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Diego Mardones
Associate Professor
Formación y contacto
Ph.D. in Astronomy, 1998, Harvard University, USA.
Research Topics:Interstellar Medium, Star Formation, Astrochemistry, Astroinformatics.
Área de interés
Physical and chemical processes in molecular gas in star forming regions in our galaxy. Radio observations, spectroscopy and imaging with ALMA. Radiation transfer in 1-d and 3-d to model molecular line formation. Gas kinematics in fragmentation and contraction of gas from dense cores onto protostellar disks and envelopes; protostellar wind ejection and their impact in the mother cloud.
Complex molecule formation, astrochemical models. Use of public data using virtual observatory platforms.
Biografía
BSc in Physics, MSc in Astronomy, Univ. of Chile. PhD in astronomy, Harvard 1998, thesis on "Signatures of Infall in Regions of Low Mass Star Formation" with Dr. Phil Myers. At Universidad of Chile since 1998 with long research visits to Center of Radioastronomy and Astrophysics (CRyA, UNAM, Mexico) 2008-09, Yale University (USA) 2009, and Center for Astrochemistry at Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE, Munich, Germany) 2018-19.
Dense gas characterization in young massive star forming regions using SEST and APEz including thesis students Chavarría, Escala, Morales, Muñoz, Olguin, Pineda and Silva with Prof. Guido Garay. Multiple gas ejections from the protostellar wind HH46/47 with ALMA with Prof. Arce and Dr. Zhang. Quantum Chemical models of complex molecule formation with Prof. Inostroza and Dr. Ge. Creation of the Chilean Virtual Observatory with UTFSM. Founding member of SOCHIAS. Creation of the BSc in Astronomy.
Dense gas characterization in young massive star forming regions using SEST and APEz including thesis students Chavarría, Escala, Morales, Muñoz, Olguin, Pineda and Silva with Prof. Guido Garay. Multiple gas ejections from the protostellar wind HH46/47 with ALMA with Prof. Arce and Dr. Zhang. Quantum Chemical models of complex molecule formation with Prof. Inostroza and Dr. Ge. Creation of the Chilean Virtual Observatory with UTFSM. Founding member of SOCHIAS. Creation of the BSc in Astronomy.
Courses, Projects, Recent Publications
- Introduction to Physics; Modern Physics; Thermodynamic.
- Stellar Astrophysics; Astrobiology; Radiative Processes< in Astrophysics.
- FONDEF “Development of Astroinformatics Platform for Intelligent Data Analysis<<“, 2013-15
- FONDEF “Implementing Tools and Processes of Chilean Virtual Observatory” 2016-18
- First and Second Chilean Schools in Astrochemistry, Calán 2016, UA 2018
- ALMA studies of HH46/47: 2019, ApJ 883, 1Z; 2016, ApJ, 832, 158Z; 2013, ApJ, 774, 39A
- Complex Molecule Formation: 2019 AA, 629A, 28I; 2020 MNRAS 497, 3306G; 2020 AA in press
