Nathan Carlson
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Pasadena, CA 91109Curriculum Vitae:
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Galaxy EvolutionBiography
Nathan's research focusses on the formation and evolution of cosmic structure, which he models using computer simulations of observations of the sky. He particularly interested in learning what our observations of the sky can tell us about fundamental physics in the early universe.
Education
- PhD Physics, University of Toronto & Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA) 2019-2026
- Honours BSc Physics, University of Ottawa 2015-2019
Professional Experience
- NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (2026-present)
- Teaching Assistant at University of Toronto (2019-2025)
Community Service
Nathan has volunteered and given a public talk at University of Toronto’s AstroTours public outreach program and contributed to course development for Coding the Cosmos, a summer program for high school students.
Research Interests
Cosmology, the origins and evolution of structure in the universe
Selected Publications
- N. J. Carlson, J. R. Bond, D. T. Chung, P. Horlaville and T. Morrison, (2025) “The WebSky [CII] Forecasts and the search for primordial intermittent non-Gaussianity”, JCAP (submitted), 45 pages, 14 figures, 1 table, arXiv:2510.18312 .
- M. Lokken, J. R. Bond, R. Hloˇzek, N. J. Carlson, Z. Li, and A. van Engelen, (2025) “The superclustering of hot gas: cosmological sensitivity in the Websky simulations”, JCAP (submitted), 31 pages, 11 figures, arXiv:2510.08331.
- J. Fl´orez, N. J. Carlson, C. H. Nacke, L. Giner, J. S. Lundeen, (2017) “A variable partially polarizing beam splitter”, Review of Scientific Instruments, 9 pages, 8 figures, arXiv:1709.05209.
- J. Fl´orez, C. H. Nacke, N. J. Carlson, L. Giner, J. S. Lundeen, (2016) “A Variable Partially-Polarizing Beamsplitter”, Frontiers in Optics 2016, DOI:10.1364/FIO.2016.FF1D.3.