Douglas Scott, University of British Columbia

Research

Astrostatistics Bayesian inference Cosmic microwave background Data analysis Early Universe Galaxy formation Large-scale structure Observational cosmology

Latest papers

The Spectrum of the Universe.
Applied spectroscopy · 2018 · senior author
What do gas-rich galaxies actually tell us about modified Newtonian dynamics?
Physical review letters · 2012 · senior author
Can we avoid dark energy?
Physical review letters · 2008 · senior author

All 3 publications

Latest funding

Challenging the standard cosmological model
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$375,000
Cosmology through correlations
NSERC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$315,000
Theoretical and Observational Cosmology
NSERC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$31,000

All 11 grants and awards

3 publications.

01

The Spectrum of the Universe.

Hill R, Masui KW, Scott D

Applied spectroscopy2018Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/0003702818767133 PMID: 29617155

02

What do gas-rich galaxies actually tell us about modified Newtonian dynamics?

Foreman S, Scott D

Physical review letters2012Senior author

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.108.141302 PMID: 22540783

03

Can we avoid dark energy?

Zibin JP, Moss A, Scott D

Physical review letters2008Senior author

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.101.251303 PMID: 19113691

Challenging the standard cosmological model

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Scott, Douglas

Keywords: observational cosmology; theoretical cosmology; cosmic microwave background; large-scale structure; early universe; galaxy formation; astrostatistics; bayesian inference; simulations; data analysis

$375,000

Cosmology through correlations

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Scott, Douglas

$315,000

Theoretical and Observational Cosmology

Principal investigatorNSERC2014Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Scott, Douglas

$31,000

Theoratical and observational cosmology

Principal investigatorNSERC2009Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Scott, Douglas

$315,000

Repair of BLAST telescope

Co-investigatorNSERC2006Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Netterfield, Barth

$65,820

The DRAO planck deep fields

Co-investigatorNSERC2005Special Research Opportunity Program - Project

Principal investigators: Taylor, Russell

$815,125

Structure formation in the Universe

Principal investigatorNSERC2004Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Scott, Douglas

$239,000

Canadian scientific participation in Planck

Principal investigatorNSERC2004Miscellaneous Grants

Principal investigators: Scott, Douglas

$270,000

Performance evaluation of Herschel/SPIRE

Co-investigatorNSERC2004Miscellaneous Grants

Principal investigators: Naylor, David

$75,000

Structure formation in the universe

Principal investigatorNSERC2000Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Scott, Douglas

$128,400

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Astrostatistics Dear Professor Scott, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "The Spectrum of the Universe." (2018), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Challenging the standard cosmological model" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]