PhD en Physics: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, 2009
Research Area: Brown dwarfs, low-mass star formation, astro-statistics
Publications: ADS (full) - ADS(refereed)
Telephone: (+56 32) 250 5555
email: amelia.bayo at uv.cl
Webpage: http://ameliabayo.wix.com/astronomer
About my research: My main research interest deals with understanding how brown dwarfs (astronomical objects with masses between those of planets and those of stars) form by comparing their observational properties with those of the higher mass siblings in the stellar nurseries. To conduct this research I naturally need to deal with large data-sets and data-bases, so in parallel I contribute to the field of astro-statistics by improving and developing new techniques and tools in the framework of the Virtual Observatory (in particular I am the PI of VOSA: http://svo2.cab.inta-csic.es/svo/theory/vosa/)
See my research in: Substellar Objects - Planet and Star Formation - Clusters and Associations - Variability (Astrostatistics) - Data Bases, Surveys and Virtual Observatory
PhD: Ludwig Maximilians Universitaet, Munich, Max-Planck-Institut fuer extraterrestrische Physik
Research Area: Black holes, accretion, Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN)
Publications: ADS
Telephone: (+56 32) 250 8305
email: patricia.arevalo at uv.cl
About my research: My main research interests deal with accretion onto supermassive black holes and the study of the entire central engine of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN). I use X-ray data, mainly from XMM-Newton, Chandra and NuSTAR space observatories, as well as optical and IR data taken with telescopes in northern Chile to map the structure of the accretion disc, X_ray corona and the molecular dusty obscurer. I also study accretion behind thick layers of gas, to better understand the spectrum of this important phase of black hole growth and better interpret the cosmic X-ray background
Teaching: Graduate course “Active Galactic Nuclei: the X-ray view”
See my research at : Active Galactic Nuclei - Variability (Astrostatistics)