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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Elizabeth Humphreys
Head of the Department of Science Operations
elizabeth.humphreys@alma.clDr. Liz Humphreys joined the ALMA project in September 2009 as an astronomer in the European ALMA Regional Centre (ARC).
She was appointed Deputy Head of the ARC Department in 2016. She received her Ph.D. at the University of Bristol, UK, and performed postdocs at Onsala Space Observatory in Sweden and at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, before joining the European Southern Observatory (ESO) (more…) -
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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James Miley
JAO Fellow
james.miley@alma.cl
Personal WebsiteScience interests: Structure and evolution of protoplanetary disks, debris disks, star and planet formation, intermediate mass stars
Technical Interests: Radio/sub-mm/mm interferometry and imaging, radiative transfer modelling -
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.
