DCC2024
Confirmed Invited Speakers
FRANCESCA FRAGKOUDI
Assistant Professor - Durham University - UK
Research Interests:
Her research explores how spiral galaxies -like Milky Way- form and evolve throughout cosmic history. She is particularly interested in the interplay between the internal dynamical processes occurring in galaxies and the broader cosmological context, and how these link to the dark matter problem. She uses theoretical tools, such as N-body & hydrodynamic simulations, as well as orbital structure theory, to interpret observations of the Milky Way and of nearby galaxies.
ANTONELA MONACHESI
Professor at the Universidad de La Serena - Chile
Research Interests:
Extragalactic Astrophysics - Formation and evolution of galaxies.
Using ground-based and special telescopes, coupled with state-of-the-art simulations, she investigates stellar populations in nearby galaxies to understand their formation and evolution, determining key aspects for their growth.
SIMON WHITE
Emeritus Director at the Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astrophysik - Germany
Lines of investigation:
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Galactic structure.
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Extragalactic astrophysics and cosmology.
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Structure, formation and evolution of galaxies.
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Galaxy clusters and the large-scale distribution of galaxies.
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Nature and distribution of dark matter.
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Numerical simulations of the formation of galaxies and larger structures.
VOLKER SPRINGEL
Director at the Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics in Garching - Germany
Lines of investigation:​
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Cosmic structure formation.
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Dark matter and dark energy.
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Galaxy formation, feedback processes, supermassive black holes.
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Computational astrophysics, high-performance computing.
CELINE PEROUX
Extremely Large Telescope/ANDES Project Scientist (ESO) - Germany
Research Interests:
Only a minority of the normal matter can be probed by observations of starlight from galaxies. She is interested in studying the remaining 90% of the baryons traced by the intergalactic gas. Her overarching objective is to study the physical processes by which gas travels into, through, and out of galaxies. These processes may collectively be described as the cosmic baryon cycle. Such studies are essential to understand the formation of galaxies and the growth of structure in the Universe and hence impact the fields of astrophysics and cosmology.
SARA ELLISON
Professor - University of Victoria: Astronomy Research Centre - Canada
Research Interests:
Her research interests can be divided into two basic categories: quasar absorption lines and galaxy evolution as a function of environment. The underlying theme of this research is to understand galaxy evolution through cosmic time, with a particular focus on chemical enrichment of the interstellar and intergalactic media. The work is built on three pillars which span the main tools we use to study galaxy evolution: observations, simulations and machine learning.
GUINEVERE KAUFFMANN
Director at the Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics in Garching - Germany
Research Interests:
Her work has focused on the formation and evolution of galaxies and their central super-massive black holes. Her work spans both theory and observations and has developed our understanding of how the study of galaxy populations can constrain theory.
SUSANA PEDROSA
CONICET Researcher at the Institute for Astronomy and Space Physics - Argentina
Lines of investigation:
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Extragalactic astronomy and cosmology.
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Computer simulations.
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Dark Matter, nature, properties and detection.
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Effects of baryons on large scale structures.
THORSTEN NAAB
Research group leader at the Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astrophysik - Germany
Lines of investigation:
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Formation of stars and stellar feedback & winds, ionization.
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The turbulent ISM, magnetic fields, cosmic rays.
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Chemo-dynamical models, formation of molecular gas.
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Dynamics of dense stellar systems, globular clusters, nuclear star clusters.
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Formation and evolution of galaxies, galaxy dynamics, stellar populations, hot coronae.
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Formation and growth of BH, AGN winds, X-ray emission.
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High-performance computing and numerical techniques for hydrodynamics and stellar dynamics.
VLADIMIR
AVILA-REESE
Full Professor at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Lines of investigation:​
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Galaxy formation and evolution in the cosmological context
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Astrophysical constraints on the nature of dark matter
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Galaxy-halo connection through semi-empirical modeling
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Fossil record inferences of galaxy evolution
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Cold gas scaling relations of galaxies
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Dusty star forming galaxies
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Cluster of galaxies: BCGs and ICL
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GRBs as cosmological tools
VOLKER BROMM
Professor at the University of Texas - USA
Lines of investigation:​
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Formation of the first stars and quasars.
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High-redshift supernovae and metal enrichment.
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Supermassive black hole formation
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Gamma-ray bursts.
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Reionization of the intergalactic medium.
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Present-day star formation
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Computational astrophysics.
Confirmed Keynote Speakers
Francesco
D'Eugenio
Researcher at the Kavli Institute for Cosmology - UK
Research Interests:
He studies the evolution of galaxies, focusing on the complex interplay between galaxy dynamics and stellar population properties. Currently, his research projects are: Supermassive black-hole quenching; Resolved stellar populations 7 Gyr ago; The interplay between stellar populations and dynamics with integral field spectroscopy; Resolved Hα dynamics of low-mass galaxies
Ricardo Amorin
Professor at the AI of Universidad de Granada - Spain
Lines of investigation:
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Galaxy formation and evolution; Dwarf galaxies; Starbursts;
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Chemical abundances and ionization of galaxy nebulae;
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Morphology, gas content, and kinematics;
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High redshift galaxies; Reionization;
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Multiwavelength surveys;
Ezequiel Treister
Professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Research Interests:
His research focuses on supermassive black holes and the evolution of galaxies, including the analysis of phenomena that cause high-energy emissions, such as spectacular collisions between black holes and galaxies.
Maria Celeste Artale
Professor at the Universidad Andres Bello - Chile
Lines of investigation:
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Formation and evolution of galaxies.
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Cosmological simulations.
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X-ray binary stars.
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Gravitational wave astrophysics.
Facundo Gómez
Professor at the Universidad de La Serena - Chile
Research Interests:
His lines of research focus mainly on the formation and evolution of galaxies, with the main objective of characterizing the physical mechanisms that mark their rate of evolution at different scales.
Claudia Lucia Mendes de Oliveira
Professor at the Universidade de São Paulo - Brazil
Research Interests:
She has experience in the area of Extragalactic Astronomy, with focus on the study of galaxy properties as a function of the environment, She acting on the following subjects: compact groups, groups of galaxies, galaxy evolution and astronomical instrumentation.
Hands-on Sessions
Lucas Bignone
CONICET Researcher at the Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio - Argentina.
Research Interests:
His group focuses on using numerical simulations to study the formation and evolution of galaxies. Also, Dr. Bignone is very interested in machine learning and deep learning techniques, specially applied to examining the morphologies of galaxies.At the moment, He is working on several projects implementing supervised and unsupervised deep learning methods to study the shapes of galaxies and their morphological components.
Ting-yun (Sunny) Cheng
Postdoctoral Research Associate at Durham University - UK
Research Interests:
Her works focus on the applications of a variety of machine learning (ML) techniques to large astronomical datasets, including both photometric and spectroscopic datasets. Dr. Cheng studies galaxy evolution and formation via data from sky surveys as well as collecting her own data at the telescopes. Additionally, she studies neutral hydrogen clouds through quasar spectra to understand the environment of our Universe.