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Thomas Hyazinth Puzia .

Associate Professor

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE - DPTO. ASTRONOMIA Y ASTROFISICA

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


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

Educación

  •  Physics and Astronomy, UNIVERSITY OF BONN. Alemania, 1999
  •  Astronomy and Astrophysics, LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITAT MUNCHEN. Alemania, 2003

Experiencia Académica

  •   Institute Research Fellow Full Time

    SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE INSTITUTE

    Baltimore, Estados Unidos

    2003 - 2006

  •   Plaskett Fellow Full Time

    Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics

    Victoria, Canada

    2006 - 2010

  •   Associate Professor Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Physics

    Santiago, Chile

    2010 - A la fecha

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Research Fellow Full Time

    European Southern Observatory

    Munchen, Alemania

    2000 - 2000

  •   Research Fellow Full Time

    Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich

    Munchen, Alemania

    2000 - 2003

  •   Research Fellow Full Time

    Space Telescope Science Institute

    Baltimore, Estados Unidos

    2003 - 2006

  •   Research Fellow Full Time

    National Research Council of Canada

    Victoria, Canada

    2006 - 2010

  •   Associate Professor Full Time

    Pontificia Universidad Catolica

    Santiago, Chile

    2010 - A la fecha

Formación de Capital Humano


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)


Difusión y Transferencia


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


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Plaskett Research Fellowship

    Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics

    Canada, 2006

    Prize Fellowship of the National Research Council of Canada

  •   Institute Fellowship

    SPACE TELESCOPE SCIENCE INSTITUTE

    Estados Unidos, 2003

    Prize Research Fellowship of the European Space Agency


 

Article (60)

Exploring the origin of ultra-diffuse galaxies in clusters from their primordial alignment
Intrinsic Morphology of Ultra-diffuse Galaxies
Lessons on Star-forming Ultra-diffuse Galaxies from the Stacked Spectra of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
The Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxy VCC 848 Formed by Dwarf-Dwarf Merging
The Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxy VCC 848 Formed by Dwarf-Dwarf Merging: HiGas, Star Formation, and Numerical Simulations
The Next Generation Fornax Survey (NGFS): VII. A MUSE view of the nuclear star clusters in Fornax dwarf galaxies
The Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey (NGVS). XIV. The Discovery of Low-mass Galaxies and a New Galaxy Catalog in the Core of the Virgo Cluster
The Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey (NGVS). XXX. Ultra-diffuse Galaxies and Their Globular Cluster Systems
The Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey. XXXIV. Ultracompact Dwarf Galaxies in the Virgo Cluster
The Strikingly Metal-rich Halo of the Sombrero Galaxy
174P/Echeclus and Its Blue Coma Observed Post-outburst
Astroinformatics-based search for globular clusters in the Fornax Deep Survey
Constraints on blue straggler formation mechanisms in galactic globular clusters from proper motion velocity distributions
Detection of a White Dwarf Companion to a Blue Straggler Star in the Outskirts of Globular Cluster NGC 5466 with the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UVIT)
How nucleation and luminosity shape faint dwarf galaxies
On collision course: The nature of the binary star cluster NGC2006/SL 538
Spectroscopy of NGC 4258 Globular Cluster Candidates: Membership Confirmation and Kinematics
The ACS Fornax Cluster Survey. III. Globular Cluster Specific Frequencies of Early-type Galaxies
The Next Generation Fornax Survey (NGFS). V. Discovery of a Dwarf-Dwarf Galaxy Pair at z=0.30 and Its Characterization Using Deep VLT/MUSE Observations
The Next Generation Fornax Survey (NGFS). VI. The Alignment of Dwarf Galaxies in the Fornax Cluster
The Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey. XXIII. Fundamentals of Nuclear Star Clusters over Seven Decades in Galaxy Mass
UVIT Open Cluster Study. I. Detection of a White Dwarf Companion to a Blue Straggler in M67: Evidence of Formation through Mass Transfer
A Collection of New Dwarf Galaxies in NGC 5128's Western Halo
Dark Matter in Ultra-diffuse Galaxies in the Virgo Cluster from Their Globular Cluster Populations
Neural gas based classification of globular clusters
The curious case of the companion: Evidence for cold accretion onto a dwarf satellite near the isolated elliptical NGC 7796
The Fornax cluster VLT spectroscopic survey - I. VIMOS spectroscopy of compact stellar systems in the Fornax core region
The Large-scale Structure of the Halo of the Andromeda Galaxy. II. Hierarchical Structure in the Pan-Andromeda Archaeological Survey
Astrophysical data analytics based on neural gas models, using the classification of globular clusters as playground
The Extended Baryonic Halo of NGC 3923
EVIDENCE FOR THE RAPID FORMATION OF LOW-MASS EARLY-TYPE GALAXIES IN DENSE ENVIRONMENTS
THE NEXT GENERATION VIRGO CLUSTER SURVEY. VII. THE INTRINSIC SHAPES OF LOW-LUMINOSITY GALAXIES IN THE CORE OF THE VIRGO CLUSTER, AND A COMPARISON WITH THE LOCAL GROUP
A spectroscopically confirmed z=1.327 galaxy-scale deflector magnifying a z similar to 8 Lyman-break galaxy in the Brightest of Reionizing Galaxies survey
A STARBURST IN THE CORE OF A GALAXY CLUSTER: THE DWARF IRREGULAR NGC 1427A IN FORNAX
THE NEXT GENERATION VIRGO CLUSTER SURVEY. X. PROPERTIES OF ULTRA-COMPACT DWARFS IN THE M87, M49, AND M60 REGIONS
The sensitivity of harassment to orbit: mass loss from early-type dwarfs in galaxy clusters
UNVEILING A RICH SYSTEM OF FAINT DWARF GALAXIES IN THE NEXT GENERATION FORNAX SURVEY
BLUE STRAGGLER STAR POPULATIONS IN GLOBULAR CLUSTERS. I. DYNAMICAL PROPERTIES OF BLUE STRAGGLER STARS IN NGC 3201, NGC 6218, AND omega CENTAURI
EXTENDED MAIN SEQUENCE TURNOFFS IN INTERMEDIATE-AGE STAR CLUSTERS: A CORRELATION BETWEEN TURNOFF WIDTH AND EARLY ESCAPE VELOCITY
Symbiotic stars in OGLE data - I. Large Magellanic Cloud systems
The HST/ACS Coma Cluster Survey - VII. Structure and assembly of massive galaxies in the centre of the Coma cluster
The HST/ACS Coma Cluster Survey - X. Nuclear star clusters in low-mass early-type galaxies: scaling relations
THE NEXT GENERATION VIRGO CLUSTER SURVEY. V. MODELING THE DYNAMICS OF M87 WITH THE MADE-TO-MEASURE METHOD
THE NEXT GENERATION VIRGO CLUSTER SURVEY. XV. THE PHOTOMETRIC REDSHIFT ESTIMATION FOR BACKGROUND SOURCES
New insights into the star formation histories of candidate intermediate-age early-type galaxies from K'-band imaging of globular clusters
The detection of globular clusters in galaxies as a data mining problem
THE NEXT GENERATION VIRGO CLUSTER SURVEY (NGVS). I. INTRODUCTION TO THE SURVEY
DENSITY VARIATIONS IN THE NW STAR STREAM OF M31
POPULATION PARAMETERS OF INTERMEDIATE-AGE STAR CLUSTERS IN THE LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD. II. NEW INSIGHTS FROM EXTENDED MAIN-SEQUENCE TURNOFFS IN SEVEN STAR CLUSTERS
POPULATION PARAMETERS OF INTERMEDIATE-AGE STAR CLUSTERS IN THE LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD. III. DYNAMICAL EVIDENCE FOR A RANGE OF AGES BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR EXTENDED MAIN-SEQUENCE TURNOFFS
Probing the GC-LMXB connection in NGC1399: A wide-field study with the hubble space telescope and chandra
THE HST/ACS COMA CLUSTER SURVEY. IV. INTERGALACTIC GLOBULAR CLUSTERS AND THE MASSIVE GLOBULAR CLUSTER SYSTEM AT THE CORE OF THE COMA GALAXY CLUSTER
THE M33 GLOBULAR CLUSTER SYSTEM WITH PAndAS DATA: THE LAST OUTER HALO CLUSTER?
The stellar archeology of the M33 disk: Recent star-forming history and constraints on the timing of an interaction with M31
YOUNG STARS AT THE EDGE: STELLAR CLUSTERING IN THE OUTER REGIONS OF THE M33 DISK
THE AGES, METALLICITIES, AND ALPHA ELEMENT ENHANCEMENTS OF GLOBULAR CLUSTERS IN THE ELLIPTICAL NGC 5128: A HOMOGENEOUS SPECTROSCOPIC STUDY WITH GEMINI/GEMINI MULTI-OBJECT SPECTROGRAPH
THE HST/ACS COMA CLUSTER SURVEY. II. DATA DESCRIPTION AND SOURCE CATALOGS
THE NGC 404 NUCLEUS: STAR CLUSTER AND POSSIBLE INTERMEDIATE-MASS BLACK HOLE
VLT spectroscopy of globular clusters in low surface brightness dwarf galaxies
GMOS spectroscopy of globular clusters in dwarf elliptical galaxies

ConferencePaper (7)

Origin of ultra-compact dwarfs: A dynamical perspective
Near-Infrared Integrated-Light Photometry of Magellanic Clouds Star Clusters
BOMBOLO: A 3-arms Optical Imager for SOAR Observatory
Dynamical properties of blue straggler stars in galactic globular clusters: NGC3201, ?CEN and NGC6218
HIRES: The High Resolution Spectrograph for E-ELT
NGC 5128's globular cluster system: Is there a dark side?
Star cluster complexes in NGC 1427A

Review (2)

The Next Generation Virgo Cluster Survey (NGVS). XXXII. A Search for Globular Cluster Substructures in the Virgo Galaxy Cluster Core
The Hubble Space Telescope advanced camera for surveys coma cluster survey. I. Survey objectives and design
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Gaspar Galaz

Profesor Titular, Director, Instituto de Astrofísica

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE, FACULTAD DE FÍSICA, DEPARTAMENTO DE ASTRONOMÍA Y ASTROFÍSICA

Santiago, Chile

1
Tom Richtler

DEPTO DE ASTRONOMIA, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

Concepcion, Chile

1
Manuela Zoccali

Profesor Asociado

Facultad de Física

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Márcio Catelan

Full Professor

Instituto de Astrofísica

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

2
Matias Gomez

Associate Professor

DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO

Santiago, Chile

5
Andres Jordan

Profesor

Universidad Adolfo Ibánez

Santiago, Chile

1
Michael Fellhauer

profesor titular

Departamento de Astronomia

Universidad de Concepción

Concepcion, Chile

1
Timo Anguita

Associate Professor

Ciencias Fisicas

Universidad Andrés Bello

Santiago, Chile

3
Julio Chaname

Associate Professor

Facultad de Física

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

69
Thomas Puzia

Associate Professor

Institute of Astrophysics

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE - DPTO. ASTRONOMIA Y ASTROFISICA

Santiago, Chile

1
Douglas Geisler

Full Professor

Astronomy

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION, DEPTO DE ASTRONOMIA

Concepcion, Chile

1
Leonardo Vanzi

full time

Electrical Engineering

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Graeme Candlish

Professor

UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAISO

Valparaíso, Chile

8
Yasna Ordenes

Postdoctoral Fondecyt Fellowship

Astrophysics Institute

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Cristobal Sifon

Profesor Asociado

Instituto de Física

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

Valparaíso, Chile

5
Evelyn Johnston

Assistant professor

Nucleo de Astronomia

Universidad Diego Portales

Santiago, Chile