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Sebastián López
Full Professor
Training and contact
Ph.D. Astrofísica (Dr. rer. Nat.), Universität Hamburg, Alemania, 1999
Research Topics:Galaxy formation and evolution, Inter- and Circumgalactic Medium, gravitational lensing, reionization of the universe, fundamental constants.
Area of interest
Professor López studies the gaseous material between galaxies, which contains approximately 90% of all the atoms in the universe, by probing this absorption gas across different cosmological epochs. In doing so, Professor López contributes to deciphering how present-day galaxies formed and evolved from this gas.
Biography
Professor López obtained a Bachelor's degree in Physics from the University of Chile (FCFM) and a Master's degree in Physics (1995) and a PhD in Astrophysics (1999) from the University of Hamburg in Germany. After two postdoctoral positions at the University of Hamburg and the University of Chile, he became a professor in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Chile in 2002. Since then, Professor López has taught graduate and undergraduate courses while leading several international projects, including an ESO Large Programme.
He currently leads the Gravitational Arc Tomography project, which aims to uncover the spatial and kinematic structure of the circumgalactic medium around high-redshift galaxies. In parallel, Professor López has contributed to the establishment and development in Chile of the Gemini-South Observatory and the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (now the Vera C. Rubin Observatory) and has also been part of several committees for the development of Chilean astronomy, the most outstanding being the presidency of the National Telescope Time Committee (CNTAC) for three years.
He currently leads the Gravitational Arc Tomography project, which aims to uncover the spatial and kinematic structure of the circumgalactic medium around high-redshift galaxies. In parallel, Professor López has contributed to the establishment and development in Chile of the Gemini-South Observatory and the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (now the Vera C. Rubin Observatory) and has also been part of several committees for the development of Chilean astronomy, the most outstanding being the presidency of the National Telescope Time Committee (CNTAC) for three years.
Cursos, Proyectos, Publicaciones recientes
- ARCTOMO Collaboration for Intergalactic Medium tomography
- Scientific publications
- CV
- Undergraduate Courses: Introduction to Newtonian Physics, General Astronomy, Interdisciplinary Module.
- Graduate Courses: Observational Astronomy, Intergalactic Medium.
