CURRICULUM VITÆ, December 2012

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1 Ricardo Amorín Astrophysicist Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC) Glorieta de la Astronomía S/N, Granada E-18008, Spain H T Skype: ricamorin B amorin@iaa.es CURRICULUM VITÆ, December 2012 Place of Birth Citizenship Languages October Present October 2008 July 2005 October 2003 Personal Data Buenos Aires, Argentina Dual (Argentine and Spanish) Spanish (mother tongue), English (written, read and spoken) Current Position Consolider-GTC Postoctoral Fellowship. Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA- CSIC). Granada, Spain Education Ph.D. Physics, Sobresaliente, Summa Cum Laude, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), Universidad de La Laguna (ULL). La Laguna, Canary Islands, Spain. Dissertation Topic: The Host in Blue Compact Galaxies Advisors: Dr. Casiana Muñoz-Tuñón & Dr. J. Alfonso L. Aguerri Diploma de Estudios Avanzados (M.Sc.), Astrophysics., A (9/10), Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), Universidad de La Laguna (ULL). Canary Islands, Spain. Dissertation Topic: 2D Modelling of the Underlying Stellar Host in Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxies. Advisor: Dr. Casiana Muñoz-Tuñón Licenciado (B.Sc.), Astronomy., With Honors,(GPA 8.55/10), Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas, Universidad de La Plata (UNLP). La Plata, Argentina. Dissertation Topic: Studying the Radio Continuum Emission of Two HII Regions and its Stellar Content. Advisors: Dr. Cristina Cappa & Prof. Virpi Niemela October 2008 October 2003 Fall 2003 Summer 2003 Honors & Awards Consolider-GTC Postdoctoral Fellowship, Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Granada, Spain. IAC Doctoral Fellowship, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, La Laguna, Spain. Advisor: Dr. Casiana Muñoz-Tuñón (IAC) J. V. González Prize, (Highest distinction awarded to University students by La Plata City Council, Buenos Aires-Argentina.). Fellowship of the Argentine Astronomy Society for outstanding undergraduate students, Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas, Universidad de La Plata (UNLP), La Plata, Buenos Aires. Argentina. Advisor: Prof. V. S. Niemela (UNLP) Introductory Research Grant for undergraduate students (Beca de Capacitación Laboral), Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas, Universidad de La Plata (UNLP), La Plata, Buenos Aires. Argentina. Advisor: Dr. D. Del Cogliano (UNLP) 1/5

2 Introductory Research Grant for undergraduate students (Beca de Capacitación Laboral), Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas, Universidad de La Plata (UNLP), La Plata, Buenos Aires. Argentina. Advisor: Lic. R. Perdomo (UNLP) Main Research Interests. Galaxy evolution Dwarf galaxies Starbursts at low and high redshift Structural, dynamical and chemical properties of metal-poor star-forming galaxies Interstellar medium Large multiwavelength surveys Reseach Grants Awarded (as co-i) Consolider-Ingenio GTC First Science with the GTC, PI: J. M. Rodriguez Espinosa. Founded by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Culture (CSD ) (e 5,5 M ; ) Proyecto de Excelencia de la Junta de Andalucía: Star Formation History and Chemical Evolution of Galaxies in Different Environments (FQM-7058 PI ). PI: Dr. J. Iglesias-Páramo (IAA-CSIC, Spain). Founded by the Andalusian regional goverment (e 265,193 ; ). ESTALLIDOS Coordinated Project Estallidos y su Huella en la Evolución Cósmica de las Galaxias (AYA C04-01 ), PI: Prof. J. M. Vílchez IAA- CSIC, Spain. Plan Nacional de Astronomía y Astrofísica. Co-founded by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Culture and European Development Founds (FEDER) (e 242,811 ; ) Proyecto de Excelencia de la Junta de Andalucía: Galaxias y Cosmología (TIC 114/2010 ). PI: Dr. J. Masegosa (IAA-CSIC, Spain). Founded by the Andalusian regional goverment (e 28,604 ; ). ESTALLIDOS Coordinated Project Starbursts in Galaxies II (PNAYA C03 ). PI: Dr. Casiana Muñoz-Tuñón. Plan Nacional de Astronomía y Astrofísica. Founded by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Culture (e 326,337 ; ) ESTALLIDOS Coordinated Project Starbursts in Galaxies I (PNAYA C03 ). PI: Dr. Casiana Muñoz-Tuñón. Plan Nacional de Astronomía y Astrofísica. Founded by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Culture (e 275,000 ; ) Acciones Integradas Hispano-Alemanas (IAC, Spain-AIP, Germany) The Star Forming Galaxy Population in the Local Universe and Beyond (HA ). PI: N. Caon. Founded by Spanish Ministry of Education and Culture (e 11,300 ; ) Research Projects Membership Consolider-Ingenio GTC: Coordinated international project aimed at carrying out the first science with the GTC, PI: J. M. Rodriguez Espinosa (IAC, Spain).( iac.es/consolider-ingenio-gtc/) ESTALLIDOS: Coordinated international project focused on the theoretical and observational study of starbursts, and their impact on the galaxies hosting them. PIs: J. M. Vílchez (IAA-CSIC, Spain), Casiana Muñoz-Tuñón (IAC, Spain), M. Mollá (CIEMAT, Spain). ( EMIR (GTC) Associate Science Team (EAST): Composed by different groups involved in the scientific explotation of EMIR Guarateed Time, PI: F. Garzón (IAC, Spain) AVOCADO: An international collaboration aimed at establishing firm conclusions on the formation and evolution of dwarf galaxies. PI: R. Sánchez-Janssen (ESO, Chile). Co- Is include P. Papaderos (CAUP), M. Huertas-Company (Paris), M. Mollá (Madrid) and others PORTO. Small international collaboration aimed at studying the formation history of extremely metal-deficient star-forming galaxies. PI: J. Sánchez Almeida (IAC, Spain). Co-Is include Bruce and Debra Elmegreen (USA), P. Papaderos and Filho (Porto), Y. Ascasibar (Madrid), and others. 2/5

3 October 2012 June 2012 April 2012 November 2011 September 2010 July 2010 June 2010 February 2009 May 2008 October 2007 April 2007 August 2006 December 2005 December 2005 September 2005 November 2004 November 2003 From 2003 to 2012 Committee Activities Member of the Gran Telescopio Canarias Users Committee (GTC-GUC) (2010) Organization of Scientific Meetings LOC in Metals in 3D: New insights from Integral Field Spectroscopy. Granada, Spain. April 2012 SOC/LOC in IX Workshop Estallidos. Granada, Spain. April 2012 SOC in "First AVOCADO Workshop. Paris, June 2011 SOC/LOC in VIII Workshop Estallidos. Salobreña, Spain SOC/LOC in First Miniworkshop Estallidos with Integral Field Units. IAA-CSIC, Granada, Spain Conferences, Workshops & Schools Attendance V Consolider-GTC Meeting, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain (Talk). Star Formation in Dwarf Galaxies, Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, AZ, USA (Talk). Metals in 3D: New insights from Integral Field Spectroscopy, Granada, Spain (LOC). IV Science with the GTC Meeting, La Palma, Spain (Talk). JENAM 2010 Symposium Dwarf Galaxies: Keys to Galaxy Formation and Evolution, Lisbon, Portugal (Talk). Guillermo Haro Workshop for Advanced Astrophysical Reasearch: Compact super star clusters, birth, evolution, and feedback, INAOE Tonanzintla, México (Invited Talk). A Universe of Dwarf Galaxies, CRAL-IPNL Lyon, France (Poster). II Workshop of the RIA about the ALMA Project, IAA-CSIC Granada, Spain (Talk). The NEON 3D Spectra School, AIP, Potsdam, Germany. Formation and Evolution of Galaxy Disks, Vatican Observatory, Rome, Italy (Poster). Pathways through an Eclectic Universe, Playa La Arena, Tenerife, Spain (Poster). IAU XXVIth General Assembly: Symposia 235 and 237, Prague, Chzech Republic (Poster). XI Latin American IAU Regional Meeting (LARIM), Pucón, Chile (Poster). Latin American Astronomy Summer School, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile (Poster). V IRAM Observing School 2005, Pradollano-Granada, Spain (Poster). IV IRAM Millimiter Interferometric School 2004, IRAM Grenoble, France (Poster). XV Canary Island Winter School of AstrophysicsPayload and Mission Definition in Space Sciences, Puerto de La Cruz, Spain. Seven different Workshops of the Coordinated Project: Starburst in Galaxies, Tenerife (IAC), Madrid (CIEMAT,CAB), and Granada (IAA-CSIC), Spain, (Talks, LOC). August 2012 Invited Talks - Seminars - Colloquia Rapidly assembling star-forming galaxies at late cosmic epochs, IRAP-CNRS, Toulouse, France. May 2011 The Extreme Properties of the Green Pea Galaxies: New Hints from GTC Observations, CAUP-UP, Porto, Portugal. 3/5

4 July 2010 Green Pea Galaxies, in Guillermo Haro Workshop for Advanced Astrophysical Reasearch: Compact super star clusters, birth, evolution, and feedback, INAOE Tonanzintla, México. January 2009 The Host of Blue Compact Galaxies, in VI Workshop of the Estallidos Collaboration: Formación de Investigadores e impacto académico, UAM, Madrid, Spain. December 2010 September 2010 Lenguages Software tools Selected Media Coverage CONSOLIDER-GTCLa galaxia que se confundió con un guisante, es/consolider-ingenio-gtc/. JENAM 2010, Astronomers unveil the mysteries of "Green Pea" galaxies at JENAM conference in a victory for citizen science, Observational Experience and Approved Telescope Proposals 21cm spectroscopy. Effelsberg 100-m telescope, Germany. PI: M. Filho. 60 Hrs (2012) Optical 2D spectroscopy VIMOS/VLT. PI: A. Monreal-Ibero. 23 hr (P89, 2012) Optical 2D spectroscopy GMOS/GEMINI. PI: G. Hägele. 6 Hrs (2012) Optical Long Slit Spectroscopy m GTC/OSIRIS, ORM La Palma, Spain. PI: J. Sanchez Almeida, 4 hrs. (2012) Optical Long Slit Spectroscopy. 4-m WHT/ISIS, ORM La Palma, Spain. PI: R. Amorín. Four nights (March 2012) Optical Long Slit Spectroscopy. 4-m WHT/ISIS, ORM La Palma, Spain. PI: R. Amorín. Two nights (July 2011) Optical Long Slit Spectroscopy m GTC/OSIRIS, ORM La Palma, Spain. PI: J. Vilchez, 10 hrs. (2011) Optical Long Slit Spectroscopy m GTC/OSIRIS, ORM La Palma, Spain. PI: R. Amorín. 8 hrs. ( ) Optical Imaging and Long Slit Spectroscopy m GTC/OSIRIS, ORM La Palma, Spain. PI: R. Amorín. 9 hrs. (2010) Radio 21 cm emission line imaging. Giant Metrowave Radio Telescope (GMRT), Pune, India. PI: R. Sánchez-Janssen 10 hrs. (May 2010) NIR Narrow Band Imaging. 3.5-m TNG/NICS, ORM La Palma, Spain. PI: P. Papaderos. Three nights (December 2009) Optical Long Slit Spectroscopy. 3.5-m TNG/DOLORES, ORM La Palma, Spain. PI: R. Romano. Three nights (October 2009) Millimiter (CO) Spectroscopy. 30-m Telescope IRAM. Pradollano-Granada, Spain. PI: R. Amorín. 60 hours (2006) NIR Imaging. 2.4-m NOT/ALFOSC, ORM La Palma, Spain. PI: N. Caon. Three nights (2004) Optical Long Slit Spectroscopy. 4-m WHT/ISIS, ORM La Palma, Spain. PI: N. Caon. Two nights (2005) NIR Narrow and Broad Line Imaging. 3.5 TNG/NICS, ORM La Palma, Spain. PI: R. Amorín. Two nights (2004) Optical CCD Imaging/Photometry and Low Resolution Long Slit Spectroscopy. CASLEO 2.4-m Telescope, El Leoncito-San Juan, Argentina (Co-observer). PI: V. S. Niemela. 5 nights (2002) Optical CCD Imaging m Telescope, La Plata Observatory, Argentina (Co-Observer). PI: E. F. Lajús. More than 15 nights ( ) Global Positioning Satelite (GPS) Campaign Survey, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. PI: R. Perdomo & Dr. Daniel Del Cogliano. More than 10 days ( ). Computer Skills - Miscellaneous IDL, FORTRAN 77, Unix shell scripts IRAF, GILDAS, AIPS, Presentation software and office automation (L A TEX, MS Office, PowerPoint, Prosper) 4/5

5 Codes Miscellaneous GALFIT, FOCAS, STARLIGHT, VO Tools Astronomical Internet Databases and Public Surveys (e.g. SDSS, COSMOS, HST, ESO) Teaching Experience Teaching Assistant, General Astronomy. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas (UNLP), Argentina Teaching Assistant, Admission Course of the Astronomy Degree. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas (UNLP), Argentina Academic Service Student Representative to the Government of the National University of La Plata, Argentina Student Representative to the Faculty of Astronomy and Geophysics (UNLP), Argentina Referees / Professional References Head of Team Collaborator PhD Advisor Collaborator PhD Co-Advisor Prof. Jose Manuel Vílchez, Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC), Glorieta de la Astronomía, S/N, E Granada, Spain, jvm@iaa.es PD Dr. Polychronis Papaderos, Centro de Astrofisica da Universidade do Porto (CAUP- UP), Rua das Estrelas Porto, Portugal, papaderos@astro.up.pt Dr. Casiana Muñoz-Tuñón, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), Vía Láctea S/N, E-38200, La Laguna, Spain, casiana@iac.es Dr. Enrique Pérez-Montero, Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC), Glorieta de la Astronomía, S/N, E Granada, Spain, epm@iaa.es Dr. J. Alfonso L. Aguerri, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), Vía Láctea S/N, E-38200, La Laguna, Spain, jalfonso@iac.es /5