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Profile & Core Strengths

Profile

  • Highly energetic and passionate about Astronomy and Cosmology 

 

  • Great deal of experience working in multicultural and interdisciplinary avenues with a high recognition for teamwork skills and leadership potential.

 

Core Strengths

  • Problem solving skills, teamwork skills, analytical thinking, communication skills, multitasking, highly motivated

Work​
experience​

07/2016 - present                                    Lecturer, Department of Physics, University of Namibia (UNAM)

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02/2014 - 06/2015                                   Tutor and assistant lecturer, NASSP MSc course: Observa- tional Cosmology; DMAM,                                                                         University of Cape Town (UCT)

 

02/2013 - 03/2015                                  Intern (http://www.astro4dev.org/aboutiauoad/oadteam/), International Astronomical                                                                       Union (IAU, https://www.iau.org/) Global Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD)

 

07/2011 - 11/2011 1st Year Physics Lab Demonstrator & Tutor, Department of Physics, UCT

 

07/2011 - 11/2011 1st Year Mathematics Hot Seat Tutor, DMAM, UCT

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10/2006 - 12/2009 Commercial Analyst, Namibia Power Corporation (Pty) Ltd (NamPower)

Duties: Feasibility studies for construction of new power sta- tions; cost-benefit analysis of various options: coal-fired, diesel- fired vs renewable options, i.e. hydro- and wind-powered op- tions; coal tender evaluations; board report compilations; bud- get planning; power sale pricing

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11/2004 - 09/2006 Graduate Energy Trader, NamPower

Duties: Modelling the balance between existing generation and transmission infrastructure and plans of new generation op- tions; investigations of novel electricity load forecasting meth- ods for meeting total electricity demand shortfalls, scheduling daily country-wide demand for power from foreign power utili- ties to meet local shortfall, mostly from SA power utility Eskom

 

02/2004 - 06/2004 1st Year Physics Lab Demonstrator, Department of Physics, UNAM

Education

UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN

03/2013 - 12/2017 PhD: Supernova Cosmology, Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics (DMAM)

Topic: SALT Spectroscopy and Classification of Supernova Spectra using Bayesian Techniques

(https://open.uct.ac.za/handle/11427/27283)

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02/2011 - 06/2013 MSc: National Astrophysics and Space Science Program (NASSP http://www.star.ac.za/, course work and dissertation); DMAM

Topic: The Type Ia Supernova Rate In Intermediate Redshift Galaxy Clusters (https://open.uct.ac.za/handle/11427/6666)

 

02/2010 - 11/2010 BSc (Hons): NASSP (coursework and mini-dissertation); DMAM

 

INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 

01/2008 - 05/2008 CompTIA Network+

06/2007 - 11/2007 CompTIA A+

 

UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA

02/2001 - 11/2004 BSc, double major: Mathematics, Physics

 

NOORDGRENS SECONDARY SCHOOL

01/2000 - 11/2000 Grade 12

Publications
Theses
  • Kasai, E, 2013, “The Type Ia Supernova Rate in Intermediate Redshift Galaxy Clusters”, MSc thesis (UCT)

 

  • Kasai, E, 2017, “SALT Spectroscopy and Classification of Supernova Spectra using Bayesian Techniques”, PhD thesis (UCT)

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Papers

 

  • Cartier, R., Kasai, E. K. et al. 2017, “Early observations of the nearby Type Ia supernova SN 2015F".

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Draft/planned papers

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  • Kasai et al. 2018, “MCSupernova: The first Bayesian Supernova Spectra Classifier”, envisioned to be on the archive (arXiv.org) by the 31st of May 2018;

 

  • Kasai et al. 2018, “Spectral Analysis of DES Type Ia supernovae observed with SALT”, envisioned to be on the archive within the 2nd quarter of 2018

 

Conference proceedings

 

  • Kasai et al. 2015, “SALT Spectroscopy of 5 DES Type Ia Supernovae”, submitted to the International Science and Technology Journal of Namibia

 

  • Kasai et al. 2015, “SALT Spectroscopy of Dark Energy Survey Supernovae and their Classification”, published in the Proceedings of Science (PoS(SSC2015)022)

 

ATels

 

  • Kasai, E.; Bassett, B.; Crawford S.; et al.; “Discovery and Classification of DES15S2kqw”, The Astronomer’s Telegram, ATel #8188

 

  • Bassett E.; Kasai, E.; Crawford, S.; et al.; “Discovery and Classification of DES15E1kwg and DES15X3kqv by SALT and AAT”, The Astronomer’s Telegram, ATel #8164

 

  • Kasai, E.; Bassett, B.; Crawford S.; et al.; “Discovery and Classification of DES15C2ir by SALT”, The Astronomer’s Telegram, ATel #7973

 

  • Kasai, E.; Bassett, B.; Crawford S.; et al.; “SALT Classification of DES Supernova Candidates”, The Astronomer’s Telegram, ATel #7031

 

  • Smith, M.; Bassett, B.; Kasai, E.; Crawford, S. M.; et al.; “Spectroscopic Confirmation of DES13X1kae”, The Astronomer's Telegram, ATel #5548

 

  • Smith, M.; Okouma, P.; Bassett, B.; Kasai, E.; Crawford, S. M.; et al.; “Spectroscopic Confirmation of DES13C1feu”, The Astronomer's Telegram, ATel #5463

 

 

References
Professor Bruce Bassett (PhD Supervisor)

Professor of Mathematics at UCT, Researcher at AIMS and SAAO,

Tel: +27 21 787 9357/9262, Email: bruce.a.bassett@gmail.com

 

Dr Steven M. Crawford (PhD co-supervisor)

SALT Science Data Manager SAAO, Phone: +27 (0)21 460 9359
Email: crawford@saao.ac.za

 

Dr Riaan Steenkamp

Senior Lecturer and HoD: Department of Physics, University of Namibia, Tel: +264 61 206 3673, Email: rsteenkamp@unam.na

 

Mr Kevin Govender 

Director, the International Astronomical Union Office of Astronomy for Development, Tel: +27 21 460 6297, Email: kg@astro4dev.org

 

Mr Simson Kahenge Haulofu

Managing Director: Namibia Power Corporation (NamPower), PTY (Ltd).

Tel: +264 61 205 2283/205 4111,Email: simson.haulofu@nampower.com.na

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