Thomas Hyazinth Puzia .
Associate Professor
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE - DPTO. ASTRONOMIA Y ASTROFISICA
Santiago, Chile
Stellar Populations; Star Clusters; Galaxy Formation and Evolution; Dynamical Mass Segregation of Young Star Clusters; N-body Simulation; Stellar Population Models; Chemical Enrichment; Solar System; Astrobiology
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Physics and Astronomy, UNIVERSITY OF BONN. Alemania, 1999
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Astronomy and Astrophysics, LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITAT MUNCHEN. Alemania, 2003
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Institute Research Fellow Full Time
SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE INSTITUTE
Baltimore, Estados Unidos
2003 - 2006
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Plaskett Fellow Full Time
Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics
Victoria, Canada
2006 - 2010
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Associate Professor Full Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Physics
Santiago, Chile
2010 - A la fecha
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Research Fellow Full Time
European Southern Observatory
Munchen, Alemania
2000 - 2000
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Research Fellow Full Time
Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich
Munchen, Alemania
2000 - 2003
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Research Fellow Full Time
Space Telescope Science Institute
Baltimore, Estados Unidos
2003 - 2006
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Research Fellow Full Time
National Research Council of Canada
Victoria, Canada
2006 - 2010
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Associate Professor Full Time
Pontificia Universidad Catolica
Santiago, Chile
2010 - A la fecha
Student Advising & Supervision (graduate level)
since 2019 Mr. Francisco Carrasco (Pontificia Universidad Catolica, graduate student)
Chemodynamical Properties of Blue Straggler Stars in Globular Clusters
since 2018 Ms. Alejandra Hernandez (Pontificia Universidad Catolica, master student)
Algorithmic Detection of Low-Surface Brightness Galaxies
since 2015 Mr. Simón Ángel (Pontificia Universidad Catolica, graduate student)
Characterization of Compact Stellar Systems in the Coma Galaxy Cluster
2016-2020 Ms. Karen Ribbeck (Pontificia Universidad Catolica, master student)
Surface Brightness Distributions of Galaxies in Clusters and Field Environments
2015-2018 Dr. Yasna Ordenes-Briceño (Pontificia Universidad Catolica, graduate student)
Stellar Populations of Low-Mass Galaxies in Clusters and Groups
2012-2016 Dr. Mirko Simunovic (Pontificia Universidad Catolica, graduate student, staff at Subaru Obs.)
Exotic Stellar Populations in Galactic Globular Clusters
2011-2016 Dr. Matthew Taylor (Pontificia Universidad Catolica, graduate student, Gemini-N Fellow)
The Globular Cluster System of the nearby Giant Elliptical Galaxy NGC 5128
2011-2015 Dr. Frederik Schönebeck (University of Heidelberg, graduate student, industry)
High-Resolution Spectroscopic Survey of Local Group Star Clusters
2013-2016 Ms. Sofia Gallego (Pontificia Universidad Catolica, master student, grad student at ETH Zurich)
Tidal Tails of Outer Halo Globular Clusters
2009 Ms. Nicole Furutani (Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, co-op master student)
Near-Infrared Surface Brightness Profiles of Galactic Star Clusters
2008 Ms. Anna Delahaye (Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, co-op master student)
A Reference Spectroscopic Atlas of Local Group Globular Clusters
2005 – 2008 Dr. Iskren Y. Georgiev (STScI, PhD from University of Bonn, postdoc at MPIA Heidelberg)
Globular Cluster Systems in Dwarf Galaxies
2005 – 2008 Dr. Peter M. Pessev (STScI, PhD from University of Sofia, astronomer at GTC, La Palma)
Near and Far-Infrared Properties of Globular Clusters in the Local Group
2005 Dr. Heike Meyer (University of Berlin, Master Student, grad student in IMPRS at MPI Garching)
Spectroscopic Near-IR Calibration of Population Synthesis Models using
Galactic and Magellanic Globular Clusters
Postdoctoral Supervision
since 2017 Dr. Yu Rong (coming from Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
working on Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies and Extreme Star-Formation
since 2017 Dr. Marcelo Mora (coming from Gemini-South Observatory, Chile/USA)
working on IFU Studies of Star Cluster Formation and Evolution
2018-2020 Dr. Evelyn Johnston (now faculty at Universidad Diego Portales, Chile)
working on Integrated-Field Spectroscopy of Galaxies
2017-2018 Dr. Linda Watson (now in industry)
working on Star Formation and ISM Properties in Galaxy Outskirts
2015-2018 Dr. Hong-Xin Zhang (now faculty at the University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China)
working on the Chemodynamical Characteristics of Galaxies in Clusters
2015-2018 Dr. Karla Alamo-Martinez (now postdoctoral fellow at , China)
working on the Angular Momentum Content of Galaxy Halos
2013-2017 Dr. Adal Mesa-Delgado (now in industry in Spain)
working on Properties of Proto-Planetary Disks and Stellar Astrophysics
2013-2016 Dr. Mia Bovill (now faculty at Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX)
working on Lambda-CDM High-Resolution Numerical Simulations of Galaxy Formation
2012-2016 Dr. Jincheng Yu (now at Shanghai Observatory, China)
working on Numerical Simulations of Star Cluster Formation and Evolution
2012-2016 Dr. Paul Eigenthaler (now research astronomer at La Silla observatory)
working on Dwarf Galaxy and Star Cluster Populations in Compact Fossil Groups
2011-2015 Dr. Roberto P. Muñoz (now senior data scientists at Ernest & Young, Boston, MA)
working on The Next Generation Fornax Cluster Survey (NGFS)
2012-2015 Dr. Sibilla Perina (now research astronomer at the University of Bologna, Italy)
working on High Resolution SED Models
2012-2013 Dr. Rodolfo Angeloni (now faculty at Dept. de Astronomía, Universidad de La Serena)
2012-2013 Dr. Rubén Sánchez-Janssen (now research faculty at the University of Edinburgh)
Producer and host of the "Golden Webinars in Astrophysics": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsYCyopp4jY&list=PLnuCZ3n0pWSG3NP2YvOffAzcWjqEuJUaR
Producer and host of YouTube series "Cielos del Sur": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGgS2DiHLyg&list=PLnuCZ3n0pWSEP_jkmIJv0sd7QFy-sxJEv
Producer of YouTube series "Universo en 300 segundos": https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd2AdSlcdVkUsSQopaEGtlA
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Plaskett Research Fellowship
Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics
Canada, 2006
Prize Fellowship of the National Research Council of Canada
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Institute Fellowship
SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE INSTITUTE
Estados Unidos, 2003
Prize Research Fellowship of the European Space Agency
Gaspar Galaz
Profesor Titular, Director, Instituto de Astrofísica
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE, FACULTAD DE FÍSICA, DEPARTAMENTO DE ASTRONOMÍA Y ASTROFÍSICA
Santiago, Chile
Manuela Zoccali
Profesor Asociado
Facultad de Física
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Santiago, Chile
Márcio Catelan
Full Professor
Instituto de Astrofísica
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE
Santiago, Chile
Matias Gomez
Associate Professor
DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO
Santiago, Chile
Michael Fellhauer
profesor titular
Departamento de Astronomia
Universidad de Concepción
Concepcion, Chile
Julio Chaname
Associate Professor
Facultad de Física
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Santiago, Chile
Thomas Puzia
Associate Professor
Institute of Astrophysics
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE - DPTO. ASTRONOMIA Y ASTROFISICA
Santiago, Chile
Douglas Geisler
Full Professor
Astronomy
UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION, DEPTO DE ASTRONOMIA
Concepcion, Chile
Leonardo Vanzi
full time
Electrical Engineering
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Yasna Ordenes
Postdoctoral Fondecyt Fellowship
Astrophysics Institute
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Cristobal Sifon
Profesor Asociado
Instituto de Física
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
Valparaíso, Chile