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Dominik Reinhold Georg Schleicher

Associate Professor

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

Concepcion, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


formation of the first supermassive black holes; black hole accretion; accretion disks; formation of the first cosmological objects; origin of magnetic fields; magneto-hydrodynamical simulations

Educación

  •  PhD in Astronomy, HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY, RUPERTO CAROLA. Alemania, 2009
  •  Diploma in Physics, HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY, RUPERTO CAROLA. Alemania, 2007

Experiencia Académica

  •   Professor (tenure-track) Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

    Ciencias Fisicas y Matematicas

    Concepcion, Chile

    2015 - 2017

  •   ESO-ALMA fellow at Leiden Observatory Full Time

    EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY

    Leiden, Holanda

    2009 - 2011

  •   Postdoctoral researcher Full Time

    HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY, RUPERTO CAROLA

    Physics and Astronomy

    Heidelberg, Alemania

    2009 - 2009

  •   Associate Professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

    Ciencias Fisicas y Matematicas

    Concepcion, Chile

    2017 - A la fecha

  •   Profesor Asociado Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

    Ciencias Fisicas y Matematicas

    Concepcion, Chile

    2017 - A la fecha

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Tenure-track professor Full Time

    Universidad de Concepción

    Concepcion, Chile

    2015 - 2017

  •   Junior professor

    Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

    Alemania

    2011 - 2015

  •   ESO-ALMA fellow at Leiden Observatory

    European Southern Observatory (ESO)

    Alemania

    2009 - 2011

  •   Postdoctoral researcher

    HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY, RUPERTO CAROLA

    Alemania

    2009 - 2009

  •   PhD student

    HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY, RUPERTO CAROLA

    Alemania

    2007 - 2009

  •   Associate professor Full Time

    Universidad de Concepcion

    Concepciono, Chile

    2017 - A la fecha

  •   Profesor Asociado Full Time

    Universidad de Concepcion

    Concepcion, Chile

    2017 - A la fecha

Formación de Capital Humano


6 postdocs (2 already received permanent positions in astronomy)
1 PhD student
10 estudiantes de Magister
11 estudiantes de pregrado

Prizes and achievements of former students:

- Philipp Grete received the Best PhD prize from the German Astronomical Society in 2017.
- Philipp Grete received the prestigious Marie-Curie fellowship of the European Union.
- Felipe Navarrete received the “Premio UdeC” as the best undergraduate student from his generation in 2019.
- Patricio Alister received the “Premio UdeC” as the best undergraduate student from his generation in 2020.
- Patricio Alister, Vanesa Díaz, Felipe Navarrete, Bastian Reinoso, Joaquín Zamponi received offers to pursue their PhD at German Universities (Munich, Heidelberg, Hamburg).
- Bastian Reinoso, Vanesa Díaz and Felipe Navarrete received the "Beca ANID de Magister".


Difusión y Transferencia


International conferences (main organization):

- Supermassive Black Holes. Online conference, December 07-11 2020. ~ 180 participants. Chair of the SOC/LOC. http://www.astro.udec.cl/smbh_conf/

- First Stars VI. Concepción, March 02-06 2020. ~120 participants. Chair of the SOC/LOC. http://www.astro.udec.cl/FirstStarsVI/

- The low-metallicity ISM: Chemistry, Turbulence and Magnetic Fields. Goettingen, October 8-12 2012. ~100 participants. Chair of the SOC/LOC. http://low-met.uni-goettingen.de/

Public talks:

10/2020: Public talk (German) with the "Foerderkreis Planetarium Goettingen": "Vom Urknall zur beschleunigten Expansion des Universums
08/2020: Online talk UAPPU, UdeC: "El Universo del Principito: Un Canal para Actividades Inclusivas"
07/2020: Public online talk "Oumuamua: Un visitante interestelar" en la serie "Astronomía en tu casa", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rimockH-iWI,
04/2020: Inaguration of the audiobook "El Universo del Principito", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXNGisJEqo8
04/2020: Public online talk "Desde el Big Bang hasta la Expansión Acelerada del Univierso" en la serie "Astronomía en tu casa", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KolVuFrLeY
01/2020: Welcome talk, Escuela de Astronomía para Profesores, Universidad de Concepción
09/2019: Book presentation “El Universo del Principito“, city library of Concepción
05/2019: Book presentation “El Universo del Principito“, Talentos UdeC, Universidad de Concepción
01/2019: Welcome talk and book presentation “El Universo del Principito“, Escuela de Astronomía para Profesores, Universidad de Valparaiso
01/2019: Book presentation “El Universo del Principito“, Escuela de Astronomía para Profesores, Universidad de Concepción
01/2019: Public talk at the “Cartelera de Verano 2019“, Universidad de Concepción
12/2019: Public talk at Universidad Santo Tomás, Concepción
10/2018: Public talk at the Museum of Natural History, Concepción
01/2018: Public talk at the "Cartelera de Verano 2018", Universidad de Concepción
10/2017: Public talk in the series “Viernes estelares“, Universidad de Concepción
03/2017: Public talk in the series "Viernes estelares", Universidad de Concepción
05/2016: Public talk in the ''Curso basico de Astronomia, Astronomia Extragaláctica'', Universidad de Concepció
02/2016: Public talk at ACUPARI, Cusco, Peru


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Distinguished Scientist

    SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE

    Italia, 2014

    Invitation for a one-month visit at the SNS Pisa as Distinguished Scientist (including salary and travel expenses)

  •   ALMA-ESO Fellow

    EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY

    Alemania, 2009

    prestigious fellowship from ESO; carried out at Leiden Observatory

  •   Junior Professor

    University of Göttingen

    Alemania, 2011

    time-limited junior faculty position

  •   PhD in astronomy with summa cum laude

    UNIVERSITAT HEIDELBERG

    Alemania, 2009

    PhD in astronomy obtained with excellence


 

Article (117)

A new proxy to estimate the cosmic ray ionization rate in dense cores
Do fragmentation and accretion affect the stellar initial mass function?
Formation of Population II Star Clusters in the Aftermath of a Pair Instability Supernova
Formation of SMBH seeds in Population III star clusters through collisions: the importance of mass loss
Long photometric cycle and disk evolution in the beta Lyrae-type binary OGLE-BLG-ECL-157529
Magnetohydrodynamical origin of eclipsing time variations in post-common-envelope binaries for solar mass secondaries
The effects of a background potential in star cluster evolution: A delay in the relaxation time-scale and runaway collision processes
Magneto-hydrodynamical origin of eclipsing time variations in post-common-envelope binaries for solar mass secondaries
A timeline for massive star-forming regions via combined observation of o-H2D+ and N2D+
Black hole formation in the context of dissipative dark matter
Discovery of a nitrogen-enhanced mildly metal-poor binary system: Possible evidence for pollution from an extinct AGB star
Evolutionary process of the interacting binary V495 Centauri
H-band discovery of additional second-generation stars in the Galactic bulge globular cluster NGC 6522 as observed by APOGEE and Gaia
Intermittent fragmentation and statistical variations during gas collapse in magnetized atomic cooling haloes
Resolving accretion flows in nearby active galactic nuclei with the Event Horizon Telescope
The 3D Structure of CO Depletion in High-mass Prestellar Regions
The Role of Gas Fragmentation During the Formation of Supermassive Black Holes
Applegate mechanism in post-common-envelope binaries: Investigating the role of rotation
Collisions in primordial star clusters Formation pathway for intermediate mass black holes
Episodic accretion in binary protostars emerging from self-gravitating solar mass cores
Evidence of Active Regions in the Donor of the Algol-type Binary V393 Scorpii and Test for the Dynamo Model of its Long Cycle
Fast deuterium fractionation in magnetized and turbulent filaments
Formation of massive seed black holes via collisions and accretion
Formation of multiple low-mass stars, brown dwarfs, and planemos via gravitational collapse
Gravitational lensing reveals extreme dust-obscured star formation in quasar host galaxies
Impact of Sommerfeld enhancement on helium reionization via WIMP dark matter
Long-term variations in the X-ray activity of HR 1099
Magnetic fields in star-forming systems (I): Idealized synthetic signatures of dust polarization and Zeeman splitting in filaments
Magnetic tension and instabilities in the Orion A integral-shaped filament
Physics of the Applegate mechanism: Eclipsing time variations from magnetic activity
The effect of non-equilibrium metal cooling on the interstellar medium
The formation of protostellar binaries in primordial minihaloes
A detailed framework to incorporate dust in hydrodynamical simulations
A dynamo mechanism as the potential origin of the long cycle in double periodic variables
Atypical Mg-poor Milky Way Field Stars with Globular Cluster Second-generation-like Chemical Patterns
Comparative statistics of selected subgrid-scale models in large-eddy simulations of decaying, supersonic magnetohydrodynamic turbulence
Deuterium fractionation and H2D+ evolution in turbulent and magnetized cloud cores
Dynamical ejections of stars due to an accelerating gas filament
H-2 Ortho-to-para Conversion on Grains: A Route to Fast Deuterium Fractionation in Dense Cloud Cores?
Tracing star formation with non-thermal radio emission
Turbulent gas accretion between supermassive black-holes and star-forming rings in the circumnuclear diskTurbulent gas accretion between supermassive black-holes and star-forming rings in the circumnuclear disk
A chemical model for the interstellar medium in galaxies
A nonlinear structural subgrid-scale closure for compressible MHD. I. Derivation and energy dissipation properties
A nonlinear structural subgrid-scale closure for compressible MHD. II. A priori comparison on turbulence simulation data
Eclipsing time variations in close binary systems: Planetary hypothesis vs. Applegate mechanism
GALACTIC SYNCHROTRON EMISSION AND THE FAR-INFRARED-RADIO CORRELATION AT HIGH REDSHIFT
IMPACT OF DUST COOLING ON DIRECT-COLLAPSE BLACK HOLE FORMATION
Magnetic fields during galaxy mergers
Magnetic fields in primordial accretion disks
Star-forming dwarf galaxies: the correlation between far-infrared and radio fluxes
The chemical evolution of self-gravitating primordial disks
THE FORMATION OF THE PRIMITIVE STAR SDSS J102915+172927: EFFECT OF THE DUST MASS AND THE GRAIN-SIZE DISTRIBUTION
Witnessing the birth of a supermassive protostar
Disc fragmentation and the formation of Population III stars
Helium reionization in the presence of self-annihilating clumpy dark matter
How realistic UV spectra and X-rays suppress the abundance of direct collapse black holes
Large-Scale Structure Formation: From the First Non-linear Objects to Massive Galaxy Clusters
Modeling gravitational instabilities in self-gravitating protoplanetary disks with adaptive mesh refinement techniques
Nonlinear closures for scale separation in supersonic magnetohydrodynamic turbulence
Planet formation in post-common-envelope binaries
Saturation of the turbulent dynamo
The formation of supermassive black holes in rapidly rotating disks
X-ray emission from star-forming galaxies - signatures of cosmic rays and magnetic fields
A UV flux constraint on the formation of direct collapse black holes
Dark-matter halo mergers as a fertile environment for low-mass Population III star formation
Effects of turbulence and rotation on protostar formation as a precursor of massive black holes
FORMATION OF CARBON-ENHANCED METAL-POOR STARS IN THE PRESENCE OF FAR-ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
Impact of baryonic streaming velocities on the formation of supermassive black holes via direct collapse
Initial mass function of intermediate-mass black hole seeds
KROME - a package to embed chemistry in astrophysical simulations
Low-metallicity star formation: relative impact of metals and magnetic fields
Magnetic field amplification by the small-scale dynamo in the early Universe
Magnetic fields during the formation of supermassive black holes
Planet formation from the ejecta of common envelopes
Primordial star formation: relative impact of H-2 three-body rates and initial conditions
Supernova explosions in magnetized, primordial dark matter haloes
THE FORMATION OF MASSIVE PRIMORDIAL STARS IN THE PRESENCE OF MODERATE UV BACKGROUNDS
THE TURBULENT DYNAMO IN HIGHLY COMPRESSIBLE SUPERSONIC PLASMAS
A new interpretation of the far-infrared ? radio correlation and the expected breakdown at high redshift
Black hole formation in the early Universe
Chemical complexity in astrophysical simulations: optimization and reduction techniques
High-resolution studies of massive primordial haloes
Impact of an accurate modelling of primordial chemistry in high-resolution studies
Magnetic field amplification in young galaxies
Magnetic fields during high redshift structure formation
Massive black hole factories: Supermassive and quasi-star formation in primordial halos
Star formation and accretion in the circumnuclear disks of active galaxies
The characteristic black hole mass resulting from direct collapse in the early Universe
THE FORMATION OF MASSIVE POPULATION III STARS IN THE PRESENCE OF TURBULENCE
The small-scale dynamo and the amplification of magnetic fields in massive primordial haloes
The small-scale dynamo: breaking universality at high Mach numbers
Turbulent magnetic field amplification from the smallest to the largest magnetic Prandtl numbers
Magnetic field amplification by small-scale dynamo action: Dependence on turbulence models and Reynolds and Prandtl numbers
Magnetic field amplification during gravitational collapse - influence of turbulence, rotation and gravitational compression
Magnetic Fields in the Large-Scale Structure of the Universe
Small-scale dynamo at low magnetic Prandtl numbers
The First Magnetic Fields
The impact of magnetic fields on the?IMF in star-forming clouds near a supermassive black hole
THE IMPACT OF THERMODYNAMICS ON GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE: FILAMENT FORMATION AND MAGNETIC FIELD AMPLIFICATION
The implications of dust for high-redshift protogalaxies and the formation of binary disks
THE SMALL-SCALE DYNAMO AND NON-IDEAL MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS IN PRIMORDIAL STAR FORMATION
WEAKLY INTERACTING MASSIVE PARTICLE DARK MATTER AND FIRST STARS: SUPPRESSION OF FRAGMENTATION IN PRIMORDIAL STAR FORMATION
A NEW JEANS RESOLUTION CRITERION FOR (M)HD SIMULATIONS OF SELF-GRAVITATING GAS: APPLICATION TO MAGNETIC FIELD AMPLIFICATION BY GRAVITY-DRIVEN TURBULENCE
Lyman ? emission from the first galaxies: signatures of accretion and infall in the presence of line trapping
Lyman alpha emission from the first galaxies: implications of UV backgrounds and the formation of molecules
Mach Number Dependence of Turbulent Magnetic Field Amplification: Solenoidal versus Compressive Flows
Primordial magnetic field constraints from the end of reionization
BLACK HOLE FORMATION IN PRIMORDIAL GALAXIES: CHEMICAL AND RADIATIVE CONDITIONS
Probing high-redshift quasars with ALMA
Small-scale dynamo action during the formation of the first stars and galaxies
THE GENERATION OF STRONG MAGNETIC FIELDS DURING THE FORMATION OF THE FIRST STARS
Cosmic constraints rule out s-wave annihilation of light dark matter
Dark stars: Implications and constraints from cosmic reionization and extragalactic background radiation
INFLUENCE OF PRIMORDIAL MAGNETIC FIELDS ON 21 CM EMISSION
THE INFLUENCE OF MAGNETIC FIELDS ON THE THERMODYNAMICS OF PRIMORDIAL STAR FORMATION
Effects of primordial chemistry on the cosmic microwave background
Reionization: A probe for the stellar population and the physics of the early universe

Proyecto (11)

Millennium Nucleus on Transversal Research and Technology to explore Supermassive Black Holes
First Stars VI conference in Concepción
Formation and Growth of Supermassive Black Holes
Accretion physics of nearby AGN=> Preparation for the Event Horizon Telescope
First Computational Astrochemistry Laboratory Using the Largest Shared Memory Machine in Chile
The formation and evolution of the first stellar clusters
The formation of the first metal poor stars in the Universe
Planets beyond the main sequence => theory and observations
MHD turbulence and the origin of supermassive black holes
The low-metallicity ISM=> Metal enrichment, chemistry, feedback and magnetic fields
Predicting star formation and metal enrichment in quasars for high-redshift ALMA observations
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Dominik Schleicher

Associate Professor

Astronomia

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

Concepcion, Chile

27
Stefano Bovino

Associate Professor

Department of Astronomy

Universidad de Concepción

Concepción, Chile

7
Ronald Mennickent

Full professor

Astronomy

Universidad de Concepción

Concepción, Chile

5
Amelia Stutz

Associate Professor

Astronomy

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

Concepcion, Chile

4
Michael Fellhauer

profesor titular

Departamento de Astronomia

Universidad de Concepción

Concepcion, Chile

3
José Fernández

Assistant Professor

Universidad de Atacama

Copiapo, Chile

2
Douglas Geisler

Full Professor

Astronomy

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION, DEPTO DE ASTRONOMIA

Concepcion, Chile

2
Bastián Reinoso

Master Student / Personal Técnico

Departamento de Astronomía

Universidad de Concepción

Concepción, Chile

2
Neil Nagar

Profesor Titular (Full Professor)

Astronomia

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

Concepcion, Chile

2
Sandro Villanova

Associate Profesor

Astronomy

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION, DEPTO DE ASTRONOMIA

Concepcion, Chile

1
Rosa Vieira

Académico

Instituto de Astronomía y Ciencias Planetarias

Universidad de Atacama

Copiapó, Chile

1
Christian Nitschelm

Full professor

Sciences

Universidad de Antofagasta

Antofagasta, Chile

1
Patricia Arevalo

Profesor Adjunto (Associate Professor)

Instituto de Fisica y Astronomia

Universidad de Valparaíso

Valparaíso, Chile

1
Jaime Rosales

Technical Staff

Departamento de Astronomía

Universidad de Concepción

Concepción, Chile

1
Javier Alonso

Associate Professor

Centro de Astronomía (CITEVA)

Universidad de Antofagasta

Antofagasta, Chile

1
Giovanni Sabatini

PhD student

Astronomia

Universidad de Concepción

Concepción, Chile

1
Andres Escala

Associated Professor. (ternured

Astronomía

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Joaquin Prieto

Investigador CATA

Astronomia

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, 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
Rafeel Riaz

Postdoctoral fellow

Astronomy

University of Concepcion UdeC

Concepción, Chile