
Patricia Beatriz Tissera
Professor
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Galaxy Formation and numerical simulations
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Astronomy, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba. Argentina, 1995
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AStronomy, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba. Argentina, 1991
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Senior Researcher Full Time
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cienticas y Tencias
Instituto de Astronomia y Fisica del Espacio
Buenos Aires, Argentina
1998 - 2017
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Profesor Titular Full Time
Universidad Andres Bello
Ciencias Exactas
Santiago, Chile
2014 - 2020
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Profesora Full Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Fisica
Santiago, Chile
2020 - At present
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Project Manager Other
Observatorio Virtual Argentino
Buenos Aires, Argentina
2009 - 2013
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academic visitor Other
University of Oxford
Reino Unido
1995 - 1995
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Postdoctoral Fellowship Full Time
Ministerio de Educación
España
1996 - 1997
Last 5 years:
Current Supervised students and Postdocs
Dr. Emanuel Sillero (Postdoc, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba)
Lic. Thorould Tronroud (PhD student, Universidad Andres Bello)
Lic. Silvio Varela (PhD student, Universidad de La Serena)
Recent Supervised PhD Thesis
Dr. Celeste Artale (2015, Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, director)
Dr. Lucas Bignone (2017, Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, director)
Dr Maria Sol Rosito (2019, Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, director)
Dr. Emanuel Sillero (2020, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba)
Recent Supervised Magister
Mag. Enrique Paillas (2017, Pontificia Universidad Catolica)
Mag. Tracy Catalan (2019,Master student, Universidad Andres Bello)
Recent Supervised Postdocs:
Rubens Machado (Postdoctoral Fellowship FAPESP, 2015-2016)
Dr. Lucas Bignone (Fondecy Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2018-2020)
Dr. Jose Hernandez (Alma-Conicyt, Fellowship, 2018-2020)
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Previous Supervisions:
Supervised PhD Thesis
Dr. Tomas Tecce (31/03/2011), Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, director).
Dr. Maria E. De Rossi, (27/03/2009, Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, director).
Dr. Sebastian Nuza (06/11/2008 , Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, director).
Dr. Cecilia Scannapieco (July/06, Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, director).
Dr. Leonardo Pellizza (3/12/03, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Co-director).
Supervised Licenciaturas in Physics:
Lic. Martin Soler (December 2018, Universidad Andres Bello, director)
Lic. Ulises Hernandez (December 2018, Universidad Andres Bello, director)
Lic. Silvio Varela (January 2018, Universidad Andres Bello, director)
Lic. Pedro Cataldi (March 2017, Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, co-director)
Lic. M. Celeste Artale (March 2010, Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, co-director)
Lic. Elisa Chisari (July 2009, Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, co-director )
Lic. Abigail Ganopol (June 2006, Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, director)
Lic. Maria E. De Rossi (March 2005, Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, director)
Lic. Cecilia Scannapieco (March 2002, Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, co-director)
Supervised PhD Fellowships:
Lic. Alejandro López (PhD grant Consejo de Investigaciones Científicas de Buenos Aires, 2000, co-director).
Lic. Analia Smith Castelli ( PhD grant I, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 2003 - 2004, director).
Lic. Analia Smith Castelli (PhD grant I, Conicet 2004-2005, director).
Lic. Cecilia Scannapieco (PhD grant I y II , Conicet, director, 2003-2006).
Lic. M. Alonso (PhD Grant I y II , Conicet, co-director, 2003-2007).
Lic. Abigail Ganopol (PhD grant I, Conicet, director, 2006-2009).
Lic. Maria E. De Rossi (PhD grant I y II, Conicet, director, 2005-2009).
Lic. Tomas Tecce (PhD grant I and II, Conicet, director, 2005-2010).
Supervised Postdoctoral Fellowships:
Dra. Celeste Artale, (Postdoctoral Fellowship, Conicet, co-supervisor, 2010-2017)
Dra. Noelia Jimenez, (Postdoctoral Fellowship, Conicet, supervisor, 2013-2014)
Dr. Owain Snaith (Cosmocomp Postdoctoral Fellowship, FP7 EU, supervisor, 2011)
Dr. Tomas Tecce (Postdoctoral Fellowship, Conicet, supervisor, 2011-1013)
Dr. Maria E. De Rossi (Postdoctoral Fellowship, Conicet, supervisor, 2009-2011).
Dr. Josefa Perez (Postdoctoral Fellowship, Conicet, supervisor, 2004).
Dra. Sofia Cora (Postdoctoral Fellowship , Conicet; co-supervisor, 2000-2001).
Public Outreach ( last 10 years)
* Direccion generacion de contenido astronomico para sitio de divulgacion en la Comunidad de Maria Elena, 2020-2021.
* Cosmos 2019 Workshop for secondary students as part of the Science Fair at Universidad Andres Bello, 2019.
* Charla en Ciclo Universidad Andres Bello: Una mirada al Universo (600 participants), April 2019.
* Editing of the astronomy section of a first reader book produced by Fundación Leer, Argentina, 2018.
* Cosmos Workshop for secondary students as part of the Science Fair at Universidad Andres Bello, 2018.
* Organisation of and participation in the event: Eclipse Anular en Aysen, 2017
* Public talk: The Universe we live in, Antofagasta, 2016.
* Interview for L’Oreal Argentina: Woman in Science, 2016 (youtube product)
* Interview for article on the stellar age of the Milky Way Halo, press release Nature Physics, El Mercurio & La Tercera, September 2016.
* Talk Explora 2015, Escuela Nuestra Señora del Loreto, Santiago, 2015
* Interview for article The origin of the Universe in El Mercurio Julio 2015
* Public talk: El universo en que vivimos, Logia Andrés Bello. Santiago, Chile, 2015
* TV interview in : Rueda de Noticias 24 Horas, Canal 24 Horas (Daniel Silva) Hora: 26/09/2015
* Presentation of Galaxy Zoo in Buenos Aires, March 2014
* Organization and participation in the exposition: Espacio y Tiempo, desde el origen de la vida hasta la inmensidad del Universo. Centro Cultural Palacio La Moneda, 2014
* Talk in Noche de Los Museos, Buenos Aires, 2012,2013
* Interview in the series Caminos II dedicated to science (shown in TV and youtube), Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología, Argentina, 2012
Talks in conferences (last 10 years)
* Invited talk in the First Light Reunion workshop (virtual), 2020, University of Sao Paulo (contributed talk).
* Lectures on Galaxy formation at the International School of Sao Paulo (First Light), 2019 (invited lectures).
* The evolution of metallicity gradients in EAGLE simulations, Feedback 2019 workshop, Spetses, June 2019, Greece (contributed talk).
* The assembly history of the Milky-Way inner halo inferred from the alpha-abundance patterns, Near-Field Cosmology in the Era of Large Surveys Workshop, December 2018, Santiago, Chile.
* Galaxy evolution in the context of radial metallicity gradients, IAU focus meeting Metallicity gradients of galaxies (invited talk), August 2018, Vienna.
* Metallicity gradients of disc galaxies in the EAGLE simulations, MPA- Ringberg Workshop March 2018.
* Chemical evolution of Milky Way-type galaxies (invited talk), Stellar populations in stellar clusters and dwarf galaxies –new astronomical and astrophysical challenges, 2-3 March 2017, ESO.
* The evolution of the metallicity profiles of disc galaxies (invited talk and discussion leader), Mocking galaxies, Santiago, April 2016
* Chemical Evolution: The metallicity gradients of disc galaxies, The interplay between the Local and the Global Processes in Galaxies (invited talk), Cozumel, April 2016
* The transition between the bulge and stellar haloes, 7 VVV Meeting Antofagasta, March 2016
* The stellar haloes of Milky-Way mass-like galaxies, the Annual Meeting of the Chilean Society (invited talk), Puerto Varas, Chile, March 2015
* Metallicity gradients in disc galaxies, Workshop on Disc Formation (invited talk), Flagstaff, USA, October, 2014
* The Milky Way and the current status of galaxy formation modeling (invited talk), IAUS 298, Lijiang, China, May 2013
* Galaxy Formation, 55ª Annual meeting of the Argentine Astronomical Society (invited talk), Mar del Plata, Argentina, September 2012 .
* Chemical evolution during galaxy interactions (invited talk), Workshop organized by ITCP, Trieste, Italy, April 2012
* Chemical patterns in hierarchical clustering scenarios. Assembling the puzzle of the Milky Way (invited talk), Le Grand, Bournard, France, April 2011
* Chemical patterns in Milky Way mass galaxies. The Ringberg Workshop on Galaxy Formation (invited talk), Ringberg, Germany, April 2011
Scientific Organizing Committees (last 10 years)
* LatinAmerican Meeting of Astronomy, 2019, Antofagasta (Chair SOC)
* Focus meeting on “ Galactic Angular Momentum” IAU, 2018, Prague (SOC member).
* IAU Symposium, ‘Challenge in Panchromatic Modelling with Next Generation Facilities’, 2018, Japan (SOC member)
* Workshop “Escape of Lyman radiation from galactic labyrinths" Crete, 2018 (SOC member)
* Workshop of the LSST Chile, December 2016, Valparaiso (LOC member).
* Workshop of the Southern Astrophysics Network, Chile, 21-22 November 2016 (Chair of SOC and LOC).
* Workshop on Models and Numerical Simulations, Chile, 14-15 November 2016 (SOC).
* Workshop “Escape of Lyman radiation from galactic labyrinths" Crete, 26-29 April 2016 (SOC member)
* Workshop on Models and Numerical Simulations, Chile, May 2015 (Chair of SOC and LOC).
* ESO Workshop 'Baryons at Low Density', Garching, February, 2015 (SOC member)
* III Workshop on Numerical Astrophysics, Buenos Aires, November, 2014 (SOC Chair)
* The formation and evolution of exponential disks in galaxies, Lowell Observatory, October, 2014 (SOC member)
* Aspen Winter Conference on Astrophysics: Unveiling the formation of massive galaxies, Aspen Center for Physics, 2014 (SOC member)
* 56 Scientific meeting of Asociación Argentina de Astronomía, 2013 (SOC Chair)
* 7 High-Performance Computing Symposium, 52 JaIIO, Argentina, 2013 (SOC member)
* 6 High-Performance Computing Symposium, 51 JaIIO, Argentina, 2012 (SOC member)
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Gaviola Prize
National Academy of Science,
Argentina, 2007
Premio joven cientifico
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Reconocimiento a la trayectoria cientifica
Consejo de Profesionales de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires
Argentina, 2016
Consejo de Profesionales de la ciudad de Buenos Aires reconoce anualmente la trayectoria de científicos o artistas.
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L'Oreal Unesco Conicet for Woman on Science
L'Oreal Unesco Conicet
Argentina, 2010
Reconocimiento investigadoras menores a 45 años.
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Houssey Prize for Young Researchers in Science
Presidencia de la Nacion
Chile, 2007
Reconocimiento a investigadores menores a 40 años.
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Virpi Niemela Prize
National Academy of Physics and Natural Sciences,
Argentina, 2007
Premio jovenes cientificos en ciencias exactas
Effects of mergers on non-parametric morphologies |
Why galaxies care about Type Ia Supernovae? |
The chemical loop between galaxies and their environments |
GALnet Network |
LatinAmerica Chinese Galaxy Formation Network II (LACEGAL-II) |
LatinAmerica Chinise European Galaxy Formation Network |
Southern Astrophysics Network |
GALAXY FORMATION AND CHEMICAL EVOLUTION |
Galaxy Formation and Chemical Evolution |
The Milky Way=> The Rosetta Stone of Galaxy Formation |
Evolucion Quimica de Galaxias |
Formacion de Galaxias |
Formación y Evolución de Galaxias |
Galaxy formation using hydrodynamical simulations |
Modelling galaxy formation and evolution |
Galaxy formation using sophisticated numerical techniques |
Cosmological Computational Network -ITN FP7 |
Latinamerica Chinese Europoean Galaxy Formation Network |
Evolución de galaxias y efectos del medio ambiente=> teoría y observaciones. |
Proyecto Nuevo Observatorio Virtual Argentino NOVA |
ASTROFÍSICA NUMÉRIA=> EVOLUCIÓN QUÍMICA DE GALAXIAS |
Formacion y evolución químico-dinamica de galaxias |
Colaboración Bilateral DAAD-Argentina |
Galaxy Formation by using sophisticated numerical modeling |
Estudio de galaxias y grupos de galaxias |
Network LENAC- Alpha Project |
Proyecto Multi-Institutcional para Adquisición de Equipamiento |
Subsidio Inicio de Carrera |
Formación y evolución de la estuctura galáctica |
Milky Way Nucleo |
Southern Astrophysics Network |

Jordanka Borissova
Full Professor, grado 4
Facultad de Ciencias
Universidad de Valparaiso
Valparaíso, Chile

Manuela Zoccali
Profesor Asociado
Facultad de Física
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Santiago, Chile
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Márcio Catelan
Full Professor
Instituto de Astrofísica
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE
Santiago, Chile

Sandro Villanova
Associate Profesor
Astronomy
UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION, DEPTO DE ASTRONOMIA
Concepcion, Chile

Douglas Geisler
Full Professor
Astronomy
UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION, DEPTO DE ASTRONOMIA
Concepcion, Chile

Médéric Boquien
Académico
Vicerrectoría de Investigación
UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA
Antofagasta, Chile

Maria del Carmen Argudo
Profesora Asociada
Instituto de Física
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
Valparaíso, Chile

Maria Artale
Profesor Asistente
Departamento de Física y Astronomía
Universidad Andrés Bello
Santiago, Chile