Martine Lokken

Postdoc, Observational Cosmology

About Me

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Martine Lokken

Postdoctoral researcher
Institut de Física d'Altes Energies (IFAE)
Barcelona, Spain

I currently work with the COSMO-LYA observational cosmology group at IFAE, which focuses on Lyman-α cosmology with DESI data and is led by Andreu Font-Ribera. I earned my PhD at the University of Toronto in 2023, co-supervised by Professor Dick Bond (CITA) and Professor Renée Hložek (Dunlap Institute). Previously I compelted my BS in Astronomy & Physics, with highest distinction, from the University of Virginia in 2018. I am interested in all things cosmology, with a specific focus on the large-scale structure of the Cosmic Web.

In my free time, I enjoy dancing. I have tried many different dance styles including ballet, hip-hop, modern, bhangra, salsa and bachata, a couple traditional West African styles, and more! I love dance as a means to connect with and learn from people from different cultures. I also play the flute and piano, sometimes in orchestral or chamber ensembles.

Image Credit: Dark Sky Simulations

Curriculum Vitae Highlights

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Education

PhD (2018-2023)

David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Canada.

BS (2014-2018)

University of Virginia, USA. Major: Astronomy & Physics. Highest distinction.

Selected publications

Superclustering with ACT and DES II. (Lokken, van Engelen et al. 2024, submitted to ApJ)

ForestFlow (Chaves-Montero, Cabayol-Garcia, Lokken, Font-Ribera et al. 2024, submitted to A&A)

Boundless Baryons (Lokken, Cui, Bond et al. 2023, MNRAS)

The Simulated Catalogue of Optical Transients and Correlated Hosts (SCOTCH) (Lokken, Gagliano et al. 2023, MNRAS)

Superclustering with ACT and DES I. (Lokken, Hlozek, van Engelen et al. 2022, ApJ)

Scholarships

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Postgraduate Scholarship - Doctoral (PGS-D) (National, Canada)

QE-II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (provincial, Ontario, Canada).

CITA Graduate Scholarship (Institutional).

Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (national, USA; declined offer to attend school in Canada).

Teaching

Experience as a teaching assistant for various undergraduate courses at the University of Toronto: AST 101, 201, 251, 222, programmer support TA.

Outreach

Some of my outreach activities include running workshops at IFAE for Bojos per la Física (for high school students in Catalunya, 2024), co-directing AstroTours, the graduate student-led monthly outreach event at U of T (2018-2019), and operating the U of T planetarium for public shows (2019-2020), and a public outreach talk in Toronto.

Mentorship

Postdoc mentor and organizer of women's lunches, IFAE (2023-present); mentorship coordinator for graduate peer mentorship, mentor to first-year graduate students and undergraduates (Toronto, 2019-2022).