Portal del Investigador
Bárbara Rojas Ayala
Associate Professor
Universidad de Tarapacá
Arica, Chile
LOW MASS STARS; M DWARFS; BROWN DWARFS; EXOPLANETS
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ASTRONOMY, CORNELL UNIVERSITY. Estados Unidos, 2012
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ASTRONOMY, CORNELL UNIVERSITY. Estados Unidos, 2008
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SCIENCES, MENTION ASTRONOMY, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2005
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POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER Full Time
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
NEW YORK, Estados Unidos
2011 - 2013
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POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER Full Time
INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA E CIÊNCIAS DO ESPAÇO
PORTO, Portugal
2013 - 2016
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PROFESOR ASISTENTE Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO
CIENCIAS EXACTAS
SANTIAGO, Chile
2016 - 2019
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Associate Professor Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACA
Instituto de Alta Investigación
Arica, Chile
2019 - A la fecha
Supervision Experience:
• 2021: MSc. co-Advisor of Álvaro Blay Sempere, VIU, Spain. Thesis: “Estudiando la granulación en estrellas tipo M” - Graduated Nov 2021.
• 2015-2020: Ph.D. Advisor of Pedro Sarmento, IA-Porto, Portugal. Thesis: “Towards a comprehensive understanding of tiny stars in the near-infrared domain - Determining stellar parameters of FGK and M dwarfs from their APOGEE spectra using the spectral synthesis method” - Graduated June 2020.
• 2018-2019: Advisor of Andrea Mejias, graduate student, Astronomy, UNAB.
• 2017-2018: Advisor of Angélica Jara, graduate student, Astronomy, UNAB.
• 2011-2013: Advisor of 6 high-school students of the NASA SRMP program at the AMNH, USA.
SOC member:
- OHP2020 Planets of Red Dwarf Stars
- SOCHIAS Annual Meeting 2017
- 19th Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and The Sun (CS19) 2016.
LOC member:
- Conferencia Binacional SOCHIAS-AAA 2018
- Astrobiology 2017 Research meeting by IAU Commission F3.
Evaluator:
- FONDECYT Postdoctorado 2019 - Miembro del Grupo de Estudio area Astronomía, Cosmología y Partículas.
- Fondo Astronomía ALMA-CONICYT 2018
- Fondo CHINA-CONICYT - Tercera Convocatoria 2017
- NASA's Astrophysics Data Analysis Program "Stellar Astrophysics and Exoplanets” 2015.
Organizer:
- 2014: CS18 Splinter ”Portraying the Hosts: Stellar Science from Planet Searches”
- 2012: CS17 Splinter ”M dwarfs in the light of (future) exoplanet searches”
- 2008-2009 Star Lunch Seminar, Cornell University
Referee of ISI publications:
- Astrophysical Journal (ApJ 2018 Impact Factor 5.580)
- Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A 2018 Impact Factor: 6.209)
- Astronomical Journal (AJ 2018 Impact Factor 5.497)
- Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (PASP 2018 Impact Factor 3.470)
Outreach:
- more than 30 participations in public talks, discussions, and panels in different places in Chile since 2016.
- Spanish and English narrator of the NSF funded Big Astronomy Show by Morrison Planetarium / California Academy of Science (www.bigastronomy.org)
- Participation as an expert in the scientific dissemination series "Diálogos Científicos" of the Núcleo Milenio Física de la Materia Activa of the Universidad de Chile
- Participation as a researcher in the scientific dissemination series "Homo Science" of the newspaper El Mostrador and Héctor Cossio.
- Participation as a researcher/protagonist in the Documentary "Ellas sienten que amanecerá" produced by Pressenza Comunicaciones for the China Global Television Network.
- Participation as a scientific expert on tv program "El Ilusionista, un desafío a la ciencia" for Canal 13c made by Panorámica (8 episodes).
- Appearances in the media: tv (24hrs, Mega+, canal13), radio (Futuro, Concierto, Cooperativa, Rock&Pop, Pauta, USACH), and press (LUN, emol, LaSegunda, LaTercera).
- 2017-present: Inspiring Girls Chile volunteer
- 2007-2010: Volunteer, CRSR E/PO Program, Cornell University.
- 2006-2008: Volunteer and workshop leader of EYH and FocusForTeens programs, Cornell University
Service:
• 2017-2019: Consejo Asesor del Chilean Telescope Allocation Committee member (CNTAC)
• 2017-2018: 2nd Vicepresident of the Sociedad Chilena de Astronomía (SOCHIAS).
• 2018-2019: PI Grant ALMA-CONICYT 31170021 for Becas Adelina Gutiérrez
• 2018-2020: TESS Science Office (TSO) member.
• 2012: Co-Founder of the AMNH Postdoc Group, AMNH.
• 2006-2007: Graduate Women in Physics Officer, Cornell University.
• 2003-2004: President of the Physics and Astronomy students, U. de Chile.
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Rodger Doxsey Travel Prize Winner
American Astronomical Society (AAS)
Estados Unidos, 2012
The Rodger Doxsey Travel Prize provides graduate students within one year of receiving or receipt of their PhD a monetary prize to enable the oral presentation of their dissertation research at a winter AAS meeting.
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ASNY Graduate Student Prize Paper Winner
Astronomical Society of New York (ASNY)
Chile, 2011
This is awarded each year for the best research paper on some aspect of research in astronomy submitted to the Prize Committee. The submitted materials are quite often derived from the dissertation of the student, but they can be from any original research. In the case of work done in collaboration with a faculty member, that faculty member should write a letter to the Committee in which their participation and that of the student are clearly detailed.The Prize winner receives a check for $500 when the Prize lecture is delivered.
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100 Líderes Jóvenes
UNIVERSIDAD ADOLFO IBANEZ
Chile, 2017
Red de Líderes es una iniciativa de Revista Sábado de El Mercurio y del Departamento de Liderazgo de la Escuela de Negocios Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez. Desde el año 2000 reúne, apoya y proyecta el trabajo de personas que se han destacado en diversos ámbitos, provocando cambios en su entorno y marcando una diferencia para hacer de Chile un mejor país.
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Z. Carter Patten ’25 Graduate Fellowship in Astronomy
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
Estados Unidos, 2010
The Z. Carter Patten '25 Graduate Fellowship in Astronomy was established in 1999 to support graduate students pursuing study in astronomy in the College of Arts and Sciences.
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AURA Claudio Anguita Fellowship
AURA - CONICYT
Chile, 2008
En el marco del convenio para patrocinar en conjunto el Programa de Becas “Claudio Anguita Fellowship Program”, la Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (CONICYT) y la Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) en representación de la National Science Foundation (NSF) de los Estados Unidos, llaman a concurso con el propósito de otorgar una beca a un estudiante chileno para que pueda realizar estudios de doctorado en astronomía, o una disciplina afín en los Estados Unidos de América. El objetivo del concurso es fortalecer la ciencia y tecnología en Chile y promover la relación existente entre Chile y los Estados Unidos en el área de astronomía. Con su estadía en el extranjero, el estudiante se verá beneficiado al participar activamente en la vida académica de la universidad anfitriona. Asimismo, la universidad anfitriona se beneficia con la presencia de estudiantes brillantes y altamente motivados.
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Fondecyt de Iniciación
UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACA
Chile, 2018
Awarded a Fondecyt Iniciación 2018 to financially cover high-impact research over a three-year period. The award was given to fund my project "CONOSCO: Comprehending the peculiar nature of southern cool red dwarfs" (Fondecyt No 11181295)
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PAI-CONICYT
UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO
Chile, 2015
Inserted Researcher in project “Hacia una caracterización integral de las estrellas más pequeñas y sus compañeros en el cielo sur" (PAI-CONICYT No 79150050)
GROUND-BASED CHARACTERIZATION OF EXTRASOLAR PLANETS AND SYSTEMS |
OLD STELLAR POPULATIONS IN THE SOLAR VICINITY |
Bárbara Rojas Ayala
Associate Professor
Instituto de Alta Investigación
Universidad de Tarapacá
Arica, Chile