Galaxy formation and evolution; Dwarf galaxies; Starbursts; Chemical abundances and ionization of galaxy nebulae; Morphology, gas content, and kinematics; High redshift galaxies; Reionization; Multiwavelength surveys;

Postgraduate students:
2021: MSc Supervisor of Ana León, Universidad de La Serena (Ongoing)
2020: MSc Supervisor of Matías Rodríguez, Universidad de La Serena (Ongoing)
2019: PhD Supervisor of Mario Llerena, Universidad de La Serena (Ongoing).
2019: PhD Supervisor of Dania Muñoz, Universidad de La Serena (Ongoing).
2018: Host/collaborator of Lucy Hogarth, 1st-year PhD student at UCL (UK). Role: Supervisor during her visit (2 weeks) to Univ. of Cambridge.
2018: Host/collaborator of Amanda Del Olmo-García, 4th-year PhD student at Universidad de La Laguna (Spain). Role: Advisor during the visit (2-month) to Univ. of Cambridge for her PhD
2017: Host/collaborator of Francesca Marchi, 2nd-year PhD student at Universita di Roma "Sapienza" (Italy). Role: Advisor during the visit (1-month) to Univ. of Cambridge for her PhD
2015-2016: MSc. Advisor & Mentor of Antonello Calabró for his Laurea Magistrale at Universitá di Roma "Sapienza" (Italy). Duration: One year. Title: "Chemical abundances in low-mass young galaxies". Awarded "Summa Cum Laude".
2015: External MSc. Advisor of Julia Fortuño, Valencian International University, Spain.

Undergraduate students:
2019: Advisor of Matías Rodriguez (Universidad de La Serena) for his Astronomy Degree Thesis at Universidad de La Serena. Duration: 6 months (ongoing). Project: "Chemodynamics of a LyC leaker at redshift z=0.3"
2018: Advisor of Ian Deschamps (University of Pomona, USA) for the "Young American Student Program" at University of Cambridge (UK). Duration: One term. Project: "The impact of gas accretion in galaxy growth"
2017: Advisor of Lucy Hogarth (University College London) for her David & Bridget Jacob Summer Internship at the University of Cambridge (UK). Duration 3 months. Project: "Gas-phase kinematics, star formation and feedback in low-mass starburst galaxies"
2017: Advisor of Stuart Knowles for his Summer Internship (2.5 months) at the University of Cambridge (UK). Project: "Linear and non-linear stacking experiments for radio and optical spectroscopy"

Organization of Scientific Meetings
Jan 2019: SOC First ULS-MPA Partner Group Meeting "Galaxy Formation and Evolution". Universidad de La Serena, Chile.
Sep 2018: SOC International conference "Escape of Lyman radiation from galactic labyrinths II". Kolymbari, Greece.
Sep 2017: Chair SOC Kavli Workshop 2017 "Emission Line Galaxies with MOS: from cosmic noon to the reionization era". Kavli Institute for Cosmology, University of Cambridge (UK).
Sep 2017: SOC 60 Reunión Anual de la Asociación Argentina de Astronomía, Malargüe, Argentina.
Sep 2014: LOC III ASTRODEEP meeting. Universitá di Roma, La Sapienza, Rome.
Sep 2013: SOC/LOC International conference "Galaxies meet GRBs at Cabo de Gata", Las Negras, Spain.
Apr 2012: LOC International conference "Metals in 3D: New insights from Integral Field Spectroscopy", Granada, Spain.
Apr 2012: SOC/LOC "IX Workshop Estallidos"}{Granada, Spain.
June 2011: SOC/LOC "First Workshop of the AVOCADO project". Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, France.
Jan 2010: SOC/LOC "VIII Workshop Estallidos". Salobreña, Spain.
Sep 2009: SOC/LOC "First Miniworkshop Estallidos with Integral Field Units", IAA-CSIC, Granada, Spain.

Invited Talks
Aug 2019: Invited Talk "Rapidly forming galaxies at intermediate redshift: clues from deep spectroscopic surveys" in Guillermo Haro Workshop for Advanced Astrophysical Reasearch: "The Formation and Evolution of Super Star Clusters", INAOE Tonantzintla (Mexico).
Jun 2019: Invited Review "Local analogues of high-redshift galaxies" in IAU Symposium 352 "Uncovering early galaxy evolution in the ALMA and JWST era", Viana do Castelo (Portugal)
Oct 2017: Invited Review "Local analogues with a view for JWST" in "Characterizing Galaxies with Spectroscopy with a view for JWST" at Lorentz Center, Leiden (Netherlands).
Jul 2017: Invited Talk "Extreme emission line galaxies: Probing early stages in galaxy evolution" in "Spectral Diagnostics to Explore the Cosmic Dawn with JWST". STScI, Baltimore (USA)
Jan 2017: Invited Talk "Analogs of primeval galaxies at Cosmic Noon: Chemical abundances and physical properties from ultra-deep surveys" in Workshop "The growth of galaxies in the Early Universe - III", Sesto (Italy).
Jan 2016: Invited Talk "Young low-mass galaxies at z~3" in Workshop "The early growth of galaxies: The HST, Spitzer and Herschel joint legacy". Sesto (Italy)
Jan 2015: Invited Talk "Physical properties and metallicity of strong emission line galaxies out to z=4 from VUDS and VANDELS" in Workshop "The Spectral Energy Distribution of high redshift galaxies: lessons learned and open questions". Sesto (Italy)
Jul 2010: Invited Talk "Green Pea Galaxies" in Guillermo Haro Workshop for Advanced Astrophysical Research: "Compact super star clusters, birth, evolution, and feedback". INAOE Tonanzintla (Mexico).
Jan 2009: Invited Talk "The Host of Blue Compact Galaxies" in VI Workshop Estallidos: "Formación de Investigadores e Impacto Académico". Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain).

Invited Colloquia & Seminars
Apr 2018: "Low redshift analogs of the first galaxies" Colloquium of the Astronomy Dept. at University of Groningen (Netherlands)
Jan 2017: "Analogs of primeval galaxies: Chemical abundances and physical properties of young dwarf galaxies at z~3". Seminar at Kavli Institute for Cosmology Cambridge (UK)
Jan 2017: "Star formation and metallicity of low-mass galaxies out to z~1: Recent progress from deep spectroscopic surveys". Seminar at Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge (UK)
Nov 2015: "Estallidos de formación estelar en galaxias enanas". Seminar at Fac. de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas, Univ. de La Plata (Argentina)
Jun 2014: "Towards the full characterization of rapidly assembling low-mass galaxies out to z=1". Colloquium at Astronomy Department, Stockholm University (Sweden)
Nov 2013: "Extreme emission-line galaxies out to z=1 in zCOSMOS-20k". Seminar at INAF-OAR, Rome (Italy)
May 2013: "Extreme emission-line galaxies: New light on the mass assembly and chemical enrichment of low-mass galaxies". Seminar at IAA, Granada (Spain)
Aug 2012: "Rapidly assembling star-forming galaxies at late cosmic epochs". Seminar at IRAP-CNRS, Toulouse (France)
May 2011: "The Extreme Properties of the Green Pea Galaxies: New Hints from GTC Observations". Colloquium at CAUP-UP, Porto (Portugal)

Selected Media Coverage and Educational Public Outreach
Feb 2019: ProCiencia: Primera Jornada de Astronomia para Estudiantes y Profesores de Ciencias. Universidad de La Serena. Contributed Talk: "Observando las galaxias más lejanas con grandes telescopios" http://prociencia.userena.digital/
Feb 2017: International Press Release INAF (Italy), CSIC (Spain), LAM (France), Geneva (Switzerland) "Baby galassie agli albori dell’universo" http://www.media.inaf.it/2017/03/07/vimos-eso-vlt-galassie
Feb 2017: Nature Astronomy "Views & News" Article "Primeval twins" by A. Shapley, UCLA, highlighting my research paper in the same journal "Analogues of primeval galaxies two billion years after the Big Bang"
Feb 2016: Press release of the American Astronomical Society "NOVA". "Galactic Teamwork Makes Distant Bubbles" http://aasnova.org/2016/02/22/galactic-teamwork-makes-distant-bubbles
May 2012: Invited outreach talk, Ciclo Lucas Lara "Las galaxias guisante: Una versión cercana del Universo primitivo" http://www-divulgacion.iaa.es
December 2010: Press Release: CONSOLIDER-GTC "La galaxia que se confundi\'o con un guisante" http://www.iac.es/consolider-ingenio-gtc/
September 2010: Press Release: JENAM 2010 "Astronomers unveil the mysteries of "Green Pea" galaxies at JENAM conference in a victory for citizen science" http://www.jenam2010.org)
2002-2003: Regular guiding staff of the Museum of Astronomy, Observatory of La Plata (Argentina). Guided tours, public talks and observations for general public
2002-2003: Regular guiding staff of the Observatory of La Plata (Argentina). Guided tours and educational activities for visiting schools and groups of children