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Antonela Monachesi Casali

Associate Professor

Universidad de La Serena

La Serena, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Formation and evolution of galaxies in the Local Universe. Stellar populations of nearby galaxies. Stellar halos of galaxies. Evolution of galaxies in groups and cluster of galaxies.

Educación

  •  Astrophysics, UNIVERSITEIT GRONINGEN. Holanda, 2011
  •  Licenciada en Astronomía, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA. Argentina, 2006

Experiencia Académica

  •   Postdoctoral Researcher Full Time

    UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

    Ann Arbor, Estados Unidos

    2011 - 2014

  •   Postdoctoral Researcher Full Time

    MAX-PLANCK INSTITUT FUR ASTROPHYSIK

    Garching, Alemania

    2014 - 2017

  •   Associate Professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SERENA

    Ciencias

    La Serena, Chile

    2021 - At present

  •   Assistant Professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SERENA

    Ciencias

    LA SERENA, Chile

    2017 - 2021

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Postdoctoral Researcher Full Time

    University of Michigan

    Estados Unidos

    2011 - 2014

  •   Postdoctoral Researcher Full Time

    Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics

    Alemania

    2014 - 2017

Formación de Capital Humano


Postdocs:
Dr. Cesar Muñoz: Fondecyt Postdoc, Patrocinante, ULS, 2021-2024
Dr. Ignacio Gargiulo: ALMA-CONICYT Postdoc, Supervisor, ULS, 2018-2020

PhD Students:
Ciria Lima Dias: Thesis Co-supervisor, ULS, 2017-2021
Camila Beltrand: Thesis Supervisor, ULS, 2019-present
Gissel Pardo: Thesis Co-supervisor, ULS, 2020-present
Elisa Tau: Thesis Supervisor, ULS 2021-present
Alex Vera: Thesis Co-supervisor, ULS 2021-present

Master Students:
Alex Vera: Thesis Co-supervisor, ULS, 2019-2021

Pre-graduate Students:
Benjamin Harmsen: Co-supervisor, University of Michigan, 2014-2017
Chad Grimaldi: Supervisor, University of Michigan, 2012-2013
Gabriela Bustos: Supervisor. University of La Serena, 2021


Difusión y Transferencia


Director of Fondecyt Group of Study: From 2019 to 2022

Participant of the "Conversatorio Vocacional", as part of the Workshop for female high-school students organized by "Cazadoras de Estrellas", May 2021, where I talked to high school female students about my path to become professional astronomer and how it is to do science as a woman, and then answer their questions.

Participant of a Conversation (“Conversatorio”) with scientists organized by the ULS as part of the celebration of “Astronomy Day in Chile”, 2021

Scientific advisor in astronomical material at Cerro Dominador, Antofagasta, 2020-2021

Expositor in "Conociendo el cielo", an ULS campaign during the confinement due to the pandemic situation, 2020

Scientific staff of Moocs, ULS (online courses of General Astronomy), 2019

Public Talk at Bilblioteca Regional de Antofagasta, Antofagasta, Chile, June 2019,
Title: “Estrellas foráneas en galaxias espirales"

Public Talk at Auditorium Municipal de Ovalle, Ovalle, Chile, June 2019, Title:
“Eclipse Solar en la Cuarta Región"

Public Talk at Club Social de Coquimbo, Coquimbo, Chile, May 2019, Title: “Descifrando la historia de la formacion y evolucion de galaxias"

Public talk at the "1º Jornada de Astronomía para Estudiantes y Profesores de Ciencias", March 2019, ULS. This talk was an outreach talk about my research, aimed at students and professors of Science both in Schools and at the University.

Member of the "Conversatorio Vocacional", as part of the "Jornadas de Astronomía para alumnas de enseñanza media", Biblioteca Regional Gabriela Mistral, La Serena, July 2018, where I talked to high school female students about my research and how it is to do science as a woman, and then answer their questions.

Press releases of my work:
MPA Research Highlight, January 2016, Title: "The diversity of stellar halos in massive disk galaxies"
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias press release, February 2012, Title: "Astrofísicos del IAC-ULL desarrollan un código para desvelar la historia
estelar en las galaxias"

Volunteer Assistant for the Open Evenings at the Blaauw Observatory, Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, The Netherlands, 2008-2010



 

Article (72)

Bulge-disc decomposition of the Hydra cluster galaxies in 12 bands
CAPOS: the bulge Cluster APOgee Survey IV elemental abundances of the bulge globular cluster NGC 6558
Chemo-dynamical tagging in the outskirts: The origins of stellar substructures in the Magellanic Clouds
Constraining the assembly time of the stellar haloes of nearby Milky Way-mass galaxies through AGB populations
Galaxy evolution in compact groups - I. Revealing a transitional galaxy population through a multiwavelength approach
Lopsidedness as a tracer of early galactic assembly history
Origins of the Evil Eye: M64's Stellar Halo Reveals the Recent Accretion of an SMC-mass Satellite
Saying Hallo to M94's Stellar Halo: Investigating the Accretion History of the Largest Pseudobulge Host in the Local Universe
High and low Sersic index bulges in Milky Way- and M31-like galaxies: origin and connection to the bar with TNG50
Kinematical Analysis of Substructure in the Southern Periphery of the Large Magellanic Cloud
Linking the brightest stellar streams with the accretion history of Milky Way like galaxies
New globular cluster candidates in the M81 group
The Seventeenth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys: Complete Release of MaNGA, MaStar, and APOGEE-2 Data
The synchronized dance of the magellanic clouds' star formation history
Ultrafaint Dwarf Galaxy Candidates in the M81 Group: Signatures of Group Accretion
WiNDS: An H<sub> <i>α</i> </sub> Kinematics Survey of Nearby Spiral Galaxies-Vertical Perturbations in Nearby Disk-type Galaxies
A Tidally Induced Global Corrugation Pattern in an External Disk Galaxy Similar to the Milky Way
An environmental dependence of the physical and structural properties in the Hydra cluster galaxies
CAPOS: The bulge Cluster APOgee Survey I. Overview and initial ASPCAP results
Final Targeting Strategy for the SDSS-IV APOGEE-2S Survey
The Second Data Release of the Survey of the MAgellanic Stellar History (SMASH)
The Star Formation History of Eridanus II: On the Role of Supernova Feedback in the Quenching of Ultrafaint Dwarf Galaxies*
A tale of two populations: surviving and destroyed dwarf galaxies and the build-up of the Milky Way's stellar halo
Chemodynamics of barred galaxies in cosmological simulations: On the Milky Way's quiescent merger history and in-situ bulge
How many components? Quantifying the complexity of the metallicity distribution in the Milky Way bulge with APOGEE
Is NGC 300 a pure exponential disk galaxy?
SMASHing the low surface brightness SMC
The Large Magellanic Cloud stellar content with SMASH: I. Assessing the stability of the Magellanic spiral arms
The Saga of M81: Global View of a Massive Stellar Halo in Formation
Tracing the anemic stellar halo of M 101
Two Ultra-faint Milky Way Stellar Systems Discovered in Early Data from the DECam Local Volume Exploration Survey
A Sequoia in the Garden: FSR 1758-Dwarf Galaxy or Giant Globular Cluster?
Exploring the Very Extended Low-surface-brightness Stellar Populations of the Large Magellanic Cloud with SMASH
The Auriga stellar haloes: connecting stellar population properties with accretion and merging history
The prevalence of pseudo-bulges in the Auriga simulations
A Lonely Giant: The Sparse Satellite Population of M94 Challenges Galaxy Formation
SMASHing the LMC: A Tidally Induced Warp in the Outer LMC and a Large-scale Reddening Map
SMASHing the LMC: Mapping a Ring-like Stellar Overdensity in the LMC Disk
The globular cluster systems of 54 Coma ultra-diffuse galaxies: statistical constraints from HST data
The Origin of the Milky Ways Halo Age Distribution
Characterizing dw1335-29, a recently discovered dwarf satellite of M83
D1005+68: A New Faint Dwarf Galaxy in the M81 Group
Decoding Galactic Merger Histories
Diverse stellar haloes in nearby Milky Way mass disc galaxies
Galaxies Grow Their Bulges and Black Holes in Diverse Ways
Lessons from the Auriga discs: the hunt for the Milky Way's ex situ disc is not yet over
PHAT. XIX. The Ancient Star Formation History of the M31 Disk
Resolving the stellar outskirts of six Milky Way-like galaxies beyond the Local Group
SMASH: Survey of the MAgellanic Stellar History
Extragalactic archeology with the GHOSTS Survey I. Age-resolved disk structure of nearby low-mass galaxies
On the stellar halo metallicity profile of Milky Way-like galaxies in the Auriga simulations
SMASH 1: A VERY FAINT GLOBULAR CLUSTER DISRUPTING IN THE OUTER REACHES OF THE LMC?
The GHOSTS survey - II. The diversity of halo colour and metallicity profiles of massive disc galaxies
A GLOBAL STAR-FORMING EPISODE IN M31 2-4 GYR AGO
HYDRA II: A FAINT AND COMPACT MILKY WAY DWARF GALAXY FOUND IN THE SURVEY OF THE MAGELLANIC STELLAR HISTORY
PANCHROMATIC HUBBLE ANDROMEDA TREASURY. XII. MAPPING STELLAR METALLICITY DISTRIBUTIONS IN M31
THE PANCHROMATIC HUBBLE ANDROMEDA TREASURY. XI. THE SPATIALLY RESOLVED RECENT STAR FORMATION HISTORY OF M31
CONSTRAINING THE AGE OF THE NGC 4565 HI DISK WARP: DETERMINING THE ORIGIN OF GAS WARPS
GHOSTS I: A NEW FAINT VERY ISOLATED DWARF GALAXY AT D=12 +/- 2 Mpc
THE PANCHROMATIC HUBBLE ANDROMEDA TREASURY. X. ULTRAVIOLET TO INFRARED PHOTOMETRY OF 117 MILLION EQUIDISTANT STARS
A TIDALLY STRIPPED STELLAR COMPONENT OF THE MAGELLANIC BRIDGE
TESTING GALAXY FORMATION MODELS WITH THE GHOSTS SURVEY: THE COLOR PROFILE OF M81's STELLAR HALO
An ancient metal-poor population in M32, and halo satellite accretion in M31, identified by RR Lyrae stars
PHAT STELLAR CLUSTER SURVEY. I. YEAR 1 CATALOG AND INTEGRATED PHOTOMETRY
Testing galaxy formation models with the GHOSTS survey: The stellar halo of M81
THE STAR FORMATION HISTORY OF M32
THE DEEPEST HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE COLOR-MAGNITUDE DIAGRAM OF M32. EVIDENCE FOR INTERMEDIATE-AGE POPULATIONS
THE RESOLVED STELLAR POPULATIONS OF M 32
M32: Is there an Ancient and Metal-poor Stellar Population?
RR LYRAE VARIABLES IN M32 AND THE DISK OF M31
The Stellar Populations of M32: Resolving the nearest elliptical with HST ACS/HRC
M32: Is there an Ancient, Metal-Poor Population?

Errata (1)

The prevalence of pseudo-bulges in the Auriga simulations (vol 489, pg 5742, 2019)

Proyecto (7)

Studying the Formation and Evolution of the Galactic Bulge with CAPOS (the bulge Cluster APOgee Survey).
THE ORIGIN OF OUTSKIRTS IN LOW-MASS AND MILKY WAY-MASS NEARBY GALAXIES
The formation of galactic bulges and their connection with stellar halos in Milky Way-like galaxies
THE STELLAR HALOS OF NEARBY GALAXIES=> A UNIQUE WINDOW INTO THE ACCRETION AND MERGER HISTORY OF GALAXIES
WINGS=> WFIRST Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey
Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury
Postdoctoral position in resolved stellar populations of nearby galaxies
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Antonela Monachesi

Associate Professor

Astronomía

Universidad de La Serena

La Serena, Chile

9
Ricardo Munoz

Associate Professor

Astronomy

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

9
Facundo Gómez

Professor

Fisica

Universidad de La Serena

La Serena, Chile

3
Patricia Tissera

Professor

Fisica

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

2
Amelia Stutz

Associate Professor

Astronomy

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

Concepcion, Chile

2
Sandro Villanova

Associate Profesor

Astronomy

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION, DEPTO DE ASTRONOMIA

Concepcion, Chile

1
Douglas Geisler

Full Professor

Astronomy

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION, DEPTO DE ASTRONOMIA

Concepcion, Chile

1
José Fernández

Assistant Professor

Universidad de Atacama

Copiapo, Chile

1
Manuela Zoccali

Profesor Asociado

Facultad de Física

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Dante Minniti

Professor

Facultad de Ciencias Exactas

UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO

Santiago, Chile

1
Yara Jaffé

Prof. Adjunto

Instituto de Fisica y Astronomia

Universidad de Valparaiso

Valparaiso, Chile

1
Julio Carballo

Independent Researcher

Instituto de Alta Investigación - Universidad de Tarapacá

Arica, Chile

1
Alvaro Rojas

Postdoctoral MAS researcher (area Milky Way and Local Group)

Millenium Institute of Astrophysics (working at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)

Santiago, Chile

1
Rodolfo Barbá

Director

Astronomía

DEPARTAMENTO DE ASTRONOMÍA - UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SERENA

La Serena, Chile

1
Daniela Olave

Conferenciante

Departamento de Tecnologías Industriales

Universidad de Talca

Curicó, Chile

1
Christian Nitschelm

Full professor

Sciences

Universidad de Antofagasta

Antofagasta, Chile