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Matias Gomez Camus

Associate Professor

DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Globular cluster system; Stellar populations; Star clusters; Extragalactic Astronomy

Educación

  •  Astronomy, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2004
  •  Astronomy, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 1996
  •  Physics, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO. Chile, 1992

Experiencia Académica

  •   Associate Professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO

    Faculty of Exact Sciences

    Santiago, Chile

    2008 - A la fecha

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Associate Professor Full Time

    Universidad Andres Bello

    Santiago, Chile

    2010 - A la fecha

  •   Assistant Professor - Coordinator Full Time

    Universidad Andres Bello

    Concepcion, Chile

    2008 - 2010

  •   Postdoctoral Researcher Full Time

    Universidad de Concepcion

    Concepcion, Chile

    2004 - 2008

Formación de Capital Humano


Postdoctoral fellow Isabelle Gavignaud (2011-2012).
M.Sc. Student Andres Almeida. Finished 2014. Thesis title “The Globular Cluster System of the elliptical galaxy NGC 2986.” UNAB.
M.Sc. Student Romina Ahumada. Finished 2016. Thesis title “A Search for Globular Clusters in the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 4945.” UNAB.
Supervisor of Casmir Obasi, PhD Student in Astrophysics at UNAB.


Premios y Distinciones

  •   DAAD Scholarship

    DEUTSCHE AKADEMISCHE AUSTAUSCHDIENST

    Alemania, 1997

    Scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to carry out Ph.D. thesis at Univ. of Bonn, Germany in co-supervision with PUC.


 

Article (52)

A new low-luminosity globular cluster discovered in the Milky Way with the VVVX survey
FSR 1776: A new globular cluster in the Galactic bulge?
Inspection of 19 globular cluster candidates in the Galactic bulge with the VVV survey
Unveiling the nature of 12 new low-luminosity Galactic globular cluster candidates
ALMA detection of the dusty object silhouetted against the S0 galaxy NGC 3269 in the Antlia cluster
Confirmation and physical characterization of the new bulge globular cluster Patchick 99 from the VVV and Gaia surveys
Confirmation of two new Galactic bulge globular clusters: FSR 19 and FSR 25
Discovery of a new nearby globular cluster with extreme kinematics located in the extension of a halo stream
Discovery of new globular clusters in the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy
Eight more low luminosity globular clusters in the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy
Physical characterization of recently discovered globular clusters in the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy. I. Metallicities, ages, and luminosities
Survival in an extreme environment: Which is the closest globular cluster to the Galactic centre?
Early-type galaxies in the Antlia cluster: global properties
Radial variation of the stellar mass functions in the globular clusters M15 and M30: clues of a non-standard IMF?
VVVX-Gaia discovery of a low luminosity globular cluster in the Milky Way disk
Wide-field study of the peculiar globular cluster system hosted by the field lenticular NGC 1172
Analysis of the physical nature of 22 New VVV Survey Globular Cluster candidates in the Milky Way bulge
New Candidate Planetary Nebulae in Galactic Globular Clusters from the VVV Survey
Confirmation of a New Metal-poor Globular Cluster in the Galactic Bulge
Early-type galaxies in the Antlia Cluster=> Catalogue and isophotal analysis
The curious case of the companion=> evidence for cold accretion onto a dwarf satellite near the isolated elliptical NGC 7796
Globular cluster systems as tracers of the evolutionary history in NGC 3258 and NGC 3268
Globular cluster systems as tracers of the evolutionary history in NGC 3258 and NGC 3268
Globular cluster systems as tracers of the evolutionary history in NGC 3258 and NGC 3268
New VVV Survey Globular Cluster Candidates in the Milky Way Bulge
New VVV Survey Globular Cluster Candidates in the Milky Way Bulge
The globular cluster system of NGC 1316. IV. Nature of the star cluster complex SH2
Globular cluster scale sizes in giant galaxies: orbital anisotropy and tidally underfilling clusters in M87, NGC 1399 and NGC 5128
Early-type galaxies in the Antlia Cluster: a deep look into scaling relations
Footprints in the sand: What can globular clusters tell us about NGC 4753 past?
OBSERVATIONAL EVIDENCE FOR A DARK SIDE TO NGC 5128'S GLOBULAR CLUSTER SYSTEM
globular cluster system of NGC 1316 III. Kinematic complexity
EIGHT HUNDRED NEW CANDIDATES FOR GLOBULAR CLUSTERS IN NGC 5128 (Centaurus A)
NEOWISE Observations of Near-Earth Objects: Preliminary Results
NEOWISE OBSERVATIONS OF NEAR-EARTH OBJECTS: PRELIMINARY RESULTS
THE AGES, METALLICITIES, AND ALPHA ELEMENT ENHANCEMENTS OF GLOBULAR CLUSTERS IN THE ELLIPTICAL NGC 5128: A HOMOGENEOUS SPECTROSCOPIC STUDY WITH GEMINI/GEMINI MULTI-OBJECT SPECTROGRAPH
The Globular Cluster System of NGC 5128: Ages, Metallicities, Kinematics and Structural Parameters
THE KINEMATICS OF THE GLOBULAR CLUSTER SYSTEM OF NGC 5128 WITH A NEW LARGE SAMPLE OF RADIAL VELOCITY MEASUREMENTS
STRUCTURAL PARAMETERS OF THE MESSIER 87 GLOBULAR CLUSTERS
Sizes of confirmed globular clusters in NGC 5128: A wide-field high-resolution study
Sizes of confirmed NGC 5128 globular clusters
Structural parameters from ground-based observations of newly discovered globular clusters in NGC 5128
A tiny Galactic dust cloud projected onto NGC 3269?
The near-IR surface brightness method applied to six Cepheids in the young LMC cluster NGC 1866
The globular cluster system of NGC 4374
The globular cluster system of NGC 1316
The globular cluster system of NGC 1316 (Fornax A)
A direct distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud Cepheid HV 12198 from the infrared surface brightness technique
Cepheid variables in the Large Magellanic Cloud cluster NGC 1866. I. New BVRI CCD photometry
BV(RI)(C) photometry of Cepheids in the Magellanic Cloud
Cepheid period-radius and period-luminosity relations and the distance to the large Magellanic Cloud
Very accurate distances and radii of open cluster Cepheids from a near-infrared surface brightness technique

ConferencePaper (3)

Wide-field study of NGC 1172 and its rich globular cluster system
NGC 5128's globular cluster system: Is there a dark side?
Structural Parameters from Ground-based Observations of Globular Clusters in NGC 5128

Proyecto (11)

Globular Clusters in NGC1172=> fossils to understand an isolated elliptical galaxy.
The VVVX Survey of the Milky Way
The Star Formation History of nearby galaxies as told by their Globular Cluster Systems
UNAB-UDP Joint Seminar Series
PARTICIPATION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS IN INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMY MEETINGS (2011)
Towards an understanding of galaxy assembly=> the Black Hole - Globular Clusters Connection
IX ANNUAL SOCHIAS MEETING
PARTICIPATION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS IN INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMY MEETINGS (2010)
STRENGTHENING THE DEVELOPMENT OF ASTROPHYSICS AT UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO
Globular Clusters in nearby elliptical galaxies
DISTANCES, METALLICITIES, AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF MAGELLANIC CLOUD CEPHEID VARIABLES
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Matias Gomez

Associate Professor

DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO

Santiago, Chile

9
Douglas Geisler

Full Professor

Astronomy

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION, DEPTO DE ASTRONOMIA

Concepcion, Chile

8
Tom Richtler

DEPTO DE ASTRONOMIA, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

Concepcion, Chile

2
Leopoldo Infante

Professor

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

2
José Fernández

Assistant Professor

Universidad de Atacama

Copiapo, Chile

2
Thomas Puzia

Associate Professor

Institute of Astrophysics

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE - DPTO. ASTRONOMIA Y ASTROFISICA

Santiago, Chile

1
Ronald Mennickent

Full professor

Astronomy

Universidad de Concepción

Concepción, Chile

1
Juan Beamin

Coordinador científico

Vicerrectoría de investigación y postgrado

Universidad Autónoma de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Javier Alonso

Associate Professor

Centro de Astronomía (CITEVA)

Universidad de Antofagasta

Antofagasta, Chile

1
Jordanka Borissova

Full Professor, grado 4

Facultad de Ciencias

Universidad de Valparaiso

Valparaíso, Chile

1
Dante Minniti

Professor

Facultad de Ciencias Exactas

UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO

Santiago, Chile

1
Radostin Kurtev

Titular

Instituto de Física y Astronomía

UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO

Valparaíso, Chile

1
Márcio Catelan

Full Professor

Instituto de Astrofísica

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Sebastián Ramírez

Profesor asistente

Centro de Astronomía, Universidad de Antofagasta

Antofagasta, Chile