JAO Science Team
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Belén Alcalde
ESO-ALMA Fellow
belen.alcalde@eso.orgScience Interests: Galaxy formation and evolution across cosmic time, massive high-redshift galaxies, stellar properties, molecular gas, and dust.
Technical Interests: Multiwavelength observations, (sub)-mm single-dish and interferometry observations, machine and deep learning techniques. -
Elizabeth Artur de la Villarmois
ESO-ALMA Fellow
Elizabeth.ArturdelaVillarmois@eso.orgScientific interests: Low-mass star formation and planet formation around circumstellar disks. Astrochemistry and the study of the molecules that are present at the time of planet formation.
Tecnical interests: Radioastronomy, mm/submm observations with interferometers or single-dish.
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Yoshiharu Asaki
NAOJ Associate Professor
yoshiharu.asaki@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. -
Drew Brisbin
Science Archive Content Manager
drew.brisbin@alma.clScience interests: galaxies at high redshift, star formation feedback mechanisms, AGN, metallicity in the early universe, abundance tracers, fine structure lines, dust, climate engineering
Technical interests: radio interferometry, submillimeter instrumentation, bolometer arrays, unfilled aperture synthesis
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John Carpenter
WSU Project Director Acting and Observatory Scientist
john.carpenter@alma.cl
Personal WebsiteScience Interests: Circumstellar disks, debris disks, structure of molecular clouds, and star formation.
Technical interests: mm/submm. interferometry, single-dish mm/submm astronomy, statistics -
Luciano Cerrigone
Science Operations Astronomer
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. -
Chin-Shin Chang
Science Archive Content Manager
chinshin.chang@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…) -
Juan Cortés
Program Management Group Manager
juan.cortes@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. -
Paulo Cortés
Operations Astronomer
paulo.cortes@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. -
Andrea Corvillón
Proposal Handling Team Lead
andrea.corvillon@alma.clScience interests: Stellar evolution, AGB stars, extrasolar planets.
Technical Interests: Statistics, SQL queries, python scripts. -
Bill Dent
System Astronomer
bill.dent@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. -
Harold Francke
Science Archive Content Manager
harold.francke@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. -
José Gallardo Narbona
Science Archive Content Manager
jose.gallardo@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. -
Jorge F. García Yus
Science Archive Content Manager
jorge.garcia@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. -
Laura Gómez
Science Archive Content Manager
laura.gomez@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. -
Kevin Harrington
ESO-ALMA Fellow
kevin.harrington@eso.orgScience interests: Understanding the build-up of stellar mass across cosmic time; Cold neutral (molecular/atomic) and ionized interstellar medium of high-redshift (z >1) galaxies; Strongly lensed, high-redshift galaxies; Progenitor galaxy cluster environments in the early Universe; Disentangling the physical processes of galaxies with co-evolving AGN and star-formation activity
Technical Interests: Radio / (sub)mm / IR spectroscopy and (more…) -
Akihiko Hirota
System Astronomer
ahirota@alma.clScience Interests: Spectroscopic observations of molecular clouds, statistical census of star formation in galactic disks, galactic dynamics
Technical interests: Single-dish and interferometric observation at mm and sub-mm wavelengths. Software development of the telescope control software.
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Seiji Kameno
System Astronomer
seiji.kameno@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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Ruediger Kneissl
Operations Astronomer
ruediger.kneissl@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. -
Evgenia Koumpia
ESO-ALMA Fellow
Evgenia.Koumpia@eso.orgScience Interests: Multiwavelength studies of low- and high- mass star forming environments to trace their dynamics, chemistry and evolution, close binaries, dense cores, massive stellar evolution,
Technical interests: Far (mm) and near IR interferometry, (sub)-mm mapping, optical spectroscopy. -
Stéphane Leon
System Astronomer
stephane.leon@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. -
Cristián López
Data Analyst
cristian.lopez@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. -
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…) -
Sergio Martín
Operations Performance Group Manager
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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Hugo Messias
DSO Astronomer
hugo.messias@alma.clScience Interests: Galaxy and super-massive black-hole co-evolution; gas content and dynamics; galaxy growth mechanisms; IR-selected AGN; distant sub-millimeter/radio-selected galaxies.
Technical Interests: IR to radio; interferometry; VLBI observations with phased ALMA; data calibration; statistics.
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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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Priscilla Nowajewski
Data Analyst
Priscilla.Nowajewski@alma.cl
Personal WebsiteScience Interests: Astrobiology, Planetary Sciences, Planetary Atmospheres, Planetary Habitability, Exoplanet's and Solar System planet's climatology, Dust storm prediction on Mars, Atmospheric Dynamics, Climate Change, Climate at High Obliquity.
Technical interests: General Circulation Models, Weather Forecasting, Photometry, Spectroscopy IR/Radio. Programming (Python, Bash), Machine Learning.
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Kurt Plarre
Data Analyst
kurt.plarre@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. -
Matias Radiszcz
Data Analyst
matias.radiszcz@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…) -
David Rebolledo
Science Operations Astronomer
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. -
Alejandro Santamaria Miranda
ESO-ALMA Fellow
asantama@eso.orgScience Interest: Star formation at the low mass end: brown dwarfs and very low mass stars from pre-stellar core to Class II sources. Jets and molecular outflows. Accretion in protoplanetary disks.
Technical Interest: Sub-mm interferometry, optical and infrared spectroscopy. -
Tsuyoshi Sawada
System Astronomer
tsuyoshi.sawada@alma.clScience Interests: Interstellar medium in the Galaxy and galaxies.
Technical interests: mm/submm. interferometry and single-dish antennas. -
Giorgio Siringo
Front-End Technical Lead
giorgio.siringo@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 -
Yiqing Song
ESO-ALMA Fellow
yiqing.song@eso.orgScience Interests: Luminous Infrared Galaxies, Interacting and Merging Galaxies, Dusty obscured star formation and AGN, Starburst Galaxies.
Technical Interests: Radio/sub-mm/mm interferometry, Multi-scale data combination and imaging, VLBI imaging.
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Ignacio Toledo
Data Analyst
ignacio.toledo@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.
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Jaime Vargas
ESO-ALMA Fellow
Jaime.VargasGonzalez@eso.orgScientific Interests: Low-mass Star Formation, high-energy processes in Young Stellar Objects (YSOs), radio variability in YSOs at high-time resolution, stellar proper motions, magnetic field structure in star forming regions.
Technical Interests: Radio time domain at cm- to mm-wavelengths, cm and mm interferometry (VLA, ALMA, and VLBI), Optical and NIR photometry and polarimetry.
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Celia Verdugo
Data Analyst
celia.verdugo@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. -
Liza Videla Altieri
Science Archive Content Manager
liza.videla@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 -
Baltasar Vila-Vilaro
System Astronomer
baltasar.vila-vilaro@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. -
Miguel Vioque
JAO Fellow
miguel.vioque@alma.cl
Personal WebsiteScience interests: Star formation, Herbig Ae/Be stars, T Tauri stars, pre-main sequence accretion, open clusters and Galactic structure, protoplanetary and debris disks, planet formation, variable stars, emission-line stars, Be stars.
Technical interests: UV to mid-IR observations, astrometry, Gaia, machine learning, statistics, big data and large-scale surveys, mm/sub-mm interferometry, optical and infrared spectroscopy.
