Man

Guillermo Blanc

Adjunct Professor

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Galaxy Evolution; Star Formation; Large Scale Structure and Cosmology

Educación

  •  Astronomy, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN. Estados Unidos, 2011
  •  Astronomía, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2006
  •  Ciencias, Astronomía, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2004

Experiencia Académica

  •   Assistant Professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

    Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas

    Santiago, Chile

    2014 - 2016

  •   Adjunct Professor Part Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

    Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas

    Santiago, Chile

    2016 - At present

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Postdoctoral Fellow Full Time

    Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science

    Pasadena, CA, Estados Unidos

    2011 - 2015

  •   Graduate Research Assistant Full Time

    The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, TX, Estados Unidos

    2006 - 2011

  •   Visiting Astronomer Other

    Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science

    Pasadena, CA, Estados Unidos

    2015 - 2016

  •   Staff Associate Astrononmer Full Time

    Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science

    La Serena, Chile

    2016 - At present

Formación de Capital Humano


PhD Thesis Advisor:

- Expected 2021: Alessandro Razza, Universidad de Chile: "The PHANGS H-alpha Survey"
- 2020: José Utreras, Universidad de Chile: "Studying the multi-scale gas dynamics of disk galaxies through numerical simulations"

M.Sc. Thesis Advisor:

- Expected 2021: Victoria Perez, Universidad de Chile: "The Environmental Dependence of Ly-alpha Emission and Absorption in High-z Galaxies"
- 2019: Amber Roberts, Universidad de Chile: "C IV and Si IV Absorption in the Circumgalactic Medium of 2

Postdoctoral Researcher Supervisor:

- 2020 - today: Dr. Enrico Congiu, CATA-DAS Fellowship, Universidad de Chile
- 2016-2019: Dr. Antonios Katsianis, FONDECYT Postdoctorado, Universidad de Chile


Difusión y Transferencia


I'm involved in several outreach activities every year, including
public talks on Astronomy and Light Pollution. Below is a
curated list of relevant activities:

2019-today: Founder and President of the "Fundación Cielos de Chile"

2018: Scientific Advisor for museography in the Calle Larga 3D Planetarium Project, Calle Larga, Chile

2017-2018: Scientific Advisor for museography in the ``Tunel Universo'' center at the Museo Interactivo Mirador (MIM), Santiago, Chile

2015, 2016, 2017, 2018: Open Courses for the Public: ``Unveiling the Origin of Galaxies'', Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

2017: Invited Speaker at the ``First Light'' conference celebration the 100 year anniversary of the Mount Wilson 100'' Hooker Telescope, Huntington Library, Pasadena, CA

2016: Invited Speaker at the ``Cielos Oscuros, Patrimonio de la Humanidad'' Seminar Municipality of Santiago Heritage Day Initiative, Santiago, Chile

2016: Invited Speaker at ``The Right to Dark Skies'' UNESCO Workshop, Mexico City

2012: Speaker at the Huntington Library Astronomy Lecture Series, Pasadena, CA, ``Bright Galaxies, Dark Universe, Part I: The Dawn of Galaxies''

2011: Volunteer English, Science, and Math Teacher at Junkiri School, Sakhu, Nepal, Teach English, Science, and Math at elementary school in rural Nepal.

2010: Conducted Open Telescope Nights, UT Austin Astronomy Outreach Program, Conducted open nights for the public at UT's 9'' Telescope



 

Article (93)

A Model for the Onset of Self-gravitation and Star Formation in Molecular Gas Governed by Galactic Forces. II. The Bottleneck to Collapse Set by Cloud-Environment Decoupling
Deep transfer learning for star cluster classification: I. application to the PHANGS-HST survey
Dynamical Equilibrium in the Molecular ISM in 28 Nearby Star-forming Galaxies
LATIS: The Ly alpha Tomography IMACS Survey
PHANGS CO Kinematics: Disk Orientations and Rotation Curves at 150 pc Resolution
SDSS IV MaNGA: Metallicity and ionisation parameter in local star-forming galaxies from Bayesian fitting to photoionisation models
The 16th Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: First Release from the APOGEE-2 Southern Survey and Full Release of eBOSS Spectra
The headlight cloud in NGC 628: An extreme giant molecular cloud in a typical galaxy disk
The high-redshift SFR M relation is sensitive to the employed star formation rate and stellar mass indicators: towards addressing the tension between observations and simulations
The lifecycle of molecular clouds in nearby star-forming disc galaxies
The VIRUS-P Exploration of Nearby Galaxies (VENGA): the stellar populations and assembly of NGC 2903's bulge, bar, and outer disc
Ubiquitous velocity fluctuations throughout the molecular interstellar medium
When Gas Dynamics Decouples from Galactic Rotation: Characterizing ISM Circulation in Disk Galaxies
A Characteristic Mass Scale in the Mass-Metallicity Relation of Galaxies
An Evolving and Mass-dependent sigma sSFR-M(* )Relation for Galaxies
Assembling a RELIC at Redshift 1: Spectroscopic Observations of Galaxies in the RELICS Cluster SPT-CLJ0615-5746
Calibrating Star Formation Rate Prescriptions at Different Scales (10 pc-1 kpc) in M31
Evidence for Shock-heated Gas in the Taffy Galaxies and Bridge from Optical Emission-line IFU Spectroscopy
Mapping Electron Temperature Variations across a Spiral Arm in NGC 1672
Mapping Metallicity Variations across Nearby Galaxy Disks
Rest-frame UV and optical emission line diagnostics of ionized gas properties: a test case in a star-forming knot of a lensed galaxy at z similar to 1.7
The Fifteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys=> First Release of MaNGA-derived Quantities, Data Visualization Tools, and Stellar Library
The Gas-Star Formation Cycle in Nearby Star-forming Galaxies. I. Assessment of Multi-scale Variations
A 50 pc Scale View of Star Formation Efficiency across NGC 628
A giant protocluster of galaxies at redshift 5.7
A Model for the Onset of Self-gravitation and Star Formation in Molecular Gas Governed by Galactic Forces. I. Cloud-scale Gas Motions
Cloud-scale Molecular Gas Properties in 15 Nearby Galaxies
Interrogating Seyferts with NebulaBayes=> Spatially Probing the Narrow-line Region Radiation Fields and Chemical Abundances
Star Formation Efficiency per Free-fall Time in nearby Galaxies
The Fourteenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey=> First Spectroscopic Data from the Extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey and from the Second Phase of the Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment
A Comprehensive Study of Lyα Emission in the High-redshift Galaxy Population
A Magellan M2FS Spectroscopic Survey of Galaxies at 5.5 < z < 6.8=> Program Overview and a Sample of the Brightest Ly-alpha Emitters
A Revised Planetary Nebula Luminosity Function Distance to NGC 628 Using MUSE
Attenuation Modified by DIG and Dust as Seen in M31
Cloud-scale ISM Structure and Star Formation in M51
Mass-Metallicity Relation for Local Analogs of High-redshift galaxies=> Implications for the Evolution of the Mass-Metallicity Relations
Millimeter-wave Line Ratios and Sub-beam Volume Density Distributions
Separate Ways=> The Mass-Metallicity Relation Does Not Strongly Correlate with Star Formation Rate in SDSS-IV MaNGA Galaxies
Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV=> Mapping the Milky Way, Nearby Galaxies, and the Distant Universe
The 13th Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey=> First Spectroscopic Data from the SDSS-IV Survey Mapping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory
The evolution of the star formation rate function and cosmic star formation rate density of galaxies at z &#771; 1-4
The evolution of the star formation rate function in the EAGLE simulations=> a comparison with UV, IR and H&#945; observations from z~8 to z~0
The extended law of star formation=> the combined role of gas and stars
A Portrait of Cold Gas in Galaxies at 60 pc Resolution and a Simple Method to Test Hypotheses That Link Small-scale ISM Structure to Galaxy-scale Processes
AGN feedback in the nucleus of M 51
Characterizing Spiral Arm and Interarm Star Formation
HOW LYMAN ALPHA EMISSION DEPENDS ON GALAXY STELLAR MASS
How Lyman Alpha Emission Depends on Galaxy Stellar Mass
HST Emission Line Galaxies at z ~ 2=> Comparing Physical Properties of Lyman Alpha and Optical Emission Line Selected Galaxies
SDSS-IV MaNGA IFS Galaxy Survey—Survey Design, Execution, and Initial Data Quality
SDSS-IV/MaNGA=> Spectrophotometric Calibration Technique
The Data Reduction Pipeline for the SDSS-IV MaNGA IFU Galaxy Survey
The Spitzer-HETDEX Exploratory Large-area Survey
The VIRUS-P Exploration of Nearby Galaxies (VENGA)=> Radial Gas Inflow and Shock Excitation in NGC 1042
The VIRUS-P Exploration of Nearby Galaxies (VENGA)=> spatially resolved gas-phase metallicity distributions in barred and unbarred spirals
AN ANALYTICAL MODEL FOR GALAXY METALLICITY: WHAT DO METALLICITY RELATIONS TELL US ABOUT STAR FORMATION AND OUTFLOW?
An Analytical Model for Galaxy Metallicity=> What do Metallicity Relations Tell Us about Star Formation and Outflow?
IZI=> Inferring the Gas Phase Metallicity (Z) and Ionization Parameter (q) of Ionized Nebulae Using Bayesian Statistics
Overview of the SDSS-IV MaNGA Survey=> Mapping nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory
P-MaNGA Galaxies=> emission-lines properties - gas ionization and chemical abundances from prototype observations
Strong near-infrared carbon in the Type Ia supernova iPTF13ebh
Surveying Galaxy Proto-clusters in Emission=> A Large-scale Structure at z = 2.44 and the Outlook for HETDEX
Hubble Space Telescope Emission Line Galaxies at z ~ 2=> The Ly&#945; Escape Fraction
Physical Properties of Emission-line Galaxies at z ~ 2 from Near-infrared Spectroscopy with Magellan FIRE
Spectral Energy Distribution Fitting of HETDEX Pilot Survey Ly&#945; Emitters in COSMOS and GOODS-N
The HETDEX Pilot Survey. V. The Physical Origin of Ly&#945; Emitters Probed by Near-infrared Spectroscopy
Dependence of Nebular Heavy-element Abundance on H I Content for Spiral Galaxies
Galaxy redshift surveys with sparse sampling
Searching for Neutral Hydrogen Halos around z ~ 2.1 and z ~ 3.1 Ly&#945; Emitting Galaxies
Spectroscopic Observations of SN 2012fr=> A Luminous, Normal Type Ia Supernova with Early High-velocity Features and a Late Velocity Plateau
The HETDEX Pilot Survey. IV. The Evolution of [O II] Emitting Galaxies from z ~ 0.5 to z ~ 0
The Spectrally Resolved Ly&#945; Emission of Three Ly&#945;-selected Field Galaxies at z ~ 2.4 from the HETDEX Pilot Survey
The VIRUS-P Exploration of Nearby Galaxies (VENGA)=> Survey Design, Data Processing, and Spectral Analysis Methods
The VIRUS-P Exploration of Nearby Galaxies (VENGA)=> The X CO Gradient in NGC 628
Enhanced Abundances in Spiral Galaxies of the Pegasus I Cluster
Panchromatic Estimation of Star Formation Rates in BzK Galaxies at 1 < z < 3
PANCHROMATIC ESTIMATION OF STAR FORMATION RATES IN BzK GALAXIES AT 1 < z < 3
STACKED REST-FRAME ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRA OF Ly alpha-EMITTING AND CONTINUUM-SELECTED GALAXIES AT 2 < z < 3.5
Stacked Rest-frame Ultraviolet Spectra of Ly&#945;-emitting and Continuum-selected Galaxies at 2 < z < 3.5
The Central Dark Matter Distribution of NGC 2976
The HETDEX Pilot Survey. I. Survey Design, Performance, and Catalog of Emission-line Galaxies
The HETDEX Pilot Survey. II. The Evolution of the Ly&#945; Escape Fraction from the Ultraviolet Slope and Luminosity Function of 1.9 < z < 3.8 LAEs
The HETDEX Pilot Survey. III. The Low Metallicities of High-redshift Ly&#945; Galaxies
The Rest-frame Ultraviolet Light Profile Shapes of Ly&#945;-emitting Galaxies at z = 3.1
Ly-alpha emitting Galaxies at z = 2.1 in ECDF-S=> Building Blocks of Typical Present-day Galaxies?
A Public, K-Selected, Optical-to-Near-Infrared Catalog of the Extended Chandra Deep Field South (ECDFS) from the Multiwavelength Survey by Yale-Chile (MUSYC)
Optical Spectroscopy of X-Ray Sources in the Extended Chandra Deep Field South
The Spatially Resolved Star Formation Law From Integral Field Spectroscopy=> VIRUS-P Observations of NGC 5194
The Multiwavelength Survey by Yale-Chile (MUSYC)=> Wide K-Band Imaging, Photometric Catalogs, Clustering, and Physical Properties of Galaxies at z ~ 2
Ly-alpha Emission-Line Galaxies at z = 3.1 in the Extended Chandra Deep Field-South
Ly-alpha Emitting Galaxies at z = 3.1=> L* Progenitors Experiencing Rapid Star Formation
The Multiwavelength Survey by Yale-Chile (MUSYC)=> Deep Near-Infrared Imaging and the Selection of Distant Galaxies
The Physical Nature of Ly-alpha emitting Galaxies at z=3.1

Letter (1)

A giant protocluster of galaxies at redshift 5.7

Proyecto (2)

STAR FORMATION AND ISM PHYSICS ACROSS DIFFERENT ENVRIONMENTS=> DISSECTING NEARBY GALAXIES WITH 3D MULTI-WAVELENGTH SPECTROSCOPY.
THE EVOLUTION OF THE STAR FORMATION RATE - METALLICITY - STELLAR MASS RELATION OF GALAXIES.
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Guillermo Blanc

Adjunct Professor

Astronomía

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

4
Valentino Gonzalez

Profesor Asistente

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

2
Enrico Congiu

Postdoc

Departamento de Astronomia

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

2
Ezequiel Treister

Associate Professor

Institute of Astrophysics

Pontificia Universidad Catolica

Santiago, Chile

2
Médéric Boquien

Académico

Vicerrectoría de Investigación

UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA

Antofagasta, Chile

1
Andres Escala

Associated Professor. (ternured

Astronomía

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Paulina Lira

Associate Professor

Astronomía

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Nelson Padilla

Profesor Titular

Astrophysics

Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile