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Name Andreas Tersenov
Label PhD Candidate in Cosmology
Email atersenov@physics.uoc.gr
Phone (30) 6945775095
Url https://andreastersenov.github.io/
Summary PhD candidate focused on weak lensing, mass mapping, simulation-based inference, and higher-order statistics. Member of the Euclid and UNIONS collaborations. Experienced in computational cosmology, statistical modeling, and machine learning.

Work

  • 2023.08 - Present
    PhD Fellow
    IA & ICS-FORTH / CosmoStat Laboratory, CEA Paris-Saclay
    Working on weak lensing mass mapping, higher-order statistics, simulation-based inference, and AI in Cosmology.
  • 2023.01 - 2023.07
    Research Intern
    CosmoStat Laboratory, CEA Paris-Saclay
    Worked on analyzing shear data, weak lensing mass mapping, and cosmological inference for the UNIONS survey.
  • 2021.01 - 2022.12
    Research Assistant
    Crete Center for Theoretical Physics
    Investigated holographic RG flows in Einstein-Maxwell-dilaton gravity on deformed S³ geometries under the AdS/CFT correspondence.
  • 2020.02 - 2023.06
    Research Assistant
    Institute of Astrophysics, FORTH
    Worked on UHE cosmic rays in the CIRCE project. Simulated air showers and tested new physics scenarios using CORSIKA.
  • 2019.06 - 2019.08
    Research Intern
    MISIS, Laboratory of Superconducting Metamaterials
    Cryogenic experiments on fluxonium qubits, polaritonics, and metasurface modeling.

Education

  • 2023.08 - Present

    Heraklion, Greece

    PhD
    University of Crete / ICS&IA-FORTH / CEA Paris-Saclay
    Computational cosmology
  • 2022.09 - 2023.07

    Heraklion, Greece

    MSc
    University of Crete
    Astrophysics and Space Physics
  • 2018 - 2022

    Heraklion, Greece

    BSc
    University of Crete
    Physics

Volunteer

  • 2025.11 - 2025.11
    Invited Lecturer
    Will teach Bayesian statistics, sampling methods, and SBI.
  • 2025.06 - 2025.06
    Organiser & Lecturer
    Taught Bayesian statistics, sampling methods, and SBI.
  • 2024.09 - 2025.01
    Teaching Assistant
    Co-taught the class lectures & the revision sessions, prepared and marked assignments
  • 2024.07 - 2024.07
    Organiser & Lecturer
    Taught Bayesian statistics, Deep Learning, and SBI.
  • 2020 - 2022
    Teaching Assistant
    Taught Physics Lab II (Electricity), III (Optics), and Advanced Physics Lab I.

Skills

Scientific Computing
Python
JAX
PyTorch
NumPyro
GPyTorch
SLURM
Git
Linux
Cosmology & Statistics
Simulation-Based Inference
Bayesian Statistics
Weak Lensing
Mass Mapping
Higher-Order Statistics
Deep Learning

Languages

English
Fluent (C2)
Russian
Fluent (B2)
Greek
Native speaker

Interests

Cosmology & Machine Learning
Computational cosmology
Statistical inference
Probabilistic modeling
Simulation-based inference
Generative models
Mass mapping
Higher-order statistics

References

Dr. Jean-Luc Starck
PhD supervisor
Dr. Martin Kilbinger
PhD co-supervisor