross-correlation with BOSS-CMASS galaxies’, MNRAS 500(2):2250–2263, 2021.
Simon R. Dicker et al., ‘Observations of compact sources in galaxy clusters using MUSTANG2’, MNRAS 508(2):2600–2612, 2021.
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