Galaxy Formation, Galaxy Evolution, Interstellar Medium, Circumgalactic Medium, Star-forming galaxies, Star Formation, Infrared and Radio Properties of Galaxies, Molecular Gas and Dust in Galaxies

*** Teaching experience (last 5 years) ***

Ph.D courses: Topics of Astronomy I (2019/1), Radioastronomy (1/2020), Adv. Extragalactic Astrophysics (2/2020)

Undergrad courses: Una perspectiva cósmica (2016-2019) and Astronomía General (2014-2015), B-learning course Astronomía moderna (2021-2024)

*** Postdocs’ supervision ***

- Dr. Ksenia Telikova (2024-present), obtained her PhD at St. Petersburg Ioffe Institute, Russia, and works with me through an ALMA-ANID program to study the ISM+CGM link at high redshift.

- Dr. Meghana Killi (2024-present), obtained her PhD at the Cosmic DAWN Center, Denmark. She is a CATA postdoctoral researcher working with me and Prof. R. Herrera-Camus (UdC) on the CRISTAL survey.

- Dr. Kevin Harrington (2024), obtained his PhD at the University of Bonn, Germany. I am his sponsor on his 4th year of ESO fellowship at UDP.

- Dr. Belén Alcalde-Pampliega (2024), obtained her PhD at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. I am her sponsor on her 4th year of ESO fellowship at UDP.

- Dr. Jorge Gonzalez-Lopez (2017- 2023), obtained his Ph.D. degree at PUC (see below) and worked as a postdoctoral researcher of F. Bauer at PUC (2015-2017) and then at UDP through a CAS-Conicyt fellowship from 2017-2019, and a joint position Carnegie/LCO-UDP. After working with us, he is now professor at PUC, Chile

- Dr. Drew Brisbin (2015- 2020), obtained his PhD degree at Cornell University (USA) and worked as a postdoctoral fellow at NRAO. After being funded through an ALMA-Conicyt program, Drew obtained a Fondecyt fellowship to keep working in our group since 2017 to 2020. After working with me, he moved to work at ALMA/JAO in the data analysis working group.

- Dr. Lucia Guaita (2017-2018/2019-2021), obtained her PhD degree at PUC (Chile) and worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Osservatorio di Roma and at PUC under the supervision of F. Bauer. She obtained a CAS-Conicyt fellowship during 2019-2021 to work with me to select faint Lyman-alpha emitter galaxies in protocluster fields using VLT/MUSE. After working with me, she started a professorship position at UNAB, Chile.

- Dr. Chunyan Jiang (2016), obtained her PhD degree at Shanghai University (China) and worked as researcher at the Observatory of Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO). She visited UDP to work on the environments of distant submillimeter galaxies. She is now Assistant professor at SHAO.

*** Students’ supervision ***

- PhD thesis of Manuel Solimano at UDP (2021-present). Thesis title: “Interplay between the circumgalactic and interstellar medium in distant galaxies”. Project co-supervised with Dr. J. González-López. Expected graduation: Mar 2025.

- PhD thesis of Ana Posses at UDP (2019-2023). Thesis title: “The structure and properties of thee ISM of galaxies in the early universe”. Project co-supervised with Dr. J. González-López.

- PhD thesis of Trystan Lambert at UDP (2020-2023). Thesis title: “Studying the environment and haloes of massive galaxy hosts through the Epoch of Reionization”. Project co-supervised with Prof. R. Assef.

- Research project of Ph.D. student Dejene Zewdie at UDP (2019), titled “Properties of the local highest-growth rate galaxies” (MNRAS, 498, 4345). Project co-supervised with Prof. R. Assef.

- PhD thesis of Dr. Yordanka Apostolovski at UNAB (2016-2019). Thesis title “Studies of the Interstellar Medium in Distant, Gravitationally Lensed Star Forming Galaxies”. Thesis co-supervised by Prof. Timo Anguita (UNAB).

- External advisor in the PhD thesis of Dr. Jorge Gonzalez at Pontificia Universidad Católica (2012-2014). Supervisor: L. Infante.

- Two-month summer internship of Karia Dibert (Massachusetts Institute of Technology – MIT undergraduate student), through the MISTI program. Project: “Molecular gas content in the most luminous galaxy in the Universe). Period: June-August 2016. Karia is now Ph.D student at the University of Chicago, USA.

- Two-month research visit of Gareth Jones (obtained his Ph.D. degree at New Mexico Tech in 2017). Project: “Searching for CII line emitters in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field”. Period: Jan-Feb 2017. Gareth currently holds a postdoctoral fellow position at the University of Oxford.

*** Professional and administrative services (selected) ***

- Discussion panel member of the James Webb Space Telescope for Cycle 3 (2023)
- Senior member to the CMB-S4 project (May 2023-present)
- Member of the membership committee for the CMB-S4 project (Aug 2023-present)
- Chair of the CCAT-Chile workshop organizing committee held at UDP on Sept 5-6, 2023.
- Co-lead of the Cosmic Infrared Background (CIB) Science Working Group for the CCAT Observatory (2020-)
- Member of the Fondecyt/ANID grupo de estudio for astronomy 2021.
- Chair/President of the ALMA Chilean Review Committee (CRC) for 2020-2022.
- Member of the ALMA Science Advisory Committee (ASAC) for 2016-2021.
- Member of the Academic Committee of the Ph.D. program in astrophysics UDP (2021-2022).
- Chair of the strategic plan committee for research at the Faculty of Engineering and Sciences UDP (2022-2026)
- Reviewer for the ALMA Time Allocation Committee (TAC) for cycles 4-6 (2016-2018).
- External reviewer for the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) projects (2020)
- Reviewer for the ALMA Time Allocation Committee (TAC) for cycles 4-6 (2016-2018), the APEX TAC (2015-2018, 2019-2021), the Chilean TAC Advisory Committee for 2019-2021
- Reviewer for several funding agency programs “Atracción Capital Humano Avanzado MEC CONICYT” (2017-present), “REDI CONICYT” (2017), “China-Chile Joint Research Fund” (2016-2017), “China-CONICYT fund for postdoctoral positions” (2017-2019), “ALMA Conicyt program” (2016), “ECOS-Conicyt program” (2016).
- Regular referee for the ApJ, MNRAS and A&A journals (about four papers per year)

**** Selected summary of research highlights, observational and technical experience ****

2024: Principal investigator of James Webb Space Telescope program ID 5874 (GO3) “ORCHIDS: Origin of Cii Halos In Distant Systems” (GO3, 43 hrs). PI: Manuel Aravena. Co-PI: J. Gonzalez-Lopez, NIRSpec IFU survey.

2023: Co-principal investigator of the ALMA Large program: “The COSMOS High-z ALMA-MIRI Population Survey (CHAMPS): A Wide-Area Comprehensive Survey of the Dusty Universe” (Cycle 10; 143.5 hrs). Continuum and line survey of the COSMOS Webb MIRI footprints. Co-PIs: Andreas Faisst, Manuel Aravena, Caitlin Casey, Jeyhan Kartaltepe, John Silverman, Sune Toft, Ezequiel Treister, Jorge Zavala

2023: Co-principal investigator of James Webb Space Telescope program ID 4265 (GO2) “Unveiling the interplay between the circumgalactic and interstellar media in a complex protocluster environment at z=4.5” (GO2, 17.03 hrs). CO-PIs: J. Gonzalez-Lopez, Manuel Aravena. NIRCam imaging, NIRSpec IFU and NIRSpec MOS observing.

2021: Co-principal investigator of the ALMA large program “[CII] Resolved ISM in Star-Forming Galaxies with ALMA (CRISTAL)” (Cycle 8; 140 hrs). A survey of gas, dust and stars in star-forming galaxies when the Universe was 1 billion years old. Co-PIs: R. Herrera-Camus, M. Aravena, J. Gonzalez-Lopez, I. De Looze, J. Spilker, K. Tadaki, N. Forster-Schreiber

2016: Co-Principal Investigator of the ALMA large program “The ALMA Spectroscopic Survey in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (ASPECS)” (Cycle 4; 150 hrs). First extragalactic large program to provide a 3D view of the molecular gas and dust in the iconic HUDF.

2011-2014 Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) duties. Acting Commissioning /Science Verification (CSV) and Operations scientist at the ALMA Observing Support Facility (OSF) as part of ESO-ALMA fellow duties (~50 days per year). Designated CSV-shift lead and Astronomer on Duty (AoD) in several occasions.

2011-2014: Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) duties. Regular observer/astronomer for the ESO time as part of ESO ALMA fellow duties (~30 days per year).

2006-2014: Vast experience observing at several radio astronomical facilities, including the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA), the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO), The IRAM 30m telescope, the Green Bank telescope (GBT), the Effelsberg 100m telescope, The NANTEN2 submillimeter telescope, and the La Silla 2.2m optical telescope

2010: ALMA mid-term assignment. Participation in 3 shifts (1-month) for the CSV activities at the OSF as part of the NRAO North American ALMA Science Center (NAASC).

2010: Expanded Very Large Array (EVLA) Residence Shared Risk Observing. Three months at the NRAO Science Operation Center in Socorro, New Mexico, to assist with the commissioning of the new correlator and system.

Talks (selected, last 3 years)

- Invited review talk at the ALMA 10-yrs conference: Past, Present and Future, Puerto Varas, Chile December 2023.
- Invited review talk at the 7th Chile-Cologne-Bonn symposium “Physics and Chemistry of Star Formation: The Dynamical ISM Across Time and Spatial Scales”, Puerto Varas, Chile September 2022.
- Invited review talk at the International Astronomical Union (IAU) general assembly symposium IAUS373 “Resolving the Rise and Fall of Star Formation in Galaxies”, Busan South Korea, August 2022. Title: “The supply of gas through cosmic time: insights on galaxy assembly at early epochs”.
- Contributed talk at the Joint Observatories Kavli forum (Chile - hybrid), April 2022. Title: “The evolution of the ISM from z~0 to 7”.
- Invited review talk at the online conference “Extragalactic Spectroscopic Surveys: Past, Present and Future of Galaxy Evolution (GALSPEC2021)” at ESO 04/2021. Title: “ALMA Deep field surveys”

***** Outreach activities (selected, last 3 years) *****

- EMOL newspaper opinion column "The future of astronomy: The invisible universe in infrared waves" (2023):

https://comentarista.emol.com/2486512/Manuel-Aravena.html

- EMOL newspaper opinion column "The James Webb Telescope and the opportunity for observations never before possible" (2023):

https://comentarista.emol.com/2486512/26095069/Manuel-Aravena.html

- EMOL newspaper opinion column "Breaking the molds of formation of primordial galaxies?" (2023):

https://comentarista.emol.com/2486512/26095069/Manuel-Aravena.html

- Extensive media coverage for the award for observation time with the James Webb Space Telescope (May 2023). Example:

https://www.elmostrador.cl/cultura/ciencia-cultura/2023/06/12/investigadores-chilenos-consiguen-tiempo-de-observacion-en-el-telescopio-james-webb/

- Multiple press appearances due to the discovery of organic molecules in a distant galaxy (scientific paper published in the prestigious journal Nature; June 2023). Example:

https://www.cnnchile.com/mundo/cientificos-telescopio-james-webb-moleculas-organicas_20230605/

- Public talk at the Theater of the Leopoldo Silva Reynoard Cultural Center in Quillota (300 attendees). May 2023 for Astronomy Day.

https://cata.cl/con-mas-de-40-actividades-el-centro-de-astrofisica-cubrira-de-astronomia-el-pais/

- Telescope Nights UDP broadcasted by EMOLTV (2021): Live remote observations with the MAS500 telescope from the El Sauce observatory. Stream viewed by over 66,000 people.

Fuente: Emol.com - https://www.emol.com/noticias/Nacional/2021/03/22/1015550/Programacion-EmolTV-semana-22-marzo.html

- Aparición en el canal 24 horas en vivo por el día de la astronomía 2021. Astronomy Day Expert: "A big part of the world's telescopes are going to be or are in Chile"

https://www.24horas.cl/programas/entrevistas/experto-dia-astronomia-telescopio-chile-4702709