CURRICULUM VITAE
Ricardo Demarco, Ph.D.
Full Professor
Department of Astronomy
University of Concepción
Avda. Esteban Iturra s/n, Barrio Universitario
Concepción, Biobio Region, Chile
TEL: +56-41-220-1358
e-mail: rdemarco [AT] astro-udec .cl
Web: http://www.astro-udec.cl/rdemarco
SUMMARY:
Full Professor at the Department of
Astronomy of the Universidad de Concepción (UdeC),
Chile. Researcher with almost 2 decades of experience as a
professional astronomer since the obtention of the Ph.D. (2003),
and more than a decade of academic experience as a faculty
professor (since 2009). Interested in the study of galaxies,
clusters of galaxies and large-scale structures in the universe,
particularly in the context of galaxy formation and
evolution. Most of the work done so far has been focused on
high-redshift (z>0.8) galaxies in high-density environments. The
main scientific driver of this is to understand the star formation
quenching process in massive galaxies (nature
vs. nurture). Experienced with the acquisition, analysis and
interpretation of mainly (rest-frame) optical spectra of
galaxies. Also experienced with imaging observations in the
optical and near-IR bands. The direct use of observing facilities
includes state-of-the-art infrastructure such as the Very Large
Telescope (VLT), the Magellan telescopes, the Gemini South
telescope, the Blanco 4-m telescope, the New Technology Telescope
(NTT), and the APEX radiotelescope. Active member of international
collaborations such as the Spitzer Adaptation of the Red-sequence
Cluster Survey (SpARCS), the CLASH-VLT spectroscopic survey, the
GCLASS spectroscopic survey, and
the Gemini Observations of Galaxies in Rich Early ENvironments
(GOGREEN) survey. Also, lead scientist of the "Galaxy and Large
Scale Structure Evolution" (GaLSSev) research group at UdeC,
external collaborator of the Southern Photometric Local
Universe Survey (S-PLUS), member of the 4MOST Science Team within
the Chilean Cluster Galaxy Evolution Survey (CHANCES), and member of the Galaxies Science Collaboration of the
LSST project and of the Astroinformatics Group of UdeC. In addition to the above, associate
researcher of the Area-3 of the Center for Astrophysics and
Associated Technologies (CATA). Fluent (both speaking and writing) in
Spanish (native), English, and French.
For more information,
please visit: http://www.astro-udec.cl/rdemarco.
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Myself on Cerro Tololo. © Fernando Cortés & R. Demarco.
