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Paolo Cassata

Assistant professor

Universidad de Valparaiso

Valparaiso, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Galaxy evolution; mass-assembly and SFRD; structure of passive early-type galaxies at high redshift; automatic tools for morphological analysis of high-z galaxies; spectroscopy of high redshift galaxies; Lyman? emitters; observational cosmology.

Educación

  •  Astronomy, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA. Italia, 2006
  •  Astronomy, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA. Italia, 2002

Experiencia Académica

  •   PhD Student Full Time

    UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA

    Scienze Matematiche Fisiche e Naturali

    Padova, Italia

    2003 - 2005

  •   Postdoc Full Time

    INAF-IASF Milano

    Milano, Chile

    2006 - 2006

  •   Postdoc Full Time

    Laboratoire d'astrophysique de Marseille

    Marseille, Francia

    2006 - 2008

  •   Postdoc Full Time

    UNIV.OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST

    Amherst, Massachusetts, Estados Unidos

    2008 - 2011

  •   Postdoc Full Time

    Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille

    Marseille, Francia

    2011 - 2014

  •   Assistant professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAISO

    Ciencias

    Valparaiso, Chile

    2014 - A la fecha

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Postdoc Full Time

    Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille

    Marseille, Francia

    2011 - 2014

  •   Postdoc Full Time

    University of Massachusetts

    Amherst, Massachusetts, Estados Unidos

    2008 - 2011

  •   Postdoc Full Time

    Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille

    Marseille, Francia

    2006 - 2008

  •   Postdoc Full Time

    INAF-IASF Milano

    Milano, Italia

    2006 - 2006

Formación de Capital Humano


= Phd thesis supervisor, student Rosamaria Carraro, "The growth of supermassive black holes in galaxies: co-evolution and regulation of the star formation activity", since august 2015
= Phd thesis supervisor, student Hugo Méndez Hérnandez, PhD thesis supervisor, “a multiphase view of the gas content of galaxies at z~2”, since march 2015
= supervisor of the postdoc Romain Thomas, Gemini-CONICYT project “A multi-wavelength approach to identify the mechanisms that regulate star-formation in high-z galaxies”, June 2015 - June 2017
= Phd thesis co-supervisor, student Pin-Wei Wang, “Star formation rate and the assemblyof galaxies in the early universe”, January 2011 - June 2014
= Senior Thesis co-supervisor, student Francesco Valentino, “The dependence of the mass-size relation of early-type galaxies at redshift 0.2 < z < 1”, October 2012 - June 2013
= Mentor for the internship at the Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), student Francesco Valentino, “The dependence of the mass-size relation of early-type galaxies at redshift 0.2 < z < 1”, July 2012 - September 2012
= Support for LAM graduate students Romain Thomas, Bin- Wei Wang, Anna Durkalec, July 2011 - June 2014
= Senior Thesis supervisor, student Peter Panka, “An Upper Limit to the Dry Merger Fraction from z=0 to z=1”, September 2010-June 2011
= Mentor for the University of Massachusetts REU summer program, student Peter Panka, “An Upper Limit to the Dry Merger Fraction from z=0 to z=1”, Summer 2010
= Mentor for the University of Massachusetts REU summer program, student Peter Panka, “The size distribution of massive early-type galaxies in SDSS as a function of the wavelength”, Summer 2009
= Support for University of Massachusetts graduate students Christina Williams, Yicheng Guo, Bomee Lee, Jul 2008 - Jun 2011
= Mentor and support for LAM master student Yann Boehler, Spring 2007



 

Article (100)

Analogues of primeval galaxies two billion years after the Big Bang
Corrigendum: Analogues of primeval galaxies two billion years after the Big Bang
Hidden starbursts and active galactic nuclei at 0 < z < 4 from the Herschel*-VVDS-CFHTLS-D1 field: Inferences on coevolution and feedback (vol 572, A90, 2014)
Morphology Dependence of Stellar Age in Quenched Galaxies at Redshift similar to 1.2: Massive Compact Galaxies Are Older than More Extended Ones
New constraints on the average escape fraction of Lyman continuum radiation in z similar to 4 galaxies from the VIMOS Ultra Deep Survey (VUDS)
The extended epoch of galaxy formation: Age dating of similar to 3600 galaxies with 2 < z < 6.5 in the VIMOS Ultra-Deep Survey
The VIMOS Ultra Deep Survey first data release: Spectra and spectroscopic redshifts of 698 objects up to z(spec) similar to 6 in CANDELS
VIMOS Ultra-Deep Survey (VUDS): IGM transmission towards galaxies with 2.5 < z < 5.5 and the colour selection of high-redshift galaxies
The Lyman continuum escape fraction of galaxies at z = 3.3 in the VUDS-LBC/COSMOS field
A Coherent Study of Emission Lines from Broadband Photometry: Specific Star Formation Rates and [O iii]/H&#946; Ratio at 3 > z > 6
A high definition view of the COSMOS Wall at z  ~ 0.73
Effect of the star formation histories on the SFR - M ∗ relation at z ≥ 2
GAS FRACTION AND DEPLETION TIME OF MASSIVE STAR-FORMING GALAXIES AT z ∼ 3.2: NO CHANGE IN GLOBAL STAR FORMATION PROCESS OUT TO z > 3
Limits on the LyC signal from z ~ 3 sources with secure redshift and HST coverage in the E-CDFS field
Size evolution of star-forming galaxies with 2 < z < 4.5 in the VIMOS Ultra-Deep Survey
The COSMOS2015 Catalog: Exploring the 1 < z < 6 Universe with Half a Million Galaxies
The VIMOS Ultra Deep Survey: Ly? emission and stellar populations of star-forming galaxies at 2 < z < 2.5
CANDELS Visual Classifications: Scheme, Data Release, and First Results
Evolution of clustering length, large-scale bias, and host halo mass at 2 < z < 5 in the VIMOS Ultra Deep Survey (VUDS)
Narrowband selected high-redshift galaxy candidates contaminated by lower redshift [OIII] ultra-strong emitter line galaxies
Stellar mass to halo mass relation from galaxy clustering in VUDS: a high star formation efficiency at z similar or equal to 3
The evolving star formation rate: M-star relation and sSFR since z similar or equal to 5 from the VUDS spectroscopic survey
The host galaxies of X- ray selected active galactic nuclei to z=2.5: Structure, star formation, and their relationships from CANDELS and Herschel/PACS
THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM AND FEEDBACK IN THE PROGENITORS OF THE COMPACT PASSIVE GALAXIES AT z similar to 2
The VIMOS Ultra-Deep Survey (VUDS): fast increase in the fraction of strong Lyman-alpha emitters from z=2 to z=6
The VIMOS Ultra-Deep Survey: ~10 000 galaxies with spectroscopic redshifts to study galaxy assembly at early epochs 2 < z &#8771; 6
Discovering extremely compact and metal-poor, star-forming dwarf galaxies out to z ~ 0.9 in the VIMOS Ultra-Deep Survey
Discovery of a rich proto-cluster at z=2.9 and associated diffuse cold gas in the VIMOS Ultra-Deep Survey (VUDS)
Evidence for major mergers of galaxies at 2 < z < 4 in the VVDS and VUDS surveys
Hidden starbursts and active galactic nuclei at 0 < z < 4 from the Herschel-VVDS-CFHTLS-D1 field: Inferences on coevolution and feedback
LY alpha FOREST TOMOGRAPHY FROM BACKGROUND GALAXIES: THE FIRST MEGAPARSEC-RESOLUTION LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE MAP AT Z > 2
THE PROGENITORS OF THE COMPACT EARLY-TYPE GALAXIES AT HIGH REDSHIFT
VIMOS Ultra-Deep Survey (VUDS): Witnessing the assembly of a massive cluster at z similar to 3.3
Active Galactic Nucleus Feedback at z ~ 2 and the Mutual Evolution of Active and Inactive Galaxies
Constraining the Assembly of Normal and Compact Passively Evolving Galaxies from Redshift z = 3 to the Present with CANDELS
Environmental Effects in the Interaction and Merging of Galaxies in zCOSMOS
GMASS ultradeep spectroscopy of galaxies at z ~ 2. VII. Sample selection and spectroscopy
He II emitters in the VIMOS VLT Deep Survey: Population III star formation or peculiar stellar populations in galaxies at 2 < z < 4.6?
Serendipitous Discovery of a Massive cD Galaxy at z = 1.096: Implications for the Early Formation and Late Evolution of cD Galaxies
The VIMOS VLT Deep Survey final data release: a spectroscopic sample of 35 016 galaxies and AGN out to z similar to 6.7 selected with 17.5 <= i(AB) <= 24.75
Fast evolving size of early-type galaxies at z > 2 and the role of dissipationless (dry) merging
GMASS ultradeep spectroscopy of galaxies at z ~ 2. VI. Star formation, extinction, and gas outflows from UV spectra
Multi-wavelength View of Kiloparsec-scale Clumps in Star-forming Galaxies at z ~ 2
Rest-frame UV-Optically Selected Galaxies at 2.3 <~ z <~ 3.5: Searching for Dusty Star-forming and Passively Evolving Galaxies
The star formation rate density and dust attenuation evolution over 12 Gyr with the VVDS surveys
CANDELS: THE COSMIC ASSEMBLY NEAR-INFRARED DEEP EXTRAGALACTIC LEGACY SURVEY
CANDELS: The Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey—The Hubble Space Telescope Observations, Imaging Data Products, and Mosaics
Color and Stellar Population Gradients in Passively Evolving Galaxies at z ~ 2 from HST/WFC3 Deep Imaging in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field
Discovery of Cold, Pristine Gas Possibly Accreting onto an Overdensity of Star-forming Galaxies at Redshift z ~ 1.6
The bimodality of the 10k zCOSMOS-bright galaxies up to z ~ 1: a new statistical and portable classification based on optical galaxy properties
The Nonlinear Biasing of the zCOSMOS Galaxies up to z ~ 1 from the 10k Sample
The Relative Abundance of Compact and Normal Massive Early-type Galaxies and Its Evolution from Redshift z ~ 2 to the Present
The VIMOS VLT Deep Survey: star formation rate density of Lya emitters from a sample of 217 galaxies with spectroscopic redshifts 2<z<6.6
The zCOSMOS-Bright survey: the clustering of early and late galaxy morphological types since z=1
A Multiwavelength Study of a Sample of 70 um Selected Galaxies in the COSMOS Field. II. The Role of Mergers in Galaxy Evolution
Galaxy Stellar Mass Assembly Between 0.2 < z < 2 from the S-COSMOS Survey
K+a galaxies in the zCOSMOS survey . Physical properties of systems in their post-starburst phase
Mass and Environment as Drivers of Galaxy Evolution in SDSS and zCOSMOS and the Origin of the Schechter Function
Properties and environment of radio-emitting galaxies in the VLA-zCOSMOS survey
The 10k zCOSMOS: Morphological Transformation of Galaxies in the Group Environment Since z ~1
The [O iii] emission line luminosity function of optically selected type-2 AGN from zCOSMOS
The Density Field of the 10k zCOSMOS Galaxies
The Morphology of Passively Evolving Galaxies at z ~ 2 from Hubble Space Telescope/WFC3 Deep Imaging in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field
The zCOSMOS 10k-sample: the role of galaxy stellar mass in the colour-density relation up to z ~ 1
The zCOSMOS redshift survey: how group environment alters global downsizing trends
Tracking the impact of environment on the galaxy stellar mass function up to z ~ 1 in the 10 k zCOSMOS sample
Understanding the shape of the galaxy two-point correlation function at z ~= 1 in the COSMOS field
zCOSMOS - 10k-bright spectroscopic sample. The bimodality in the galaxy stellar mass function: exploring its evolution with redshift
zCOSMOS 10k-bright spectroscopic sample . Exploring mass and environment dependence in early-type galaxies
An Optical Group Catalog to z = 1 from the zCOSMOS 10 k Sample
Dynamical Masses of Early-Type Galaxies at z ~ 2: Are they Truly Superdense?
GMASS ultradeep spectroscopy of galaxies at z ~ 2 . V. Witnessing the assembly at z = 1.6 of a galaxy cluster
GMASS ultradeep spectroscopy of galaxies at z ~ 2. IV. The variety of dust populations
Ongoing and Co-Evolving Star Formation in zCOSMOS Galaxies Hosting Active Galactic Nuclei
The Close Environment of 24 &#956;m Galaxies at 0.6 < z < 1.0 in the Cosmos Field
The Dependence of Star Formation Activity on Stellar Mass Surface Density and Sersic Index in zCOSMOS Galaxies at 0.5 < z < 0.9 Compared with SDSS Galaxies at 0.04 < z < 0.08
The Environments of Active Galactic Nuclei within the zCOSMOS Density Field
The Optical Spectra of Spitzer 24 &#956;m Galaxies in the Cosmic Evolution Survey Field. II. Faint Infrared Sources in the zCOSMOS-Bright 10k Catalog
The spatial clustering of X-ray selected AGN in the XMM-COSMOS field
The zCOSMOS 10k-Bright Spectroscopic Sample
The zCOSMOS redshift survey: the role of environment and stellar mass in shaping the rise of the morphology-density relation from z ~ 1
The zCOSMOS redshift survey: the three-dimensional classification cube and bimodality in galaxy physical properties
The zCOSMOS survey. The dependence of clustering on luminosity and stellar mass at z=0.2-1
The zCOSMOS survey: the role of the environment in the evolution of the luminosity function of different galaxy types
GMASS ultradeep spectroscopy of galaxies at z ~ 2 . I. The stellar metallicity
GMASS ultradeep spectroscopy of galaxies at z ~ 2. II. Superdense passive galaxies: how did they form and evolve?
GMASS ultradeep spectroscopy of galaxies at z ~2. III. The emergence of the color bimodality at z ~2
The Optical Spectra of 24 μm Galaxies in the COSMOS Field. I. Spitzer MIPS Bright Sources in the zCOSMOS‐Bright 10k Catalog
New spectroscopic redshifts from the CDFS and a test of the cosmological relevance of the GOODS-South field
The Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS): A Large-Scale Structure at z=0.73 and the Relation of Galaxy Morphologies to Local Environment
The Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS): The Morphological Content and Environmental Dependence of the Galaxy Color-Magnitude Relation at z ~ 0.7
The First Release COSMOS Optical and Near-IR Data and Catalog
Cosmic evolution of the galaxy's mass and luminosity functions by morphological type from multi-wavelength data in the CDF-South
GASPHOT: a tool for Galaxy Automatic Surface PHOTometry
Morphological studies of the Spitzer Wide-Area Infrared Extragalactic survey galaxy population in the UGC 10214 Hubble Space Telescope/Advanced Camera for Surveys field
The evolution of early-type galaxies at z ~1 from the K20 survey
The evolution of the galaxy B-band rest-frame morphology to z~ 2: new clues from the K20/GOODS sample
Old galaxies in the young Universe.
The manifold spectra and morphologies of EROs
The VIMOS VLT Deep Survey: the redshift distribution N(z) of magnitude-limited samples down to iAB=24.75 and KsAB=22
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Paolo Cassata

Assistant professor

Fisica y Astronomia

Universidad de Valparaiso

Valparaiso, Chile

12
Ricardo Amorin

Associate Professor (Académico)

Fisica y Astronomia

Universidad de La Serena

La Serena, Chile

3
LUCIA GUAITA

Faculty

Universidad Andrés Bello

santiago, Chile

1
Franz Bauer

Associate Professor

Instituto de Astrofisica

PONTIFICÍA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE, DEPARTAMENTO DE ASTRONOMÍA Y ASTROFÍSICA

Santiago, Chile

1
Isabelle JARRY

Directora Licenciatura en Astronomía

Ciencias Físicas

UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO,

Santiago, Chile