Biography
Research Interests
I work primarily on dark energy measurements with the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST). My research uses a variety of astronomical observations and numerical simulations to learn about dark energy, dark matter, galaxies, and the very early universe. Beyond LSST, I am particularly interested in new algorithms, models, and statistical tools for source identification, and knowledge synthesis in multi-epoch imaging data.
Education
- Ph.D., Physics, University California at Davis, 2008
- M.S., Physics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 2005
- B.S., Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2003
Publications
2014 2 publications
- Hierarchical Probabilistic Inference of Cosmic Shear, M. D. Schneider, D. W. Hogg, P. J. Marshall, W. A. Dawson, J. Meyers, D. J. Bard, D. Lang, Submitted (November 2014). arXiv: 1411.2608
- Probing Dark Energy with Lensing Magnification in Photometric Surveys, M. D. Schneider,Physical Review Letters 112, 061301 (2014). arXiv: 1401.0537
2013 3 publications
- The Effect of Covariance Estimator Error on Cosmological Parameter Constraints,S. Dodelson, M. D. Schneider,Physical Review D, vol. 88, issue 6 (2013). arXiv: 1304.2593
- Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): Galaxy Radial Alignments in GAMA Groups,M. D. Schneider, S. Cole, C. S. Frenk, L. Kelvin, R. Mandelbaum, P. Norberg, J. Bland-Hawthorn, S. Brough, S. Driver, A. Hopkins, J. Liske, J. Loveday, A. Robotham, MNRAS, (2013). arXiv: 1306.4963
- Cosmic Shear Results from the Deep Lens Survey – I: Joint Constraints on Omega_m and Sigma_8 with a Two-Dimensional Analysis,M. J. Jee, J. A. Tyson, M. D. Schneider, D. Wittman, S. Schmidt, S. Hilbert, The Astrophysical Journal, 765, 74 (2013) arXiv: 1210.2732
2012 1 publication
- Bayesian linking of geosynchronous orbital debris tracks as seen by the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope,M. D. Schneider,Advances in Space Research, 49, 4, pp. 655-666, (2012), arXiv: 1111.2556
Awards
Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Prize Post-doctoral Fellowship offer, 2011
Excellence in Publication award, LLNL Physical and Life Sciences Directorate, 2011 & 2014