Olivier Hervet, Ph.D.

Welcome! I am an assistant project scientist and lecturer at UC Santa Cruz at the Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics (SCIPP). The largest aspect of my research deals with the multi-wavelength study of active galactic nuclei (AGN). It includes data analysis from optical to gamma rays and intensive use of radio data from very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI). My specialty is the broadband spectra interpretation and modeling of AGN.

I am mostly involved in the field of high-energy astrophysics, specifically with very-high-energies (E > 100 GeV) using ground-based Cherenkov telescopes. In this domain, I was a member of the H.E.S.S. collaboration for 6 years, and I am currently a member of the VERITAS Collaboration (4 telescope array in Arizona). I am also a member of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) consortium since 2012, the largest worldwide array of Cherenkov telescopes, which will come into operation in the coming years. Within this collaboration, I coordinate simulations tasks for the US-developed telescope SCT, with the goal of estimating the performances of the SCT for its future implementation in CTA.