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Matthias R. Schreiber

Profesor Titular

Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María

Valparaiso, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Astrophysics; Stellar Astrophysics; extra-solar planets, binary star evolution, low-mass stars; white dwarfs, planets around white dwarfs

Educación

  •  Astrophysics, University of Goettingen. Alemania, 2001
  •  Astrophysics, Universitaet Goettingen. Chile, 1997

Experiencia Académica

  •   postdoc (funded by an individual DAAD fellowship) Full Time

    University of Cape Tpwn

    Science

    Cape Town, Suráfrica

    2001 - 2002

  •   postdoc (funded by an individual Marie-Curie fellowship from the European Union) Full Time

    University of Strasbourg Luis Pasteur

    Strasbourg, Francia

    2002 - 2004

  •   postdoc Full Time

    Astrophysical Institute Potsdam

    Potsdam, Alemania

    2004 - 2006

  •   Profesor Titular Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAISO

    Chile

    2006 - 2020

  •   Profesor Titular Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA

    Chile

    2020 - A la fecha

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Post-doc Full Time

    University of Cape town

    Cape Town, Suráfrica

    2001 - 2002

  •   post-doc Full Time

    Universidad de Strasbourg

    Strasbourg, Francia

    2002 - 2004

  •   Post-doc Full Time

    Astrophysical institute Potsdam

    Potsdam, Alemania

    2004 - 2006

  •   Profesor Titular Full Time

    Universidad de Valparaíso

    Valparaíso, Chile

    2006 - 2020

  •   Profesor Titular Full Time

    Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria

    Chile

    2020 - A la fecha

Formación de Capital Humano


Undergraduate courses:
Accretion power in Astrophysics, TU Berlin 2005
Physics I, Universidad de Valparaiso (2007-2008)
Theoretical mechanics, Universidad de Valparaiso (2008-2011)

Graduate courses:
Stellar structure and Evolution (2012-2014)
Astrophysical Seminar (2014-2018)
Scientific English (2014I-2020)
Physics I (2018-2020)

PhD thesis
Monica Zorotovic, Constraints on magnetic braking and the common envelope efficiency"
Univesiadad Catolica de Santiago, 2011 (Monica's thesis has received the award of the best thesis in science at her University in 2011)
Adam Hardy, Direct detection of planets in disks and around PCEBs, 2016, currently researcher at Leeds University
Alejandro Santamaria, 2019, now at ESO

Former postdocs
Monica Zorotovic (2012-2018) - no staff at Universidad de Valparaiso
Johan Olofsson (2015-2016) - now staff at Universidad de Valparaiso
Claudio Caceres (2012-2016) now staff at UNAB, Santiago
Hector Canova (2012-2016) - now staff at ESA/Madrid
Steven Parsons (2012-2016) - now staff at Sheffield University
Alberto Rebassa-Mansergas (2008-2012) - now permanent staff in Barcelon, spain
Marianna Orellana (2009 - 2011) - now permanent staff in La Plata, Argentina
Gisela Romero (2009 - 2012) - permanent staff in La Plata, Argentina until 2014 (when she died)


Difusión y Transferencia


My publications are regularly reviewed in several outreach journals including National Geographic.
I had 2 ESO press releases and one ALMA press release in the last 5 years.


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Summa Cum Laude

    Georg august University Goettingen

    Alemania, 2001

    Highest grade for PhD thesis "disk accretion onto white dwarfs" in Germany - "with distinction"

  •   Marie-Curie Fellowship

    University of Strasbourg

    Francia, 2003

    Marie-Curie fellowship

  •   Research excellence award

    UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAISO

    Chile, 2016

    Excellence of research award by the University


 

Article (122)

A Volume-limited Sample of Cataclysmic Variables from Gaia DR2: Space Density and Population Properties
Are white dwarf magnetic fields in close binaries generated during common-envelope evolution?
Bipolar molecular outflow of the very low-mass star Par-Lup3-4 Evidence for scaled-down low-mass star formation
Evidence for reduced magnetic braking in polars from binary population models
How Jupiters Save or Destroy Inner Neptunes around Evolved Stars
Most EL CVn systems are inner binaries of hierarchical triples
NaCo polarimetric observations of Sz 91 transitional disc: a remarkable case of dust filtering
On the absence of symbiotic stars in globular clusters
The White Dwarf Binary Pathways Survey -III. Contamination from hierarchical triples containing a white dwarf
A planetesimal orbiting within the debris disc around a white dwarf star
Accretion of a giant planet onto a white dwarfstar
Cataclysmic variable evolution and the white dwarf mass problem: A Review
Cold Giant Planets Evaporated by Hot White Dwarfs
Dust production in the debris disk around HR4796 A
Evidence for mass accretion driven by spiral shocks onto the white dwarf in SDSS J123813.73-033933.0
Sub-millimetre non-contaminated detection of the disc around TWA 7 by ALMA
Accretion signatures in the X-shooter spectrum of the substellar companion to SR12
ALMA survey of circumstellar discs in the young stellar cluster IC 348
Debris discs with multiple absorption features in metallic lines: circumstellar or interstellar origin?
DZ Chamaeleontis: a bona fide photoevaporating disc
HE 0430–2457: a post-merger extremely low-mass pre-white dwarf in a wide binary posing as an extreme horizontal branch star
No cataclysmic variables missing: higher merger rate brings into agreement observed and predicted space densities
Resolving faint structures in the debris disk around TWA 7 Tentative detections of an outer belt, a spiral arm, and a dusty cloud
The scatter of the M dwarf mass-radius relationship
Constraining the mass of the planet(s) sculpting a disk cavity. The intriguing case of 2MASS J16042165-2130284
Effective temperatures of cataclysmic-variable white dwarfs as a probe of their evolution
mocca-SURVEY database I. Accreting white dwarf binary systems in globular clusters - III. Cataclysmic variables - implications of model assumptions
Orbital periods and component masses of three double white dwarfs
The Orbital Ephemeris of the Classical Nova RR Pictoris: Presence of a Third Body?
The origin of single low-mass WDs: another problem that consequential angular momentum loss in CVs might solve
Trace hydrogen in helium atmosphere white dwarfs as a possible signature of water accretion
A ring-like concentration of mm-sized particles in Sz 91
A radio-pulsing white dwarf binary star
Azimuthal asymmetries in the debris disk around HD 61005. A massive collision of planetesimals?
Detached cataclysmic variables are crossing the orbital period gap
GW Librae: a unique laboratory for pulsations in an accreting white dwarf
Imaging the water snow-line during a protostellar outburst
The crowded magnetosphere of the post-common-envelope binary QS Virginis
The Detection of Dust around NN Ser
The SDSS spectroscopic catalogue of white dwarf-main-sequence binaries: new identifications from DR 9-12
The white dwarf binary pathways survey - I. A sample of FGK stars with white dwarf companions
Three in one go: consequential angular momentum loss can solve major problems of CV evolution
14 new eclipsing white dwarf plus main-sequence binaries from the SDSS and Catalina surveys
A SCUBA-2 850-mu m survey of protoplanetary discs in the IC 348 cluster
Discovery of ZZ Cetis in detached white dwarf plus main-sequence binaries
Dynamical masses of a nova-like variable on the edge of the period gap
GAS INSIDE THE 97 AU CAVITY AROUND THE TRANSITION DISK Sz 91
Improving signal-to-noise in the direct imaging of exoplanets and circumstellar disks with MLOCI
Insights into internal effects of common-envelope evolution using the extended Kepler mission
Nonazimuthal linear polarization in protoplanetary disks
ON THE NATURE OF THE TERTIARY COMPANION TO FW TAU: ALMA CO OBSERVATIONS AND SED MODELING
Probing the final stages of protoplanetary disk evolution with ALMA
The first pre-supersoft X-ray binary
THE FIRST SCIENCE RESULTS FROM SPHERE: DISPROVING THE PREDICTED BROWN DWARF AROUND V471 TAU
The inner environment of Z Canis Majoris: High-contrast imaging polarimetry with NaCo
The VLTI/PIONIER near- infrared interferometric survey of southern T Tauri stars
White dwarf masses in cataclysmic variables
1000 cataclysmic variables from the Catalina Real-time Transient Survey
Monte Carlo simulations of post-common-envelope white dwarf plus main sequence binaries: comparison with the SDSS DR7 observed sample
Monte Carlo simulations of post-common-envelope white dwarf plus main sequence binaries: The effects of including recombination energy
SDSS J001153.08-064739.2, A CATACLYSMIC VARIABLE WITH AN EVOLVED DONOR IN THE PERIOD GAP
The evolution of the self-lensing binary KOI-3278: evidence of extra energy sources during CE evolution
The planets around NN Serpentis: still there
Timing variations in the secondary eclipse of NN Ser
A magnetic white dwarf in a detached eclipsing binary
Eclipsing post-common envelope binaries from the Catalina surveys
Flows of gas through a protoplanetary gap
M dwarf companions to white dwarfs - I. Relating magnetic activity, rotation and age
Near-infrared imaging polarimetry of HD 142527
Origin of apparent period variations in eclipsing post-common-envelope binaries
SPARSE APERTURE MASKING OBSERVATIONS OF THE FL Cha PRE-TRANSITIONAL DISK
The planets around NN Serpentis: still there
White dwarf main-sequence binaries from SDSS DR 8: unveiling the cool white dwarf population
A precision study of two eclipsing white dwarf plus M dwarf binaries
An accurate mass and radius measurement for an ultracool white dwarf
Post-common envelope binaries from SDSS - XIV. The DR7 white dwarf-main-sequence binary catalogue
Post-common envelope binaries from SDSS - XV. Accurate stellar parameters for a cool 0.4 M-circle dot white dwarf and a 0.16 M-circle dot M dwarf in a 3 h eclipsing binary
Post-common envelope binaries from SDSS - XVI. Long orbital period systems and the energy budget of common envelope evolution
SUBMILLIMETER ARRAY OBSERVATIONS OF THE RX J1633.9-2442 TRANSITION DISK: EVIDENCE FOR MULTIPLE PLANETS IN THE MAKING
THE DYNAMICALLY DISRUPTED GAP IN HD 142527
THE NATURE OF TRANSITION CIRCUMSTELLAR DISKS. II. SOUTHERN MOLECULAR CLOUDS
THE NATURE OF TRANSITION CIRCUMSTELLAR DISKS. III. PERSEUS, TAURUS, AND AURIGA
The shortest period detached white dwarf plus main-sequence binary
Transition disks: four candidates for ongoing giant planet formation in Ophiuchus (Research Note)
VVV DR1: The first data release of the Milky Way bulge and southern plane from the near-infrared ESO public survey VISTA variables in the Via Lactea
CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES FROM THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY. VIII. THE FINAL YEAR (2007-2008)
Multiple emission line components in detached post-common-envelope binaries (Research Note)
Post common envelope binaries from SDSS XI. The white dwarf mass distributions of CVs and pre-CVs
Post common envelope binaries from SDSS XII. The orbital period distribution
Post common envelope binaries from SDSS XIII. Mass dependencies of the orbital period distribution
Post-common envelope binaries from SDSS-X: the origin of low-mass white dwarfs
MULTI-SITE OBSERVATIONS OF PULSATION IN THE ACCRETING WHITE DWARF SDSS J161033.64-010223.3 (V386 Ser)
Post common envelope binaries from SDSS VIII. Evidence for disrupted magnetic braking
Post-common envelope binaries from SDSS - VII. A catalogue of white dwarf-main sequence binaries
Post-common-envelope binaries from SDSS IX: Constraining the common-envelope efficiency
The origin of low-mass white dwarfs
Two planets orbiting the recently formed post-common envelope binary NN Serpentis
VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV): The public ESO near-IR variability survey of the Milky Way
CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES FROM SDSS. VII. THE SEVENTH YEAR (2006)
Post common envelope binaries from SDSS IV. SDSS J121258.25-012310.1, a new eclipsing system
Post common envelope binaries from the SDSS VI. SDSS J120615.73+510047.0: a new low accretion rate magnetic binary
Post-common-envelope binaries from SDSS - V. Four eclipsing white dwarf main-sequence binaries
THE SEVENTH DATA RELEASE OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY
A new period determination for the close PG1159 binary SDSS J212531.92-010745.9
Post common envelope binaries from SDSS - II: Identification of 9 close binaries with VLT/FORS2
Post-common envelope binaries from SDSS - III. Seven new orbital periods
The Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Post-common-envelope binaries from SDSS - I. 101 white dwarf main-sequence binaries with multiple Sloan Digital Sky Survey spectroscopy
The dwarf nova SS Cygni: what is wrong?
The statistical significance of the superhump signal in U Geminorum
The ultra-compact binary candidate KUV 23182+1007 is a bright quasar
WX Ceti: a closer look at its behaviour in quiescence and outburst
SDSS J212531.92-010745.9 - the first definite PG 1159 close binary system
Delays in dwarf novae II: VW Hyi, the tidal instability and enhanced mass transfer models
RXJ2130.6+4710 - an eclipsing white dwarf-M-dwarf binary star
Delays in dwarf novae I: The case of SS Cygni
The age, life expectancy, and space density of Post Common Envelope Binaries
Implications of the HST/FGS parallax of SS Cygni on the disc instability model
RX And: An intermediate between Z Cam and VY Scl stars
The response of a dwarf nova disc to real mass transfer variations
Stream overflow and dwarf nova eruptions
NATURE OF TRANSITION CIRCUMSTELLAR DISKS. I. THE OPHIUCHUS MOLECULAR CLOUD

ConferencePaper (18)

NPF: Mirror development in Chile
Planet formation imager: Project update
A Population Synthesis Study of the MS plus WD Population in the SDSS
An Intensive HST/COS Study of 31 CV WDs
High-mass White Dwarfs and the Energy Budget of Common Envelope Evolution
ACCRETION IN DETACHED POST-COMMON-ENVELOPE BINARIES
Emission Line Profiles in Post-Common-Envelope Binaries
IMAGING OF THE DUST GAP INTO THE TRANSITIONAL DISK RXJ1633.9-2242 (OPH 32)
Post-Common-Envelope Binaries from SDSS: Constraining the Common-Envelope Efficiency
The planets around the post-common envelope binary NN Serpentis
The Primary Mass Distribution of PCEBs
TRANSITION CIRCUMNSTELLAR DISKS IN LUPUS
Helium core white dwarfs missing in cataclysmic variables?
Monte Carlo simulations of the post-common-envelope white-dwarf main-sequence binary population
SDSS121258.25-012310.1: A new eclipsing post common envelope binary
Three eclipsing white dwarf plus main sequence binaries from SDSS
White dwarf post common envelope binaries from the SDSS
Understanding white dwarf binary evolution with white dwarf/main sequence binaries: First results from SEGUE

EditorialMaterial (1)

One Good Measure

Errata (1)

Accretion signatures in the X-shooter spectrum of the substellar companion to SR12 (vol 475, pg 2994, 2018)

Proyecto (8)

Milenium nulceus for protoplanetary disk during ALMA early science
THE ORIGIN OF VARIATIONS OF THE ECLIPSE ARRIVAL TIMES IN POST COMMON ENVELOPE BINARIES
ECLIPSING POST COMMON ENVELOPE BINARIES
UNDERSTANDING THE LATE EVOLUTION OF PROTOPLANETARY DISK=> WEAKLINE TTAURI STARS AND DIRECT DETECTION OF PLANETS IN DISKS
UNDERSTANDING CLOSE COMPACT BINARY STAR EVOLUTION WITH POST COMMON ENVELOPE BINARIES FROM THE SDSS
WHITE DWARF BINARIES=> CONSTRAINING FUNDAMENTAL STELLAR PHYSICS
TOWARDS A GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING OF ACCRETION DISK PHYSICS AND CLOSE BINARY EVOLUTION.
TOWARDS A GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING OF ACCRETION DISK PHYSICS AND CLOSE BINARY EVOLUTION.

Review (2)

SDSS unveils a population of intrinsically faint cataclysmic variables at the minimum orbital period
SEGUE: A SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEY OF 240,000 STARS WITH g=14-20
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Matthias Schreiber

Profesor Titular

Departamento de Fisica

Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María

Valparaiso, Chile

26
Monica Zorotovic

Profesor Adjunto

Instituto de Física y Astronomía

UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAISO

Valparaiso, Chile

19
Lucas Cieza

Full Professor

Engineering and Science

Universidad Diego Portales

Santiago, Chile

15
Claudio Caceres

Assistant professor

Ciencias Físicas

Universidad Andrés Bello

Santiago, Chile

13
Claus Tappert

Profesor ad honorem

Instituto de Física y Astronomía

Universidad de Valparaíso

Valparaiso, Chile

10
Simon Casassus

Profesor Titular

Astronomía

DEPARTAMENTO DE ASTRONOMÍA, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

9
Linda Schmidtobreick

staff astronomer

Sciops

ESO

Vitacura, Chile

8
Amelia Bayo

Full Professor

Instituto de Fisica y Astronomia, Facultado de Ciencias

Valparaiso, Chile

8
Odette Toloza

Postdoctoral researcher

Physics

University of Warwick

Coventry, Reino Unido

7
Andres Jordan

Profesor

Universidad Adolfo Ibánez

Santiago, Chile

5
Dante Minniti

Professor

Facultad de Ciencias Exactas

UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO

Santiago, Chile

4
Márcio Catelan

Full Professor

Instituto de Astrofísica

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

4
Radostin Kurtev

Titular

Instituto de Física y Astronomía

UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO

Valparaíso, Chile

4
Manuela Zoccali

Profesor Asociado

Facultad de Física

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

4
Johan Olofsson

Profesor asistente

Instituto de Fisica y Astronomia

UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAISO

Valparaiso, Chile

4
Wolfgang Gieren

Full Professor

Astronomy

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCIÓN

Concepción, Chile

4
Jordanka Borissova

Full Professor, grado 4

Facultad de Ciencias

Universidad de Valparaiso

Valparaíso, Chile

4
Leonardo Bronfman

Full Professor

Astronomy

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE, FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS Y MATEMÁTICAS

Santiago, Chile

4
Sebastian Perez

Assistant Professor

Physics

Universidad de Santiago de Chile

Santiago, Chile

3
Rodolfo Barbá

Director

Astronomía

DEPARTAMENTO DE ASTRONOMÍA - UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SERENA

La Serena, Chile

2
Rafael Brahm

Profesor Asistente

Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias

Universidad Adolfo Ibánez

Santiago, Chile

2
Lorenzo Monaco

Profesor asistente

UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO

Santiago, Chile

2
Juan Beamin

Coordinador científico

Vicerrectoría de investigación y postgrado

Universidad Autónoma de Chile

Santiago, Chile

2
Carolina Agurto

Independent researcher

Center for Astrochemical Studies

Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics

Garching, Alemania

2
Douglas Geisler

Full Professor

Astronomy

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION, DEPTO DE ASTRONOMIA

Concepcion, Chile

1
Nelson Padilla

Profesor Titular

Astrophysics

Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Leonardo Vanzi

full time

Electrical Engineering

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Ronald Mennickent

Full professor

Astronomy

Universidad de Concepción

Concepción, Chile

1
Veronica Motta

Profesor Titular

Instituto de Fisica y Astronomia

Universidad de Valparaiso

Valparaíso, Chile

1
Jorge Cuadra

Académico

Departamento de Ciencias

Universidad Adolfo Ibánez

Viña del Mar, Chile

1
Pablo Román

Profesor Asistente

Departamento de Ingeniería Informática

Universidad de Santiago de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Maria Ruiz

Profesor Titular

DEPARTAMENTO DE ASTRONOMÍA, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Maja Vuckovic

Associate Professor

Facultad de Ciencias

Instituto de Física y Astronomía

Valparaíso, Chile

1
Pedro Escarate

Profesor Auxiliar

Instituto de Electricidad y Electrónica

Universidad Austral de Chile

Valdivia, Chile

1
Christian Moni Bidin

Director

Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico

Universidad Católica del Norte

Antofagasta, Chile

1
Javier Alonso

Associate Professor

Centro de Astronomía (CITEVA)

Universidad de Antofagasta

Antofagasta, Chile

1
Cristopher Rozas

Ingeniero Mecánico

Ingeniería NPF

Núcleo Milenio de Formación Planetaria

Valparaíso, Chile

1
Leslie Pedrero

Jefa de Manufactura

Departamento Manufactura

LightHub

Valparaíso , Chile

1
Matías Montesinos

Professor

Física

Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María

Santiago, Chile