CV:
Education
1996–2001 Ph. D. (Astronomy), University of Victoria, Canada
1993–1994 M. Sc. (Astronomy), University of Toronto, Canada
1988–1993 B. Sc. (Mathematics & Physics), University of Toronto, Canada
Employment
2006–present Assistant Professor, Physics & Astronomy. University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
2004–2006 Postdoctoral Fellow (COSMOS – The Cosmic Evolution Survey), Astronomy,
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
2001–2004 Postdoctoral Research Assistant (Leverhulme Trust; PPARC), Astrophysics,
University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
1995–1996 Research Assistant, Medical Physics, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, Toronto, Canada
Member of the International Astronomical Union, the Canadian Astronomical Society and the American Astronomical Society; affiliate member of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics; visitor at the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA) and member of CITA Inc.
Awards and Fellowships
2009–2014: NSERC Discovery Grant
2006–2009: NSERC Discovery Grant
2006–2007: Co-Investigator, Hubble Space Telescope Cycle 15 Snapshot Proposal #10881 (143 orbits)
2004 : UK PPARC Postdoctoral Fellowship
2001–2004: Leverhulme Postdoctoral Fellowship
1998–1999: Petrie Memorial Fellowship
1997–1998: President’s Research Scholarship
1996–1998: NSERC Canada Postgraduate Scholarship
1996–1997: President’s Research Scholarship
Publications
42. What Do Dark Matter Halo Properties Tell Us about Their Mass Assembly Histories?
Wong, Anson W.C., Taylor, James E. 2012 ApJ 757, 102
41. The Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey (NGVS). I. Introduction to the Survey, Ferrarese et al. 2012 ApJS, 200, 4
40. COSMOS: Stochastic Bias from Measurements of Weak Lensing and Galaxy Clustering, Jullo, E., Rhodes, J., Kiessling, A., Taylor, J. E., Massey, R., Berge, J., Schimd, C., Kneib, J.-P., Scoville, N., 2012 ApJ 750, 37
39. Measuring the Geometry of the Universe from Weak Gravitational Lensing behind Galaxy Groups in the HST COSMOS Survey, Taylor, J. E., Massey, R. J., Leauthaud, A., George, M. R., Rhodes, J., Kitching, T. D., Capak, P., Ellis, R., Finoguenov, A., Ilbert, O., Jullo, E., Kneib, J.-P., Koekemoer, A. M., Scoville, N., Tanaka, M., 2012 ApJ 749, 127
38. New constraints on the evolution of the stellar-to-dark matter connection: a combined analysis of galaxy-galaxy lensing, clustering, and stellar mass functions from z=0.2 to z=1, Leauthaud, A., Tinker, J., Bundy, K., Behroozi, P. S., Massey, R., Rhodes, J., George, M. R., Kneib, J.-P., Benson, A., Wechsler, R. H., Busha, M. T., Capak, P., Cortes, M., Ilbert, O., Koekemoer, A. M., Le Fevre, O., Lilly, S., McCracken, H. J., Salvato, M., Schrabback, T., Scoville, N., Smith, T., Taylor, J.
E., ApJ in press (preprint arXiv:1104.0928)
37. The GALEX Ultraviolet Virgo Cluster Survey (GUViCS). I: The UV luminosity
function of the central 12 square degrees, A. Boselli et al. 2011 A&A 528, 107
36. Suzaku X-ray Follow-up Observation of Weak-lensing-detected Halos in the Field
around ZwCl0823.2+0425, E. Watanabe et al. 2011 PASJ 63, 357
34. ‘A Weak Lensing Study of X-Ray Groups in the COSMOS Survey: Form and Evolution of the Mass-Luminosity Relation’, A. Leauthaud, A. Finoguenov, J.-P. Kneib, D. E. Johnston, R. Massey, J. Rhodes, J. E. Taylor, P. Capak, O. Ilbert, K. Bundy, N. Cappelluti, R. S. Ellis, M. Elvis, C. Heymans, A. M. Koekemoer, O. Le F‘evre, S. Lilly, Y. Mellier, A. Refregier, M. Salvato, N. Scoville, G. Smoot, M. Tanaka, L. Van Waerbeke, M Wolk, submitted to ApJ
33. ‘The Chandra COSMOS Survey, I: Overview and Point Source Catalog’, Elvis et al. 2009, ApJ Sup. 184, 158
32. ‘Subaru Weak Lensing survey – I I: Multi-ob ject Spectroscopy and Cluster Masses’, Hamana, T., Miyazaki, S., Kashikawa, N., Ellis, R., Massey R. J., , Refregier, A., Taylor, J. 2009, PASJ 61, 833
31. ‘On the Contribution of Large-Scale Structure to Strong Gravitational Lensing’, C. Faure, J.-P. Kneib, S. Hilbert, R. Massey, G. Covone, A. Finoguenov, A. Leauthaud, J. E. Taylor, S. Pires, N. Scoville, A. M. Koekemoer 2009, ApJ 695,
1233
30. ‘On the Origin of the 511 keV Emission in the Galactic Centre’ , Bandyopadhyay, R. M., Silk, J., Taylor, J. E. & Maccarone, T.J. 2009, MNRAS 392, 1115
29.‘Connecting Substructure in Galaxy Cluster Cores with Cluster Assembly Histories’, G.P. Smith & J. E. Taylor 2008, ApJ 682, L73
28. ‘The first strong galaxy-galaxy lensing candidates in the COSMOS field’, C. Faure, J.-P. Kneib, L. Tasca, A. Leauthaud, G. Covone, S. De La Torre, J. Walcher, P. Capak, R. Ellis, C. Heymans, A. Koekemoer, O. Le Fevre, Y. Mellier, A. Refregier, J. Rhodes, N. Scoville, J. E. Taylor, L. Van Waerbeke 2008, ApJS 176, 19
27. ‘The Orbital Distribution of Satellite Galaxies’, Herbert-Fort, S., Zaritsky, D., Kim, Y. J., Bailin, J., Taylor, J. 2008, MNRAS 384, 803
26. ‘A Subaru Weak-Lensing Survey. I. Cluster Candidates and Spectroscopic Verification’, Miyazaki, S., Hamana, T., Ellis, R., Kashikawa, N., Massey R. J., Taylor, J., Refregier, A. 2007, ApJ 669, 714
25. Can Astrophysical Gamma-Ray Sources Mimic Dark Matter Annihilation in Galactic Satellites?, Baltz, E. A., Taylor, J. E., Wai, L. L. 2007, ApJ 659, 125
24. ‘Dark matter maps reveal cosmic scaffolding’, R. Massey, J. Rhodes, R. Ellis, N. Scoville, A. Leauthaud, A. Finoguenov, P. Capak, D. Bacon, H. Aussel, J.-P. Kneib, A. Koekemoer, H. J. McCracken, B. Mobasher, S. Pires, A. Refregier, S. Sazaki, J.-L. Starck, Y. Tanuguchi, A. Taylor, J. E. Taylor, Nature 445, 283
23. ‘The First Release COSMOS Optical and Near-IR Data and Catalog’, P. Capak, H. Aussel, M. Ajiki, H. J. McCracken, B. Mobasher, N. Scoville, P. Shopbell, Y. Taniguchi, D. Thompson, S. Tribiano, S. Sasaki, A. W. Blain, M. Brusa, C. Carilli,
C. M. Carollo, A. Comastri, C. M. Carollo, J. Colbert, R. S. Ellis, M. Elvis, M. Giavalisco, W. Green, L. Guzzo, G. Hasinger, C. Impey, O. Ilbert, K. Jahnke, J. Kartaltepe, J-P. Kneib, J. Koda, A. Koekemoer, Y. Komiyama, O. Lefevre, A. Leauthaud, S. Lilly, R. Massey, T. Murayama, S. Miyazaki, T. Nagao, J. A. Peacock, A. Pickles, C. Porciani, A. Renzini, J. Rhodes, M. Rich, M. Salvato, D. B. Sanders, C. Scarlata, D. Schiminovich, E. Schinnerer, M. Scodeggio, K. Sheth, Y. Shioya, L. A. M. Tasca, J. E. Taylor, L. Yan, G. Zamorani, ApJS 172, 99
22. ‘Weak Gravitational Lensing with COSMOS: Building a sample of half a million galaxies with accurate shapes and redshifts’, A. Leauthaud, R. Massey, J.-P. Kneib, J. Rhodes, P. Capak, C. Heymans, R. S. Ellis, D. E. Johnston, A. Koekemoer, O. Le Fevre, Y. Mellier, A. Refregier, A. Robin, N. Scoville, L. Tasca, J. E. Taylor & L. Van Waerbeke, ApJS 172, 219
21. ‘COSMOS: 3D weak lensing and the growth of structure’, R. Massey, J. Rhodes, A. Leauthaud, P. Capak, R. Ellis, A. Koekemoer, A. Refregier, N. Scoville, J. E. Taylor, J. Albert, J. Berge, C. Heymans, J.-P. Kneib, Y. Mellier, B. Mobasher, P. Shopbell, L. Tasca & L. Van Waerbeke, ApJS 172, 239
20. ‘The Stability of the Point Spread Function of the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the Hubble Space Telescope and Implications for Weak Gravitational Lensing’, J. Rhodes, R.J.Massey, J. Albert, N. Collins, R. S. Ellis, C. Heymans, J.P.Gardner, J-P. Kneib, A. Koekemoer, A. Leauthaud, Y. Mellier, A. Refregier, J. E. Taylor, L. Van Waerbeke, submitted to ApJS 172, 203
19. ‘Large Structures and Galaxy Evolution in COSMOS at z < 1.1’, N. Scoville, H. Aussel, A. Benson, A. Blain, D. Calzetti, P. Capak, R. S. Ellis, A. El-Zant, A. Finoguenov, M. Giavalisco, L. Guzzo, G. Hasinger, J. Koda, O. Lefevre, R. Massey, H. J. McCracken, B. Mobasher, A. Renzini, J. Rhodes, M. Salvato, D. B. Sanders, S. S. Sasaki, E. Schinnerer, K. Sheth, P. L. Shopbell, Y. Taniguchi, J. E. Taylor, D. J. Thompson, ApJS 172, 150
18. ‘The Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS): a large-scale structure at z = 0.73 and the relation of galaxy morphologies to local environment’, L. Guzzo, P. Cassata, A. Finoguenov, R. Massey, N. Z. Scoville, P. Capak, R. S. Ellis, B. Mobasher, Y. Taniguchi, D. Thompson, M. Aijiki, H. Aussel, H. Bohringer, M. Brusa, D. Calzetti, A. Comastri, A. Franceschini, G. Hasinger, A. M. Koekemoer, J.-P. Kneib, A. Leauthaud, H. J. McCracken, T. Murayama, T. Nagao, J. Rhodes, D. B. Sanders, S. Sasaki, Y. Shioya, L.Tasca, J. E. Taylor, ApJS 172, 254
17. ‘The XMM-Newton Wide-Field Survey in the COSMOS Field: VI. Statistical Properties of Clusters of Galaxies’, A. Finoguenov, G. Guzzo, G. Hasinger, N. Z.Scoville, H. Aussel, H. Bohringer, M. Brusa, P. Capak, N. Cappelluti, A. Comastri, R. E. Griffiths, C. Impey, A. M. Koekemoer, J.-P. Kneib, A. Leauthaud, O. Le Fevre, S. Lilly, V. Mainieri, R. Sakelliou, E. Schinnerer, J. D. Silverman, V. Smolcic, Y. Taniguchi, L. Tasca, J. E. Taylor, J. Trump, G. Zamorani, ApJS 172, 182
16. ‘Tidal Destruction of The First Dark Microhalos’, Zhao, HongSheng, Hooper, Dan, Angus, Garry W., Taylor, James E., Silk, Joseph, ApJ 654, 697
15. ‘The Mass Assembly History of Field Galaxies: Detection of an Evolving Mass Limit for Star Forming Galaxies’, Bundy, Kevin, Ellis, Richard S., Conselice, Christopher J., Taylor, James E., Cooper, Michael C., Willmer, Christopher N. A., Weiner, Benjamin J., Coil, Alison L., Noeske, Kai G., Eisenhardt, Peter R. M., ApJ 651, 120
14. ‘Astrometric Perturbations in Substructure Lensing’, Chen, Jacqueline, Rozo, Eduardo, Dalal, Neal, Taylor, James E., ApJ 659, 52
13. ‘The Evolution of Substructure in Galaxy, Group and Cluster Haloes I I I: Comparison with Simulations’, Taylor, J. E. & Babul, A., MNRAS 364, 535
12. ‘The Evolution of Substructure in Galaxy, Group and Cluster Haloes I I: Global Properties’, Taylor, J. E. & Babul, A., MNRAS 364, 515
11. ‘Massive Black Hole Remnants of the First Stars I I I: Observational Signatures from the Past’, Islam, R. R., Taylor, J. E. & Silk, J., MNRAS 354, 629
10. ‘Massive Black Hole Remnants of the First Stars I I: Optical and X-ray Signatures in Present-day Galactic Haloes’, Islam, R. R., Taylor, J. E. & Silk, J., MNRAS 354, 443
9. ‘Massive Black Hole Remnants of the First Stars I: Abundance in Present-day Galactic Haloes’, Islam, R. R., Taylor, J. E. & Silk, J., MNRAS 354, 427
8. ‘Can Supersymmetry Naturally Explain the Positron Excess?’, Hooper, D., Taylor, J. E. & Silk, J., Phys. Rev. D 69, 103509
7. ‘The Evolution of Substructure in Galaxy, Group and Cluster Haloes I: Basic Dynamics’, Taylor, J. E. & Babul, A., MNRAS 348, 811
6. ‘Observing the Sunyaev-Zel’dovich Effect Closer to Home’, Taylor, J. E., Moodley, K. & Diego, J. M., MNRAS 345, 1127
5. ‘Massive Black Hole Remnants of the First Stars in Galactic Haloes’, Islam, R. R., Taylor, J. E. & Silk, J. 2003, MNRAS 340, 647
4. ‘The Structural Evolution of Substructure’, Hayashi, E., Navarro, J. F., Taylor, J. E., Stadel, J. & Quinn, T. 2003, ApJ 584, 541
3. ‘The Clumpiness of Cold Dark Matter: Implications for the Annihilation Signal’, Taylor, J. E. & Silk, J. 2003, MNRAS 339, 505
2. ‘The Phase-space Density Profiles of Cold Dark Matter Halos’, Taylor, J. E. & Navarro, J. F. 2001, ApJ 563, 483
1. ‘Dynamics of Sinking Satellites Around Disk Galaxies: A Poor Man’s Alternative to High-Resolution Simulations’, Taylor, J. E. & Babul, A. 2001, ApJ 559, 716