Man

Sebastian Victor Claudio Lopez Morales

Associate Professor

DEPARTAMENTO DE ASTRONOMIA

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


The Intergalactic Medium; Gamma-Ray Bursts; Gravitational lensing

Educación

  •  Astronomy, UNIVERSITAT HAMBURG. Alemania, 1999
  •  Physics, UNIVERSITAT HAMBURG. Chile, 1995
  •  Physics, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 1989
  •  Astrphysics, UNIVERSITAT HAMBURG. Alemania, 1999

Experiencia Académica

  •   Associate Professor Full Time

    U. de Chile

    FCFM

    Santiago, Chile

    2006 - A la fecha

  •   Assistant Professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

    Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas

    Chile

    2002 - 2005

  •   Postdoctoral Researcher Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

    FCFM

    Chile

    2000 - 2001

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Head of the Gemini Office Part Time

    CONICYT

    Chile

    2008 - 2010

  •   Support Astronomer Part Time

    CONICYT

    Chile

    2000 - 2007

  •   Research Assistant Full Time

    Universitaet Hamburg

    Alemania

    1996 - 1999

Formación de Capital Humano


Nicolas Tejos (MSc, current position: PhD student at Durham)
Heather Andrews (MSc, co-advised, current position: PhD student at Leiden))
Maria Jose Maureira (MSc, current position: PhD at Yale)
Vincent Dumont (MSc, finished)
Paula Lopez (PhD) ongoing


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Winner of the CIM Returning Experts Program

    Centrum fuer internationale Migration und Entwicklung

    Alemania, 1999

    Funding through CIM Returning Experts Program for settling down abroad.

  •   Researcher in the Program Ciencia de Frontera

    Chilean National Academy of Sciences

    Chile, 2004

    Miembro programa Ciencia de Frontera de la Academia de Ciencias. Dirigí estudio sobre la astronomía Chilena.

  •   PI of ESO Large Programme “Quasars and their absorption lines: a legacy survey of the highredshift universe with xshooter”

    Euopean Southern Observatory

    Chile, 2011

    Large Programme with 100 hours awarded. Estimated execution costs ~500k US$.


 

Article (79)

Spatially Resolved Outflows in a Seyfert Galaxy at z=2.39
A clumpy and anisotropic galaxy halo at redshift 1 from gravitational-arc tomography
A VLT/MUSE galaxy survey towards QSO Q1410: looking for aWHIM traced by BLAs in inter-cluster filaments
Hunting for metals using XQ-100 Legacy Survey composite spectra
Near infrared spectroscopic observations of high redshift C-I absorbers
Spotting high-z molecular absorbers using neutral carbon Results from a complete spectroscopic survey with the VLT
New constraints on the free-streaming of warm dark matter from intermediate and small scale Lyman-alpha forest data
On the selection of damped Lyman a systems using Mg II absorption at 2 < z(abs) < 4
Solving the conundrum of intervening strong Mg II absorbers towards gamma-ray bursts and quasars
The evolution of the star formation rate function in the EAGLE simulations: a comparison with UV, IR and H alpha observations from z similar to 8 to z similar to 0
The Lyman alpha forest power spectrum from the XQ-100 Legacy Survey
Chemical abundances of the damped Lyman alpha systems in the XQ-100 survey
Extended Ly alpha emission around quasars with eclipsing damped Ly alpha systems
Nature and statistical properties of quasar associated absorption systems in the XQ-100 Legacy Survey
The evolution of neutral gas in damped Lyman alpha systems from the XQ-100 survey
XQ-100: A legacy survey of one hundred 3.5 less than or similar to z less than or similar to 4.5 quasars observed with VLT/X-shooter
A coronagraphic absorbing cloud reveals the narrow-line region and extended Lyman alpha emission of QSO J0823+0529
Photometric classification of quasars from RCS-2 using Random Forest
The neutral hydrogen cosmological mass density at z=5
VLT/UVES observations of extremely strong intervening damped Lyman-alpha systems Molecular hydrogen and excited carbon, oxygen, and silicon at log N(H I)=22.4
Fundamental constants and high-resolution spectroscopy
The Giant Gemini GMOS survey of z(em) > 4.4 quasars - I. Measuring the mean free path across cosmic time
The UVES Large Program for testing fundamental physics - III. Constraints on the fine-structure constant from three telescopes
AN INDEPENDENT MEASUREMENT OF THE INCIDENCE OF Mg II ABSORBERS ALONG GAMMA-RAY BURST SIGHT LINES: THE END OF THE MYSTERY?
GALAXY CLUSTERS IN THE LINE OF SIGHT TO BACKGROUND QUASARS. III. MULTI-OBJECT SPECTROSCOPY
The UVES large program for testing fundamental physics - II. Constraints on a change in mu towards quasar HE 0027-1836
The UVES Large Program for testing fundamental physics I. Bounds on a change in alpha towards quasar HE 221-2818
Deuterium at high redshift: Primordial abundance in the z abs = 2.621 damped Ly-? system towards CTQ 247
Discovery of a compact gas-rich damped Lyman-alpha galaxy at z = 2.2: evidence of a starburst-driven outflow
METALLICITIES, DUST, AND MOLECULAR CONTENT OF A QSO-DAMPED Ly alpha SYSTEM REACHING log N(H I)=22: AN ANALOG TO GRB-DLAs
Primordial abundance in the z(abs)=2.621 damped Ly-alpha system towards CTQ247
THE EFFECTS OF VIEWING ANGLE ON THE MASS DISTRIBUTION OF EXOPLANETS
AFTERGLOW OBSERVATIONS OF FERMI LARGE AREA TELESCOPE GAMMA-RAY BURSTS AND THE EMERGING CLASS OF HYPER-ENERGETIC EVENTS
The evolution of the cosmic microwave background temperature Measurements of T-CMB at high redshift from carbon monoxide excitation
A translucent interstellar cloud at z=2.69 CO, H-2, and HD in the line-of-sight to SDSS J123714.60+064759.5
GRB 090426: the environment of a rest-frame 0.35-s gamma-ray burst at a redshift of 2.609
Assessing the dust selection bias in quasar absorbers at 0.7 < z < 1.6: Zn/Fe abundances in a radio-selected sample(star)
CASTING LIGHT ON THE "ANOMALOUS" STATISTICS OF MG II ABSORBERS TOWARD GAMMA-RAY BURST AFTERGLOWS: THE INCIDENCE OF WEAK SYSTEMS
Diffuse molecular gas at high redshift - Detection of CO molecules and the 2175 Å dust feature at z = 1.64
Diffuse molecular gas at high redshift Detection of CO molecules and the 2175 angstrom dust feature at z=1.64
Galaxy clusters in the line of sight to background quasars - II. Environmental effects on the sizes of baryonic halo sizes
OBSERVATIONS OF THE NAKED-EYE GRB 080319B: IMPLICATIONS OF NATURE'S BRIGHTEST EXPLOSION
Galaxy clusters in the line of sight to background quasars. I. Survey design and incidence of MgII absorbers at cluster redshifts
A new measure of ??/? at redshift z = 1.84 from very high resolution spectra of Q 1101-264
A new measure of Delta alpha/alpha at redshift z=1.84 from very high resolution spectra of Q 1101-264
Clues to the nature of high-redshift OVI absorption systems from their lack of small-scale structure
On the incidence of CIV absorbers along the sight lines to gamma-ray bursts
The Galactic deuterium abundance and expanded Ti/H sample
On the incidence of strong MgII absorbers along gamma-ray burst sight lines
Spectral shape of the UV ionizing background and O vi absorbers at z ? 1.5 towards HS 0747+4259
Spectral shape of the UV ionizing background and OVI absorbers at z similar to 1.5 towards HS 0747+4259
The evolution of Lyman ? absorbers in the redshift range 0.5 &lt; z &lt; 1.9
The evolution of Lyman alpha absorbers in the redshift range 0.5 < z < 1.9
The multiwavelength survey by Yale-Chile (MUSYC): Survey design and deep public UBVRIZ ' images and catalogs of the extended Hubble Deep Field-South
Tomography of the intergalactic medium with Ly alpha forests in close QSO pairs
Tomography of the intergalactic medium with Ly? forests in close QSO pairs
A damped Ly? system along two lines of sight at z = 0.93
Discovery of a galaxy cluster in the foreground of the wide-separation quasar pair UM 425
Evidence for a magnitude-dependent bias in the Hamburg/ESO survey for damped Lyman-? systems
HE 0141-3932: A bright QSO with an unusual emission line spectrum and associated absorption
Metal abundances in a damped Ly alpha system along two lines of sight at z=0.93
Nitrogen-deficient and iron-rich associated absorbers with oversolar metallicities towards the quasar HE0141-3932
Probing the 3-D matter distribution at z ? 2 with QSO multiple lines of sight
On the nature of the heat source for damped Ly? systems
Disentangling microlensing and differential extinction in the double QSO HE 0512-3329
Distinct abundance patterns in multiple damped Ly alpha galaxies: Evidence for truncated star formation?
Distinct abundance patterns in multiple damped Ly? galaxies: Evidence for truncated star formation?
Discovery of a new quadruply lensed QSO: HS 0810+2554 - A brighter twin to PG 1115+080
Erratum: Unusual metal abundances in a pair of damped Lyman alpha systems at z ? 2* (A&amp;A (2001) 380 (117-122))
Metal abundances and ionization conditions in a possibly dust-free damped Ly alpha system at z=2.3
Metal abundances and ionization conditions in a possibly dust-free damped Ly? system at z = 2.3
A nearly symmetric double-image gravitational lens
High-resolution OVI absorption line observations at 1.2 <= z <= 1.7 in the bright QSO HE 0515-4414
Slit spectroscopy of nine new z &gt; 3 southern QSOs: Damped Ly? and Lyman-limit systems
Slit spectroscopy of nine new z > 3 southern QSOs: Damped Ly alpha and Lyman-limit systems
Slit spectroscopy of nine new z > 3 southern QSOs: Damped Ly? and Lyman-limit systems
Unusual metal abundances in a pair of damped Lyman alpha systems at z ? 2
Unusual metal abundances in a pair of damped Lyman alpha systems at z similar to 2
HST spectroscopy of the double QSO HS 1216+5032 AB

ConferencePaper (6)

C IV ABSORBERS ALONG THE SIGHTLINES TO GAMMA-RAY BURSTS
Probing cluster galaxies with background qsos
High-precision measurements of ??/? from QSO absorption spectra
Small-scale structure of high-redshift OVI absorption systems
The source of metals in the high-redshift lyman-? forest
The source of metals in the high-redshift Lyman-alpha forest

EditorialMaterial (1)

Astronomy - The universe measured with a comb

Errata (1)

Unusual metal abundances in a pair of damped Lyman alpha systems at z similar to 2 (vol 380, pg 117, 2001)

Review (4)

The nature of proximate damped Lyman alpha systems star
GRB 080503: IMPLICATIONS OF A NAKED SHORT GAMMA-RAY BURST DOMINATED BY EXTENDED EMISSION
HIGH-REDSHIFT STARBURSTING DWARF GALAXIES REVEALED BY gamma-RAY BURST AFTERGLOWS
THE HOST GALAXIES OF SWIFT DARK GAMMA-RAY BURSTS: OBSERVATIONAL CONSTRAINTS ON HIGHLY OBSCURED AND VERY HIGH REDSHIFT GRBs
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Monica Rubio

Full Professor

DEPARTENTO DE ASTRONOMIA, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

7
Paulina Lira

Associate Professor

Astronomía

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

7
Luis Barrientos

Associate Professor, Director

Institute of Astrophysics

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Gaspar Galaz

Profesor Titular, Director, Instituto de Astrofísica

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

Santiago, Chile

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Sebastian Lopez

Associate Professor

DEPARTAMENTO DE ASTRONOMIA

Santiago, Chile

7
Leopoldo Infante

Professor

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
James Jenkins

Associate Professor

Astronomy

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Maria Ruiz

Profesor Titular

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Santiago, Chile

5
José Maza

Full Professor

Astronomía

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
René Méndez

Profesor

Departamento de Astronomia

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Timo Anguita

Associate Professor

Ciencias Fisicas

Universidad Andrés Bello

Santiago, Chile

4
Nelson Padilla

Profesor Titular

Astrophysics

Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Roberto Assef

Profesor Titular

Núcleo de Astronomía de la Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias

Universidad Diego Portales

Santiago, Chile

12
Cedric Ledoux

Support Astronomer

European Southern Observatory

Santiago, Chile

9
Nicolas Tejos

Associate Professor

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

Curauma, Chile

1
Valentino Gonzalez

Profesor Asistente

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Ezequiel Treister

Associate Professor

Institute of Astrophysics

Pontificia Universidad Catolica

Santiago, Chile

1
Paula Sánchez

Investigador Postdoctoral

Instituto Milenio de Astrofísica

Santiago, Chile