JAO Science Team
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Álvaro Ribas
ESO-ALMA Fellow
alvaro.ribas@eso.orgScientific interests: protoplanetary disks evolution, dust grain growth, planet formation, debris disks, exoplanets.
Technical interests: (sub)mm interferometry, multi-wavelength observations, statistics, machine learning, Python.
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Antonio Hales
Operations Astronomer
ahales@alma.clScience Interests: Protoplanetary and debris disks, evolution of circumstellar gas and dust evolution in environments of planet formation, near-IR polarimetry, multiwavelength surveys of the Galactic plane, radio continuum of Herbig Ae/Be stars.
Technical interests: ALMA commissioning, astrometry, ALMA antennas, solar observations, mm/submm interferometry, image synthesis. -
Baltasar Vila Vilaro
Data Management Group Manager
bvilavil@alma.clScience Interests: Nuclear activity in galaxies, lenticular and elliptical galaxies, molecular and atomic gas properties along the Hubble Sequence, Milky Way structure.
Technical interests: mm/submm. interferometry, calibration. -
Bill Dent
System Astronomer
wdent@alma.clScience Interests: Protostellar disks, debris disks, planet formation, protostellar outflows, Galactic Centre, line & continuum radiative transfer models.
Technical interests: Correlators & frontend receivers, ir & submm spectroscopy, interferometry. -
Celia Verdugo
Data Analyst
cverdugo@alma.clScience Interests: Star formation at low metallicity, molecular gas, molecular clouds and clumps.
Technical interests: mm/submm astronomy. Single dish and interferometry observations, data reduction and analysis. Bolometers and heterodyne receivers. -
Chat Hull
NAOJ Fellow
chat.hull@nao.ac.jpScience interests: Star formation, polarization, magnetic fields, protoplanetary disks, synthetic observations of MHD simulations.
Technical interests: cm/mm/submm interferometry, radio instrumentation, polarization calibration, high-dynamic-range imaging. -
Chentao Yang
ESO fellow
cyang@eso.orgScience Interests: star formation, galaxy formation and evolution, dusty star-forming galaxies at high-redshift, molecular gas and dust.
Technical interests: cm/mm/submm single-dish and interferometry observations, imaging and spectroscopy, calibration. -
Chin-Shin Chang
Science Archive Content Manager
cschang@alma.clScience Interests: Galaxies and supermassive black holes, jets and outflows. Active Galactic Nuclei studies using Very Long Baseline Interferometry, in particular the VLBI kinematics and the multi-wavelength studies (radio/optical/X-ray/gamma-ray) on AGN inner-jet. M87 jet dynamics.
Technical interests: VLBI wide-fied (more…) -
Cristián López
Data Analyst
clopez@alma.clScience Interests: Star Formation, Giant Molecular Clouds, and gas and dust in the ISM.
Technical interests: Continuum and Spectral observations in mm/sub-mm single dish and interferometric telescopes. Verification and optimisation of single dish and interferometric arrays. -
Daniel Walker
Postdoctoral Fellow
daniel.walker@alma.clScience Interests: The early stages of high-mass star and stellar cluster formation, the environmental dependence of star formation, the Central Molecular Zone.
Technical interests: sub-mm astronomy, interferometry, single-dish combination, imaging and calibration. -
David Rebolledo
ALMA/NRAO Fellow
david.rebolledo@alma.clScience Interests: Different phases of the interstellar medium and the process of star formation at different size scales in nearby galaxies and the Milky Way.
Technical interests: Radio astronomy, interferometry at cm/mm wavelengths, and techniques to combine single dish images with interferometric data. -
Ed Fomalont
Senior Astronomer
efomalon@alma.clScience Interests: Astrometry, tests of General Relativity, VLBI especially from space, evolution of binary stellar systems, evolution of AGN and star-forming galaxies and cosmology.
Technical interests: Interferometric analysis and software, high dynamic range imaging, micro-arcsecond astrometric precision, polarization interferometry. -
Elizabeth Humphreys
Head of the Department of Science Operations
Dr. Liz Humphreys joined the ALMA project in September 2009 as an astronomer in the European (more…)
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Enrique Macías
ESO-ALMA Fellow
enrique.macias@alma.clScience Interests: Star formation, structure and evolution of protoplanetary disks, protoplanetary disk dispersal, radio jets, dust grain growth and evolution, planet formation.
Technical interests: Radio astronomy, submm/mm/cm interferometry, imaging, statistics.
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Eric Villard
Deputy of Data Management Group
evillard@alma.clScience Interests: Planetary atmospheres, exoplanets.
Technical interests: mm/submm. interferometry, calibrators, astrometry. -
Gabriel Marinello
Data Analyst
Scientific Interests: Observational cosmology, large-scale structure of the Universe, galaxy clusters, galaxy evolution in clusters, cosmic microwave background, Sunyaev-Zel’dovich effect observations, quasars.
Technical Interest: Mm/submm interferometry, single-dish mm/submm astronomy, optical imaging and spectroscopy, (more…) -
Giorgio Siringo
Front-End Technical Lead
gsiringo@alma.clScience Interests: magnetic field and star formation, galactic magnetic field, AGN variability, anisotropies and polarization of the Cosmic Background Radiation
Technical interests: mm/submm detectors, single-dish, interferometry and polarization, imaging, data reduction -
Harold Francke
Science Archive Content Manager
hfrancke@alma.clScience Interests: Galaxy formation and evolution, especially at high redshift, and its relation to active galactic nuclei. Cosmology and large scale structure.
Technical interests: Optical and NIR imaging and spectroscopy data processing. Radio, mm and sub-mm interferometry and aperture synthesis. Multiwavelength datasets analysis. -
Ignacio Toledo
Data Analyst
itoledo@alma.clScience Interests: Diffuse light and evolution in galaxy clusters. Bulge and Galactic plane studies in near-infrared. Extrasolar planetary transits.
Technical interests: mm/submm interferometry and aperture synthesis. Optical and near-infrared data reduction techniques. Virtual Observatory publishing and data mining. -
John Carpenter
Observatory Scientist
jcarpent@alma.clScience Interests: Circumstellar disks, debris disks, structure of molecular clouds, and star formation.
Technical interests: mm/submm. interferometry, single-dish mm/submm astronomy, statistics -
Jorge F. García Yus
Science Archive Content Manager
jgarcia@alma.clScience Interests: Galactic structure, star formation, solar system and exoplanets.
Technical interests: Optical/IR/MIR imaging and photometry. Multi wavelength surveys, catalog and databases. Ground telescope observations. Ultimately VO interoperability. -
José Gallardo Narbona
Science Archive Content Manager
jagallar@alma.clScience Interests: Evolutionary models of low mass stars, brown dwarfs and extrasolar planets. Atmospheric models of young stellar and sub-stellar objects. Intermediate and high mass star formation. Proto-stellar outflows, proto-stellar and debris disks. Binary stellar systems.
Technical interests: Optical/infrared imaging, photometry, spectroscopy; sub-mm/mm/radio interferometry. -
José Miguel Fernández Contreras
Data Analyst
jose.fernandez@alma.clScience Interests: Star formation, proto-planetary disks, binary stellar systems, extrasolar planets.
Technical interests: Optical/Infrared imaging, photometry, spectroscopy; sub-mm/mm/radio interferometry -
Juan Cortés
Operations Astronomer
jcortes@alma.clScience Interests: Interacting and merging Galaxies, lenticular and elliptical galaxies, galaxy formation, galaxy evolution along z, high-z submillimeter galaxies, galaxy stellar and gas dynamics.
Technical interests: mm/submm. interferometry, Integral Field spectroscopy, single-dish mm/submm astronomy. -
Kurt Plarre
Data Analyst
kplarre@alma.clScience Interests: Bayesian methods, inverse problems in Astronomy
Technical interests: mm/sub-mm astronomy. Antenna/array verification, maintenance and calibration. Data manipulation and visualization. Data reduction. Web development. -
Laura Gómez
Science Archive Content Manager
lgomez@alma.clScience Interests: Star formation at early evolutionary stages, fragmentation and structure of molecular clouds, proper motions of radio sources.
Technical interests: cm/mm/submm interferometry, cm/mm/submm single dish techniques (bolometer and heterodyne), mosaicking with interferometer, combining interferometry and single dish data. -
Liza Videla Altieri
Science Archive Content Manager
lvidela@alma.clScience Interests: Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN), Seyfert galaxies, central engine of AGN, massive black holes at galactic centers, Ultra Luminous Infrared Galaxies (ULIRGs), starburst galaxies, galaxy evolution.
Technical interests: Data reduction, astronomical databases, Virtual Observatory, interferometric techniques, imaging and spectroscopy in infrared and radio -
Luciano Cerrigone
Science archive content manager
luciano.cerrigone@alma.clScientific interests: circumstellar envelopes in intermediate- and high-mass stars, AGB and post-AGB stars, molecular outflows, radio continuum properties of Planetary nebulae, LBV nebulae.
Technical interests: ground- and space-based mid-IR imaging and spectrometry, interferometry from the cm to the sub-mm range, single-dish techniques. -
Marie-Lou Gendron-Marsolais
ESO-ALMA Fellow
marie-lou.gendron-marsolais@eso.orgScience interests: Multi-wavelength studies of groups and clusters of galaxies, AGN feedback, brightest cluster/group galaxies.
Technical interests: high-dynamical-range low radio frequency imaging, X-ray data reduction and analysis, optical imaging Fourier transform spectroscopy.
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Matias Radiszcz
Data Analyst
mradiszc@alma.clScience Interests: Dusty disc in white dwarfs, interacting binaries, and evolverd stars. Brown dwarfs, exoplanets, planetary system formation/evolution, and protoplanetary disks. Stellar populations in the Milky Way, and Milky Way structure. Astrometry.
Technical interests: Sub mm/radio interferometry, and single dish data reduction and (more…) -
Paulo Cortés
Operations Astronomer
pcortes@alma.clScience Interests: Star formation, magnetic fields, formation of molecular clouds, interacting and merging galaxies, galaxy formation, galaxy evolution, high-z submillimeter galaxies.
Technical interests: mm/submm. interferometry, single-dish mm/submm astronomy, parallel and distributed computing. -
Rubén Herrero-Illana
ESO-ALMA Fellow
rherrero@eso.orgScience Interests: Luminous Infrared galaxies, Active Galactic Nuclei, starburst galaxies, interstellar medium, multi-wavelength characterization.
Technical interests: cm/mm interferometry and single-dish, VLBI technique, high-resolution near-IR imaging. -
Ruediger Kneissl
Operations Astronomer
rkneissl@alma.clScience Interests: Observational cosmology, cosmic microwave background, clusters of galaxies, Sunyaev-Zel’dovich observations, radio- and sub-mm galaxies.
Technical interests: cm-submm interferometry and single dish, bolometer arrays, imaging techniques and simulations. -
Satoko Takahashi
Science Operations Astronomer
stakahas@alma.clScience Interests: Star formation at early evolutionary stages, fragmentation properties of filamentary molecular clouds.
Technical interests: mm/submm. interferometry, wide-field interferometric imaging. -
Seiji Kameno
System Verification Scientist
skameno@alma.clScience Interests: Formation and fueling of active galactic nuclei, optimization of radio astronomy system such as interferometry, spectroscopy, and polarimetry.
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Sergio Martín
Science Operations Astronomer
sergio.martin@alma.clScience Interests: Astrochemistry and molecular spectroscopy. Evolution of active galaxies. Starburst, AGN and ULIRG environments. Galactic Center.
Technical interests: mm and submm single dish and interferometric observations and calibration.
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Stéphane Leon
System Astronomer
sleon@alma.clScience Interests: Effects of the environment on stellar systems, globular clusters, dynamics of the molecular gas in galaxies, ISM content of radio galaxies, barred and isolated galaxies.
Technical interests: mm/submm, interferometry and single dish, wide field telescopes, numerical simulations. -
Stuartt Corder
Deputy Director
scorder@alma.clScience Interests: Debris disks, proto-stellar disks, proto-stellar environments, high-mass star formation, dynamics and feedback in nearby star-forming clouds.
Technical interests: mm/submm. interferometry, high fidelity imaging, mosaicking with interferometers. -
Theodoros Nakos
Data Management Group Manager
theodoros.nakos@alma.clScience Interests: Photometry and astrometry of binary stars, multi-wavelength detection of quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN), gravitational lensing.
Technical Interests: Photometry (optical, near and mid-infrared), astrometry, calibrations, space and ground-based instrumentation
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Tsuyoshi Sawada
System Astronomer
tsawada@alma.clScience Interests: Interstellar medium in the Galaxy and galaxies.
Technical interests: mm/submm. interferometry and single-dish antennas. -
Violette Impellizzeri
Operations Astronomer
vimpelli@alma.clScience Interests: Active galactic nuclei, high resolution molecular emission/absorption from tori, water mega-maser emission, accretion disks, supermassive black-holes, high-redshift lines, gravitational lensing, galaxy evolution.
Technical interests: cm to mm/submm interferometry, VLBI and single dish spectroscopy. Calibration techniques and high fidelity imaging. -
Yoshiharu Asaki
NAOJ associate professor
yasaki@alma.clScience Interests: Dynamics of gas motions around evolved stars and of massive star forming regions by observing astrophysical masers. Precise astrometry using radio interferometry with an accuracy of milli arcseconds.
Technical interests: Calibration techniques for correcting interferometer observable errors especially due to the Earth atmosphere and interferometer instruments.