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Facundo Ariel Gómez Tavella

Professor

Universidad de La Serena

La Serena, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Galaxy formation and evolution, Galactic dynamics, Cosmology in the Local Group

Educación

  •  Astronomy, University of Groningen. Holanda, 2010
  •  Astronomy, Universidad de La Plata. Argentina, 2006

Experiencia Académica

  •   Postdoctoral Researcher Full Time

    MAX-PLANCK INSTITUT FUR ASTROPHYSIK

    Alemania

    2014 - 2017

  •   Postdoctoral Researcher Full Time

    MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

    Estados Unidos

    2010 - 2014

  •   Professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SERENA

    La Serena, Chile

    2017 - A la fecha

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Postdoctoral Researcher Full Time

    Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics

    Garching, Alemania

    2014 - 2017

  •   Postdoctoral Researcher Full Time

    Michigan State University

    East Lansing, Estados Unidos

    2010 - 2014

  •   Associate Professor Full Time

    Universidad de La Serena

    La Serena, Chile

    2017 - A la fecha

  •   Director of Ph.D program in Astronomy Part Time

    University of La Serena

    La Serena, Chile

    2018 - A la fecha

Formación de Capital Humano


Ph.D Students
Diego Pallero | Supervisor | Institution: University of La Serena, Chile, 2017-
Catalina Mora | Supervisor | Institution: University of La Serena, Chile, 2018-
Silvio Varela | Supervisor | Institution: University of La Serena, Chile, 2019-
Franklin Aldas | Supervisor | Institution: University of La Serena, Chile, 2020-

Sponsor FONDECYT Postdoctoral Fellow
Cristian Vega Martinez | Sponsor | Institution: University of La Serena, Chile, 2020-2022

Master Students:
Alex Vera | Supervisor | Institution: University of La Serena, Chile, 2019-

Undergrads:
Robinson Rebecca | Supervisor | Institution: Michigan State University, USA, 2013


Difusión y Transferencia


• Primera Jornada de Astronomi?a para Estudiantes y Profesores de Ciencias, April 2019
• BBC mundo, Title: “¿Por qúe se dedicaron 9 científicos, 2 super computadoras y montañas de ecuaciones a crear esta imagen?”, June 2017, written by BBC mundo
• Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Adventskalender: Research highlight, Title: “Warps and waves in fully cosmological models of galactic discs”, Oct 2016, written by Dr. Hannelore Hammerle
• MPA Research highlight, Title: “Warps and waves in fully cosmological models of galactic discs”, Oct 2016, written by Dr. Facundo A. Gómez
• MPA Research highlight, Title: “The diversity of stellar halos in massive disk galaxies”, Jan 2016, written by Dr. Antonela Monachesi
• The National Institute for Computational Sciences (NICS), Title: “Reconstructing Our Galaxy’s Formation History”, May 2014, written by Hanneke Weitering
• BBC Focus magazine, Title: “The history of our cosmic back yard”, October 2013, Pages 42-43, written by Dr. Andrew Potzen


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Distinction “Joaquin V. Gonzalez”

    UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA

    Argentina, 2006

    Distinction “Joaquin V. Gonzalez” granted by Consejo Deliberante de la Municipalidad de La Plata, to distinguished students of the Faculties of the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 2006

  •   Head of a Max Planck Partner Group

    MAX PLANCK SOCIETY

    Alemania, 2018

    Head of the Partner Group of the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics at the University of La Serena, 2018


 

Article (78)

Lopsidedness as a tracer of early galactic assembly history
A Tidally Induced Global Corrugation Pattern in an External Disk Galaxy Similar to the Milky Way
Observing the Stellar Halo of Andromeda in Cosmological Simulations: The AURIGA2PANDAS Pipeline
Revisiting the tension between fast bars and the Lambda CDM paradigm
Satellites around Milky Way Analogs: Tension in the Number and Fraction of Quiescent Satellites Seen in Observations versus Simulations
The effect of magnetic fields on properties of the circumgalactic medium
The mass of the Milky Way out to 100 kpc using halo stars
A tale of two populations: surviving and destroyed dwarf galaxies and the build-up of the Milky Way's stellar halo
Chemodynamics of barred galaxies in cosmological simulations: On the Milky Way's quiescent merger history and in-situ bulge
Magnetizing the circumgalactic medium of disc galaxies
Neutron star mergers and rare core-collapse supernovae as sources of r-process enrichment in simulated galaxies
Satellites of satellites: the case for Carina and Fornax
Stellar populations across galaxy bars in the MUSE TIMER project
Structural and photometric properties of barred galaxies from the Auriga cosmological simulations
Subhalo destruction in the APOSTLE and AURIGA simulations
The dark matter component of the Gaia radially anisotropic substructure
The dual origin of the Galactic thick disc and halo from the gas-rich Gaia-Enceladus Sausage merger
The globular cluster system of the Auriga simulations
The milky way total mass profile as inferred from Gaia DR2
The Orbital Histories of Magellanic Satellites Using Gaia DR2 Proper Motions
A Sequoia in the Garden: FSR 1758-Dwarf Galaxy or Giant Globular Cluster?
Footprints of the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy in the Gaia data set
Gas accretion and galactic fountain flows in the Auriga cosmological simulations: angular momentum and metal redistribution
Hunting for the Dark Matter Wake Induced by the Large Magellanic Cloud
No cores in dark matter-dominated dwarf galaxies with bursty star formation histories
Simulating cosmological substructure in the solar neighbourhood
The Auriga stellar haloes: connecting stellar population properties with accretion and merging history
The diversity of the circumgalactic medium around z=0 Milky Way-mass galaxies from the Auriga simulations
The effects of dynamical substructure on Milky Way mass estimates from the high-velocity tail of the local stellar halo
The mass of the Milky Way from satellite dynamics
The origin of galactic metal-rich stellar halo components with highly eccentric orbits
The Origin of r-process Enhanced Metal-poor Halo Stars In Now-destroyed Ultra-faint Dwarf Galaxies
The prevalence of pseudo-bulges in the Auriga simulations
The velocity anisotropy of the Milky Way satellite system
Tracing the quenching history of cluster galaxies in the EAGLE simulation
Ultra-diffuse galaxies in the Auriga simulations
Y The star formation histories of dwarf galaxies in Local Group cosmological simulations
Aurigaia: Mock Gaia DR2 stellar catalogues from the AURIGA cosmological simulations
Descendants of the first stars: the distinct chemical signature of second-generation stars
Faraday rotation maps of disc galaxies
On the relevance of chaos for halo stars in the solar neighbourhood II
Origin of chemically distinct discs in the Auriga cosmological simulations
Quenching and ram pressure stripping of simulated Milky Way satellite galaxies
Response of the Milky Way's disc to the Large Magellanic Cloud in a first infall scenario
Selecting ultra-faint dwarf candidate progenitors in cosmological N-body simulations at high redshifts
The influence of Sagittarius and the Large Magellanic Cloud on the stellar disc of the Milky Way Galaxy
The multiplicity and anisotropy of galactic satellite accretion
The stellar orbit distribution in present-day galaxies inferred from the CALIFA survey
Tracing the first stars and galaxies of the Milky Way
Lessons from the Auriga discs: the hunt for the Milky Way's ex situ disc is not yet over
Magnetic field formation in the Milky Way like disc galaxies of the Auriga project
Properties of H i discs in the Auriga cosmological simulations
The Auriga Project: the properties and formation mechanisms of disc galaxies across cosmic time
The effect of a disc on the population of cuspy and cored dark matter substructures in Milky Way-like galaxies
The slight spin of the old stellar halo
Warps and waves in the stellar discs of the Auriga cosmological simulations
A 10 kpc stellar substructure at the edge of the Large Magellanic Cloud: perturbed outer disc or evidence for tidal stripping?
A fully cosmological model of a Monoceros-like ring
A timing constraint on the (total) mass of the Large Magellanic Cloud
EVIDENCE OF ONGOING RADIAL MIGRATION IN NGC 6754: AZIMUTHAL VARIATIONS OF THE GAS PROPERTIES
Gaps in globular cluster streams: giant molecular clouds can cause them too
On the stellar halo metallicity profile of Milky Way-like galaxies in the Auriga simulations
Spiral-induced velocity and metallicity patterns in a cosmological zoom simulation of a Milky Way-sized galaxy
THE CATERPILLAR PROJECT: A LARGE SUITE OF MILKY WAY SIZED HALOS
Vertical disc heating in Milky Way-sized galaxies in a cosmological context
AND YET IT MOVES: THE DANGERS OF ARTIFICIALLY FIXING THE MILKY WAY CENTER OF MASS IN THE PRESENCE OF A MASSIVE LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD
On the relevance of chaos for halo stars in the solar neighbourhood
DISSECTING GALAXY FORMATION MODELS WITH SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS-A NEW APPROACH TO CONSTRAIN THE MILKY WAY FORMATION HISTORY
Visualizing likelihood density functions via optimal region projection
On a possible origin for the lack of old star clusters in the Small Magellanic Cloud
Streams in the Aquarius stellar haloes
Vertical density waves in the Milky Way disc induced by the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy
CHARACTERIZING THE FORMATION HISTORY OF MILKY WAY LIKE STELLAR HALOS WITH MODEL EMULATORS
Signatures of minor mergers in Milky Way like disc kinematics: ringing revisited
Signatures of minor mergers in the Milky Way disc - I. The SEGUE stellar sample
On the identification of merger debris in the Gaia era
On the identification of substructure in phase space using orbital frequencies
Orbital eccentricity as a probe of thick disc formation scenarios

Proyecto (8)

THE DRUMS OF GROWTH: WHAT PACES GALAXY EVOLUTION?
The formation and evolution of Milky Way-like galaxies
The HESTIA simulations (High-res Environmental Simulations of The Immediate Area)
University of La Serena - Max Planck for Astrophysics Partner Group
Vertical Density Waves in Galactic Disks (US $45.000)
Probing Galaxy Formation at Low and High Redshifts (US $65.000)
Characterizing the formation history of the Milky Way (US $330.000)
From models and data to knowledge and understanding
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Facundo Gómez

Professor

Fisica

Universidad de La Serena

La Serena, Chile

9
Antonela Monachesi

Associate Professor

Astronomía

Universidad de La Serena

La Serena, Chile

2
Patricia Tissera

Professor

Fisica

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Laurent Chemin

Associate Professor

Departamento de Fisica

Universidad Andrés Bello

Las Condes, Chile

1
Ricardo Demarco

Profesor Titular

Ciencias Físicas

Universidad Andrés Bello

Talcahuano, Chile

1
Douglas Geisler

Full Professor

Astronomy

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION, DEPTO DE ASTRONOMIA

Concepcion, Chile

1
Pierluigi Cerulo

Profesor asistente

Ingeniería Informática y Ciencias de la COmputación

Universidad de Concepción

Concepción, Chile

1
Nelson Padilla

Profesor Titular

Astrophysics

Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Sergio Torres

Director de Investigación y Desarrollo

Dirección de Investigación y Desarrollo

UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SERENA

La Serena, Chile

1
Dante Minniti

Professor

Facultad de Ciencias Exactas

UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO

Santiago, Chile

1
Rodolfo Barbá

Director

Astronomía

DEPARTAMENTO DE ASTRONOMÍA - UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SERENA

La Serena, Chile

1
Daniela Olave

Conferenciante

Departamento de Tecnologías Industriales

Universidad de Talca

Curicó, Chile