
Yara Lorena Jaffé Ribbi
Prof. Adjunto
Universidad de Valparaiso
Valparaiso, Chile
Galaxy formation, Galaxy evolution, Galaxy environment, Extragalactic astronomy, Observational astronomy, Semi-analitical modelling, Large-scale structure, Cosmology.
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Astronomy, UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM. Reino Unido, 2012
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Physics, UNIVERSIDAD SIMON BOLIVAR. Venezuela, 2007
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Postdoctoral Fellow with duties as support astronomer at Paranal Observatory Full Time
EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY
Santiago, Chile
2015 - 2018
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Postdoctoral associate Full Time
OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA
INAF
Padova, Italia
2011 - 2012
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FONDECYT Fellow Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION
Concepcion, Chile
2012 - 2015
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undergraduate student intern Full Time
Centro de Investigaciones de Astronomia
Centro de Investigaciones de Astronomia
Merida, Venezuela
2006 - 2006
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Summer studentship Full Time
NATIONAL AERONAUTIC AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center
Washington DC, Estados Unidos
2007 - 2007
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Internship part of the PhD thesis Full Time
EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY
Garching, Alemania
2008 - 2009
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Prof. Adjunto Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAISO
Facultad de Ciencias
Valparaiso, Chile
2018 - A la fecha
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Prof. Adjunto Full Time
Universidad de Valparaiso
Valparaiso, Chile
2018 - A la fecha
Research group (mentoring):
* Supervising a PhD student at Universidad de Valparaíso (UV).
* Hosting 2 postdoctoral researchers at (UV).
* Supervising masters student (UV).
* Supervised a PhD student (ESO/U. Birmingham). Graduated 2019.
* Supervised a PhD student in science operation project at Paranal (ESO). Graduated 2019.
* Supervised undergraduate student. Graduated 2020.
Teaching:
* Regularly teaching 4 physics and astronomy under-graduate courses at UV: Ondas y Óptica; Astrofísica Extragaláctica; Prácticas de Astrofísica Extragaláctica; Astronomía general
* Regularly teaching 1 astrophysics post-graduate course at UV: Seminario
* Guest lecturer for the astrophysics instrumentation master degree at Universidad de Antofgasta
* Taught a post-graduate astronomy course on Galaxy Formation and Evolution at Universidad de Concepcion.
* Teaching assistant of rst year undergraduate students in physics at University of Nottingham.
* Teaching assistant in Physics and Physics Laboratory for first and second-year undergraduate students at Universidad Simon Bolivar.
* Lecturer of Module of Physics for senior High School year at Institutos Educacionales Asociados in Venezuela.
Full list of publications via ORCID ID: 0000-0003-2150-1130
Selected talks given in the past 5 years:
* 2021: Invited talk at CfA Galaxy Cluster Group
* 2020: Invited talk at SOCHIAS meeting, Chile
* 2020: Invited talk at IAG galaxy group meeting, Brazil
* 2020: Invited talk at SPLUS meeting, Brazil
* 2018: Invited colloquium talk at Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
* 2018: Invited colloquiumtalk at KASI, Daejeon, Korea
* 2018: Invited talk at IAG, Sao Paulo, Brasil
* 2017: Invited talk at the "European Week of Astronomy and Space Science (EWASS, Symposium S8)" in Prague, Czech Republic.
* 2017: Invited talk at the "7th Friends of Friends Meeting" in Cordoba, Argentina.
* 2017: Invited (plenary) talk on "The hard life of galaxies in clusters" at the annual meeting of SOCHIAS (Chiean Astronomical Society) in Maitencillo, Chile.
Outreach activities and public engagement:
* 2018-2019: Outreach coordinator at Instituto de Fisica y Astronomia, UV
* Dozens of public talks in Chile since 2015
* Participation and organization of many outreach events in the V Region and in other regions in Chile, including:
-- Fiesta del Eclipse 2019 in Cachioyuyo
--CosmoFest (Museo Interactivo Mirador)
-- Round-table discussion on the gender gap in science, hosted at Museo de Historia Natural de Valparaiso
-- Sudent internships Euducacion Futuro
-- Feria de la Ciencia UV
-- Festival Internacional de Innovación Social (FiiS) 2017,
--`Ciencia Fest 2017'' in Santiago de Chile
-- Congreso astronomico escolar del Bio Bio organized by Embiggen in Coronel, Chile 2015.
and more.
Press and Media:
* 2020: Gave a YouTube webinar "La vida social de las galaxias" and answer to questions live for a series of "Astronomy at home" talks organized by Proyecto Anillo de formacion de agujeros negros supermasivos
* 2017: An ESO media release about the discovery a connection between ram-pressure stripping and supermassive black holes (Poggianti, Jaffe et al. 2017, Nature): \url{http://www.eso.org/public/newsletters/esonews/html/946/?lang. Docens of other related articles in english, spanish and other languages.
* 2017: Video link from Paranal Observatory to XX Festival de Astronomia, Villa de Leyva, Boyaca, Colombia.
* 2017: Several media releases to newspapers, news agencies, radio and TV about "Jellyfish galaxies" and the GASP project as part of a Media Day" organized by SOCHIAS. Selected articles are listed in http://www.sc.eso.org/~yjaffe/outreach.html.
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Honoric distinction
UNIVERSIDAD SIMON BOLIVAR
Venezuela, 2007
As part of the (5-year) Undergraduate physics degree I carried out a thesis titled "Kinematic Study of RR Lyrae stars in the inner halo of the Milky Way" and supervised by Dr. A. K. Vivas. This thesis was awarded honorific distinction by the University.
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cum laude
UNIVERSIDAD SIMON BOLIVAR
Venezuela, 2007
The (5-year) Undergraduate physics degree was culminated with "cum laude" distinction.
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Very early career woman physicist of the year
UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
Reino Unido, 2010
PhD thesis was proposed by Prof. Aragón-Salamanca to the Institute of Physics, Londo foe the Shell "very early career woman physicist of the year" award. The work, which competed with works in all scientific diciplines, was awarded second place.
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Poster award
UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
Malasia, 2009
Award in student poster competition at "Galaxy evolution and environment", Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2009).
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Scholarship from the Academia de Ciencias Fisicas, Matematicas y Naturales de Venezuela
Academia de Ciencias Fisicas, Matematicas y Naturales de Venezuela
Venezuela, 2008
Scholarship to pursue a PhD abroad from the Academia de Ciencias Fisicas, Matematicas y Naturales de Venezuela.
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NASA Studentship
NATIONAL AERONAUTIC AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Estados Unidos, 2007
Awarded a studentship to develop a project over the summer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Centre in Washington DC.
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ESO Studentship
EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY
Alemania, 2008
Awarded scholarship to spend 1 year at ESO-Germany to develop collaborations as part of the PhD thesis project.
Early-type galaxy formation: Understanding the role of the environment |
GASP. I. Gas Stripping Phenomena in Galaxies with MUSE (vol 844, 48, 2017) |
Extragalactic astronomy in Valparaíso: entering the era of big data |
Gran Fiesta del Eclipse en la III Región (Julio 2019) |
Understanding the connection between ram-pressure striping and AGN |
El efecto del entorno en la evolución de galaxias |
The effect of environment on the evolution of disk galaxies (FONDECYT Iniciacion) |
GALAXY FORMATION AND EVOLUTION=> RECONCILING NATURE AND NURTURE |

Sergio Torres
Director de Investigación y Desarrollo
Dirección de Investigación y Desarrollo
UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SERENA
La Serena, Chile

Javier Alonso
Associate Professor
Centro de Astronomía (CITEVA)
Universidad de Antofagasta
Antofagasta, Chile

Rodolfo Barbá
Director
Astronomía
DEPARTAMENTO DE ASTRONOMÍA - UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SERENA
La Serena, Chile

Yara Jaffé
Prof. Adjunto
Instituto de Fisica y Astronomia
Universidad de Valparaiso
Valparaiso, Chile

Ezequiel Treister
Associate Professor
Institute of Astrophysics
Pontificia Universidad Catolica
Santiago, Chile

Christopher Haines
Assistant Professor
Instituto de Astronomía y Ciencias Planetarias
Universidad de Atacama
Copiapó, Chile

Humberto Farias
Investigador
Vicerrectoria de Investigación y Postgrado
Universidad de La Serena
La Serena, Chile

Daniel Ortiz
Investigador Informático
Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Postgrado
Universidad de La Serena
La Serena, Chile

Daniela Olave
Conferenciante
Departamento de Tecnologías Industriales
Universidad de Talca
Curicó, Chile