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Research output per year
Personal profile
Websites
You can find information about my research and teaching at this website: http://www.roe.ac.uk/~heymans
Biography
A full list of publications can be accessed from astroph using the following url:
http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Heymans/0/1/0/all/0/1
Research Interests
I am a Professor of Astrophysics at the Institute for Astronomy within the University of Edinburgh, based at the Royal Observatory.
I currently hold a European Research Council Consolidator Grant Fellowship.
My research focusses on cosmology, specifically making detailed observations of the Dark Universe. I co-lead the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Lensing Survey (CFHTLenS) and the ESO the Kilo-Degree Survey (KiDS).
Teaching
I am the Course Organiser of a new pre-honours Introductory Astrophysics course. In this applied physics course we use innovative teaching practises based on the "flipped classroom" approach. The majority of the course content is distributed via our coursebook and tested through weekly online quizzes. The lecture contact time is then reserved to develop our students understanding. We place strong emphasis on the benefits of peer learning and we develop our students problem solving skills in weekly teaching studio workshops.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Weak Gravitational Lensing and Intrinsic Galaxy Alignments, University of Oxford
Award Date: 1 Jan 2003
Master of Physics, University of Edinburgh
Award Date: 1 Jan 2000
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KiDS-Legacy: Cosmological constraints from cosmic shear with the complete Kilo-Degree Survey
Wright, A. H., Stölzner, B., Asgari, M., Bilicki, M., Giblin, B., Heymans, C., Hildebrandt, H., Hoekstra, H., Joachimi, B., Kuijken, K., Li, S.-S., Reischke, R., von Wietersheim-Kramsta, M., Yoon, M., Burger, P., Chisari, N. E., de Jong, J., Dvornik, A., Georgiou, C. & Harnois-Déraps, J. & 19 others, , 28 Nov 2025, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics. 703, p. 1-37 37 p., A158.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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KiDS-Legacy: Redshift distributions and their calibration
Wright, A. H., Hildebrandt, H., van den Busch, J. L., Bilicki, M., Heymans, C., Joachimi, B., Mahony, C., Reischke, R., Stölzner, B., Wittje, A., Asgari, M., Chisari, N. E., Dvornik, A., Georgiou, C., Giblin, B., Hoekstra, H., Jalan, P., William, A. J., Joudaki, S. & Kuijken, K. & 13 others, , 14 Nov 2025, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics. 703, p. 1-25 25 p., A144.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Matter power spectrum reconstruction with KiDS-Legacy: Improved internal ΛCDM consistency and preference for strong baryonic feedback
Broxterman, J. C., Simon, P., Porth, L., Kuijken, K., Wright, A. H., Asgari, M., Bilicki, M., Heymans, C., Hildebrandt, H., Hoekstra, H., Joachimi, B., Li, S.-S., Maturi, M., Moscardini, L., Radovich, M., Reischke, R. & Wietersheim-Kramsta, M. V., 1 Nov 2025, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics. 703, p. 1-8 8 p., L3.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
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KiDS-Legacy: Consistency of cosmic shear measurements and joint cosmological constraints with external probes
Stölzner, B., Wright, A. H., Asgari, M., Heymans, C., Hildebrandt, H., Hoekstra, H., Joachimi, B., Kuijken, K., Li, S.-S., Mahony, C., Reischke, R., Yoon, M., Bilicki, M., Burger, P., Chisari, N. E., Dvornik, A., Georgiou, C., Giblin, B., Harnois-Déraps, J. & Jalan, P. & 16 others, , 17 Oct 2025, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics. 702, p. 1-24 24 p., A169.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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KiDS-1000: Weak lensing and intrinsic alignment around luminous red galaxies
Fortuna, M. C., Dvornik, A., Hoekstra, H., Chisari, N. E., Asgari, M., Bilicki, M., Heymans, C., Hildebrandt, H., Kuijken, K., Wright, A. H. & Yao, J., 24 Feb 2025, In: Astronomy and Astrophysics. 694, p. 1-13 13 p., A322.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Advanced Inference for Rubin Observatory Cosmology
Zuntz, J. (Principal Investigator) & Heymans, C. (Co-investigator)
Science and Technology Facilities Council
1/04/24 → 31/03/27
Project: Research
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Astronomer Royal Telescopes in Scotland's Outdoor Residential Centres
Heymans, C. (Principal Investigator)
Science and Technology Facilities Council
1/06/23 → 31/05/25
Project: Research
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Extreme star formation in the ultraviolet: The CASTOR revolution
Heymans, C. (Principal Investigator)
1/09/22 → 31/08/23
Project: Research
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Astronomer Royal Telescopes in Scotland's Outdoor Residential Centres
Heymans, C. (Principal Investigator)
1/05/22 → 31/10/23
Project: Research
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Astronomy and Astrophysics at Edinburgh
Best, P. (Principal Investigator), Biller, B. (Co-investigator), Dave, R. (Co-investigator), Dunlop, J. (Co-investigator), Heymans, C. (Co-investigator), Khochfar, S. (Co-investigator), McLure, R. (Co-investigator), Palmer, P. (Co-investigator), Peacock, J. (Co-investigator), Rice, K. (Co-investigator), Smith, B. (Co-investigator) & Taylor, A. (Co-investigator)
Science and Technology Facilities Council
1/04/21 → 31/03/25
Project: Research
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8/12/25
1 Media contribution
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Planetary scientist Michele Dougherty made first female UK astronomer royal
30/07/25
1 Media contribution
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"Ultimate telescope" in Chile delivers first record images
24/06/25
1 Media contribution
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First images of distant galleries captured by 'ultimate' telescope
23/06/25
1 Media contribution
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