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Anna Katherina Vivas Maldonado

Assistant Astronomer

Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory

La Serena, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Variable stars, structure and formation of the Milky Way and its satellites, stellar streams, large scale surveys, data mining

Educación

  •  Astronomy, YALE UNIVERSITY. Estados Unidos, 2002

Experiencia Académica

  •   Assistant Astronomer Full Time

    CERRO TOLOLO INTERAMERICAN OBSERVATORY

    La Serena, Chile

    2013 - At present

  •   Research Scientist Full Time

    Centro de Investigaciones de Astronomía

    Merida, Venezuela

    2002 - 2013

Formación de Capital Humano


Doctoral:

1. Study of the RR Lyrae Population in the Thick Disk of the Milky Way, by Cecilia Mateu. Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela, January 2011

Master:

1. The Origins of ? Centauri, by José Gregorio Fernández, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela, January 31, 2014

Undergraduate Senior Thesis (Licenciatura):

1. The Stellar Population of the Canis Major Galaxy, by Cecilia Mateu. Departament of Physics, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela, November 2004.
2. Searching RR Lyrae Stars in the Southern Tail of the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy, by Yolimar Subero. Departament of Physics, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela, May 2006
3. Kinematic Study of RR Lyrae Stars in the Inner Halo of the Milky Way, by Yara L. Jaffé. Departament of Physics, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela, October 2006
4. Does the Oosterhoff Dichotomy exist in the Halo of the Galaxy?, by Nataly Ospina, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. November 2009
5. Searching for a Possible Galaxy Associated with the Globular Cluster Omega Centauri, by José Gregorio Fernández, Department of Physics, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela, December 2011


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Lorenzo Mendoza Fleury Award

    Fundación Empresas Polar

    Venezuela, 2009

    Highest scientific prize in Venezuela.

  •   Dirk Brower Prize

    YALE UNIVERSITY

    Estados Unidos, 2004

    For a contribution of unusual merit to any branch of astronomy


 

Article (29)

ConferencePaper (5)

1
Maria Ruiz

Profesor Titular

DEPARTAMENTO DE ASTRONOMÍA, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

2
René Méndez

Profesor

Departamento de Astronomia

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Leonardo Vanzi

full time

Electrical Engineering

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

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Anna Vivas

Assistant Astronomer

Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory

La Serena, Chile