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Andres Felipe Escala Astorquiza

Associated Professor. (ternured

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

Theoretical Astrophysics; Formation and Evolution of Massive Black Holes; Galactic y Star Formation; Mathematical Formulation of Empirical Laws.

Astrophysics, YALE UNIVERSITY. Estados Unidos, 2004
en Ciencias Mención Astronomía , UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2004
en Ciencias Mención Física, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 1998
of Science, YALE UNIVERSITY. Estados Unidos, 2000
of Philosophy, YALE UNIVERSITY. Estados Unidos, 2001

Profesor Full Time

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

FCFM

Santiago, Chile

2009 - At present
Director, Departamento de Astronomía Full Time

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Chile

2017 - 2020
Director Other

International Franco-Chilean Laboratory of Astronomy. A lab part of the‘Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique’(CNRS) international joint units (UMI 3386).

Francia

2017 - 2020

Post-doctoral Researcher Other

Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de Chile

Chile

2004 - 2006
Research Associate Full Time

Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University

Estados Unidos

2006 - 2009

9 post-graduated students trained (6 M.S.; 3 Ph.D.)

5 postdoctoral researchers supervised.

One former postdoctoral researcher (Joaquín Prieto) and one former post-graduated student (Fernando Becerra) are now working in the data science industry.

One former postdoctoral researcher (Paulina Assmann) is SEREMI of the Minister of Science & Technology.

PI of the CORFO project “Diagnóstico de la situación actual de formación de Capital Humano en Data Science en el campo de la Astro-informática.”

Outstanding Student

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Chile, 1998

Awarded the 4 years (1995->1998) of my undergrad education, corresponding to < top 5% of the students (yearly) and < 1% of the students (the 4 years in a row)
Yale University Graduate Fellowship

YALE UNIVERSITY

Estados Unidos, 1999

Fellowship to pursue graduate studies
Andes Foundation Graduate Fellowship

FUNDACION ANDES

Chile, 1999

Fellowship for graduate studies.
Yale University Science Development Fund Fellowship

YALE UNIVERSITY

Estados Unidos, 2004

Fellowship to finish graduate studies
KIPAC Fellow

STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Chile, 2006

Fellowship for a 3 year research associated position at SLAC
FONDAP Postdoctoral Fellowship

FONDAP

Chile, 2005

Postdoctoral Fellowship
100 young leaders

DIARIO EL MERCURIO

Chile, 2010

Most important national list.


Observational Support for Massive Black Hole Formation Driven by Runaway Stellar Collisions in Galactic Nuclei Escala, Andrés Article THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2021)
A kpc-scale-resolved study of unobscured and obscured star formation activity in normal galaxies at z=1.5 and 2.2 from ALMA and HiZELS Cheng, Cheng; Ibar, Edo; Smail, Ian; Molina, Juan.; Sobral, David; Escala, Andres; Best, Philip; Cochrane, Rachel; Gillman, Steven; Swinbank, Mark; Ivison, R. J.; Huang, Jia-Sheng; Hughes, Thomas M.; Villard, Eric; Cirasuolo, Michele Article ISI MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY (2020)
VALES: VII. Molecular and ionized gas properties in the pressure balanced interstellar medium of starburst galaxies at z similar to 0.15 Molina, Juan.; Ibar, Edo; Godoy, Nicolas; Escala, Andres; Michiyama, Tomonari; Cheng, Cheng; Hughes, Thomas M.; Baes, Maarten; Xue, Yongquan; Michalowski, Michal J.; Van der Werf, Paul; Jiang, Xue-Jian Article ISI ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS (2020)
When Gas Dynamics Decouples from Galactic Rotation: Characterizing ISM Circulation in Disk Galaxies Utreras, J; Blanc, GA; Escala, A; Meidt, S; Emsellem, E; Bigiel, F; Glover, SCO; Henshaw, J; Hygate, A; Kruijssen, JMD; Rosolowsky, E; Schinnerer, E; Schruba, A Article ISI ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2020)
Black hole fueling and coalescence in galaxy mergers del Valle L.; Prieto J.; Escala A. Article ISI SCOPUS ASTRONOMISCHE NACHRICHTEN (2019)
Cosmological mass transport on galactic nuclei and the growth of high-z quasars Prieto J.; Escala A. Article ISI SCOPUS ASTRONOMISCHE NACHRICHTEN (2019)
The kiloparsec-scale gas kinematics in two star-forming galaxies at z similar to 1.47 seen with ALMA and VLT-SINFONI Molina J.; Ibar E.; Smail I.; Swinbank, A. M.; Villard, E; Escala A.; Sobral D.; Hughes, T. M. Article ISI SCOPUS MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY (2019)
The principle of similitude in biology From allometry to the formulation of dimensionally homogenous 'Laws' Escala A. Article ISI SCOPUS THEORETICAL ECOLOGY (2019)
The Role of Gas Fragmentation During the Formation of Supermassive Black Holes Suazo M.; Prieto J.; Escala A.; Schleicher D.R.G. Article ISI SCOPUS ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2019)
VALES V: a kinematic analysis of the molecular gas content in H-ATLAS galaxies at z similar to 0.03-0.35 using ALMA Molina, J; Ibar, E; Villanueva, V.; Escala, A; Cheng, C; Baes, M; Messias, H; Yang, C; Bauer, FE; van der Werf; Leiton, R; Aravena, M; Swinbank, AM; Michalowski, MJ; Munoz-Arancibia, AM; Orellana, G; Hughes, TM; Farrah, D; De Zotti, G; Lara-Lopez, MA; Eales, S; Dunne, L Article ISI SCOPUS MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY (2019)
Cusps in the center of galaxies: a real conflict with observations or a numerical artefact of cosmological simulations? Baushev, A.N.; Valle, L. del; Campusano, L.E.; Escala, A.; Muñoz, R.R.; Palma, G.A. Article ISI JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS (2017)
How AGN and SN Feedback Affect Mass Transport and Black Hole Growth in High-redshift Galaxies Prieto, Joaquin; Escala, Andrés; Volonteri, Marta; Dubois, Yohan Article ISI SCOPUS ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2017)
SINFONI-HiZELS: the dynamics, merger rates and metallicity gradients of 'typical' star-forming galaxies at z=0.8-2.2 Molina, J.; Ibar, Edo; Swinbank, A. M.; Sobral, D.; Best, P. N.; Smail, I.; Escala, A.; Cirasuolo, M. Article ISI SCOPUS MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY (2017)
Multiscale mass transport in z ˜6 galactic discs: fuelling black holes Prieto, Joaquin; Escala, Andrés Article MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY (2016)
UNVEILING THE ROLE OF GALACTIC ROTATION ON STAR FORMATION Utreras, José; Becerra, Fernando; Escala, Andrés Article ISI SCOPUS ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2016)
Gap formation and its consequence in the evolution of SMBHs binaries in galaxy mergers Luciano del Valle Andres Escala Article ASTRONOMISCHE NACHRICHTEN (2015)
Gap formation and its consequence in the evolution of SMBHs binaries in galaxy mergers del Valle L.; Escala, A Article ISI SCOPUS Astronomische Nachrichten (2015)
On the Functional Form of the Universal Star-formation Law Escala, Andrés Article The Astrophysical Journal (2015)
ON THE FUNCTIONAL FORM OF THE UNIVERSAL STAR-FORMATION LAW Escala, A Article ISI SCOPUS Astrophysical Journal (2015)
SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES IN A STAR-FORMING GASEOUS CIRCUMNUCLEAR DISK Luciano del Valle Andres Escala Maureira-Fredes C Molina J Cuadra J Amaro-Seoane P Article ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2015)
SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES IN A STAR-FORMING GASEOUS CIRCUMNUCLEAR DISK del Valle L.; Escala, A; Maureira-Fredes, C.; Molina, J.; Cuadra, J.; Amaro-Seoane, P Article ISI SCOPUS Astrophysical Journal (2015)
BINARY-DISK INTERACTION. II. GAP-OPENING CRITERIA FOR UNEQUAL-MASS BINARIES del Valle L.; Escala, A Article ISI SCOPUS ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2014)
BINARY-DISK INTERACTION. II. GAP-OPENING CRITERIA FOR UNEQUAL-MASS BINARIES Del Valle, L; Escala, A Article ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2014)
THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM AND STAR FORMATION IN LOCAL GALAXIES: VARIATIONS OF THE STAR FORMATION LAW IN SIMULATIONS Becerra, F; Escala, A Article ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2014)
THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM AND STAR FORMATION IN LOCAL GALAXIES: VARIATIONS OF THE STAR FORMATION LAW IN SIMULATIONS Becerra, F; Escala, A Article ISI SCOPUS ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2014)
GRAVITATIONAL FRAGMENTATION IN GALAXY MERGERS: A STABILITY CRITERION Escala, A; Becerra, F; Del Valle, L; Castillo E. Article ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2013)
GRAVITATIONAL FRAGMENTATION IN GALAXY MERGERS: A STABILITY CRITERION Escala, A; Becerra, F; del Valle L.; Castillo E. Article ISI SCOPUS Astrophysical Journal (2013)
NEAR-INFRARED ADAPTIVE OPTICS IMAGING OF INFRARED LUMINOUS GALAXIES: THE BRIGHTEST CLUSTER MAGNITUDE-STAR FORMATION RATE RELATION Randriamanakoto, Z; Escala, A; Vaisanen P.; Kankare E.; Kotilainen, J; Mattila S.; Ryder S. Article ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS (2013)
NEAR-INFRARED ADAPTIVE OPTICS IMAGING OF INFRARED LUMINOUS GALAXIES: THE BRIGHTEST CLUSTER MAGNITUDE-STAR FORMATION RATE RELATION Randriamanakoto Z.; Escala, A; Vaisanen P.; Kankare, E.; Kotilainen J.; Mattila, S; Ryder, S Article ISI SCOPUS Astrophysical Journal Letters (2013)
THE IMPACT OF BOUND STELLAR ORBITS AND GENERAL RELATIVITY ON THE TEMPORAL BEHAVIOR OF TIDAL DISRUPTION FLARES Dai, LX; Escala, A; Coppi, P. Article ISI SCOPUS Astrophysical Journal Letters (2013)
THE IMPACT OF BOUND STELLAR ORBITS AND GENERAL RELATIVITY ON THE TEMPORAL BEHAVIOR OF TIDAL DISRUPTION FLARES Dai, LX; Escala, A; Coppi, P Article ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS (2013)
BINARY-DISK INTERACTION: GAP-OPENING CRITERIA del Valle L.; Escala, A Article ISI SCOPUS Astrophysical Journal (2012)
BINARY-DISK INTERACTION: GAP-OPENING CRITERIA Del Valle, L; Escala, A Article ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2012)
A LAW FOR STAR FORMATION IN GALAXIES Escala, A Article ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2011)
GAS-INDUCED MERGER OF MASSIVE BLACK HOLE BINARIES Escala, A; del Valle L. Article ISI SCOPUS International Journal of Modern Physics E (2011)
GAS-INDUCED MERGER OF MASSIVE BLACK HOLE BINARIES Escala, A; Del Valle, L Article INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS E-NUCLEAR PHYSICS (2011)
Direct formation of supermassive black holes via multi-scale gas inflows in galaxy mergers Mayer L.; Kazantzidis, S; Escala, A; Callegari, S Article ISI SCOPUS Nature (2010)
Direct formation of supermassive black holes via multi-scale gas inflows in galaxy mergers Mayer, L; Kazantzidis, S; Escala, A; Callegari, S Article NATURE (2010)
FOUR HIGHLY LUMINOUS MASSIVE STAR-FORMING REGIONS IN THE NORMA SPIRAL ARM. II. DEEP NEAR-INFRARED IMAGING Chavarria, L; Mardones D.; Garay G.; Escala, A; Bronfman L.; Lizano, S Article ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2010)
FOUR HIGHLY LUMINOUS MASSIVE STAR-FORMING REGIONS IN THE NORMA SPIRAL ARM. II. DEEP NEAR-INFRARED IMAGING Chavarría L.; Mardones, D.; Garay, G.; Escala, A; Bronfman, L.; Lizano S. Article ISI SCOPUS Astrophysical Journal (2010)
THE EVOLUTION OF SWIFT/BAT BLAZARS AND THE ORIGIN OF THE MeV BACKGROUND Ajello M.; Costamante, L; Sambruna, RM; Gehrels, N; Chiang J.; Rau A.; Escala, A; Greiner J.; Tueller, J; Wall, JV; Mushotzky, RF Article ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2009)
Stability of Galactic Gas Disks and the Formation of Massive Clusters Escala, Andrés; Larson, Richard B. Article The Astrophysical Journal (2008)
Toward a Comprehensive Fueling-controlled Theory of the Growth of Massive Black Holes and Host Spheroids Escala, Andrés Article The Astrophysical Journal (2007)
On the fueling of massive black holes and the properties of their host spheroids Escala, A Article ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2006)
On the fueling of massive black holes and the properties of their host spheroids Escala, A Article ISI SCOPUS ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2006)
Role of gas in the merging of massive black holes in galactic nuclei. II. Black hole merging in a nuclear gas disk Escala, A; Larson, RB; Coppi, PS; Mardones, D. Article ISI SCOPUS ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2005)
Role of gas in the merging of massive black holes in galactic nuclei. II. Black hole merging in a nuclear gas disk Escala, A; Larson, RB; Coppi, PS; Mardones D. Article ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2005)
The role of gas in the merging of massive black holes in galactic nuclei. I. Black hole merging in a spherical gas cloud Escala, A; Larson, RB; Coppi, PS; Mardones D. Article ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2004)
The role of gas in the merging of massive black holes in galactic nuclei. I. Black hole merging in a spherical gas cloud Escala, A; Larson, RB; Coppi, PS; Mardones, D. Article ISI SCOPUS ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2004)
A Portrait of Cold Gas in Galaxies at 60pc Resolution and a Simple Method to Test Hypotheses That Link Small-Scale ISM Structure to Galaxy-Scale Processes Leroy, Adam K.; Hughes, Annie; Schruba, Andreas; Rosolowsky, Erik; Blanc, Guillermo; Bolatto, Alberto D.; Colombo, Dario; Escala, Andres; Kramer, Carsten; Kruijssen, J. M. Diederik; Meidt, Sharon; Pety, Jerome; Querejeta, Miguel; Sandstrom, Karin; Schinnerer, Eva; Sliwa, Kazimierz; Usero, Antonio Article ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (0)


The University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory 6.5m telescope: Project overview and current status Doi M.; Miyata, T.; Yoshii Y.; Kohno K.; Tanaka M.; Motohara K.; Minezaki T.; Kawara K.; Sako, S.; Morokuma T.; Tamura Y.; Tanabe T.; Hatsukade B.; Takahashi H.; Konishi M.; Kamizuka T.; Kato N.; Aoki, T; Soyano T.; Tarusawa K.; Handa T.; Koshida S.; Bronfman L.; Ruiz M.T.; Hamuy M.; Mendez R.; Garay G.; Escala, A ConferencePaper ISI SCOPUS (2018)
Gap formation in circumbinary agn disks del Valle L.; Escala, A ConferencePaper SCOPUS Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica: Serie de Conferencias (2014)
Central regions of LIRGs: Rings, hidden starbursts, supernovae and star clusters Vaisanen P.; Escala, A; Kankare, E.; Kotilainen J.; Mattila, S; Rajpaul, V; Randriamanakoto Z.; Reunanen, J; Ryder, S; Zijlstra A. ConferencePaper SCOPUS Journal of Physics: Conference Series (2012)
The fate of massive black holes in gas-rich galaxy mergers Escala, A; Larson, RB; Coppi, PS; Mardones, D. ConferencePaper ISI V WORKSHOP ON ROBOTIC AUTONOMOUS OBSERVATORIES, 2017 (2006)
The role of gas in the merging of massive black holes in galactic nuclei Escala, A; Coppi, PS; Larson, RB; Mardones, D. ConferencePaper ISI Growing Black Holes: Accretion in a Cosmological Context (2005)


Exploiting the synergy between ALMA and VLT AO-IFU imaging using samples of high-z star-forming galaxies ASTRONOMIA (31140020) Proyecto 2015-2016 Coinvestigador(a)
Establishing the Role of Mergers in Black Hole Growth and Galaxy Evolution PIA (ACT1101) Proyecto 2013-2015 Investigador(a)
ZOOM INTO THE PHYSICS OF GALAXY MERGERS=> BLACK HOLE MERGERS, GAS ACCRETION AND STAR-CLUSTER FORMATION. FONDECYT (1130458) Proyecto 2013-2017 Inv. Responsable
“Chile-Max Planck Network for Binary Super-Massive Black Holes” PCI (12-0021) Proyecto 2013-2014 Coinvestigador(a)
SIMULATING GAS DYNAMICS IN MAJOR GALAXY MERGERS=> FEEDING SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES FONDECYT (3130653) Proyecto 2012-2015 Inv. Patrocinante
PROBLEMS IN THE GROWTH AND EVOLUTION OF MASSIVE BLACK HOLES FONDECYT (11090216) Proyecto 2009-2012 Inv. Responsable


THE EVOLUTION OF SWIFT/BAT BLAZARS AND THE ORIGIN OF THE MeV BACKGROUND Ajello, M; Costamante L.; Sambruna, RM; Gehrels, N; Chiang, J; Rau, A; Escala, A; Greiner, J; Tueller, J.; Wall, JV; Mushotzky, RF Review ISI SCOPUS ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2009)