In the framework of a collaboration between the Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (Bonn, Germany) and the Universidad Católica de Chile (Santiago, Chile), I act as support astronomer at the APEX telescope. When not at APEX, I am hosted by the Centro de Astro-Ingeniería at Universidad Católica, on their San Joaquín campus.
Astronomical research
Currently I am conducting reseach in the following areas:
Nearby galaxies
- Magnetic fields in disks and halos of galaxies
- Origin and morphology of radio halos
- Morphology and dynamics of molecular gas in galactic disks
- Cold dust in galaxies
- Physical conditions in the ISM of external galaxies
Circumstellar envelopes around AGB stars
- CO excitation in CSEs
- HCN, SiO, and water masers
- Molecular chemistry in CSEs
- Spectral line surveys
Molecular gas in the outer galaxy
- Large scale structure
- Star formation and astrochemistry
Main responsibilities at APEX
- Preparation and observation of scientific projects at APEX in service mode and data quality control
- Participation in the commissioning of facility receivers, backends, software and other components
- Monitoring the calibration stability and uncertainties of the facility heterodyne receivers within the framework of the APEX calibration plan
- Maintenance of the heterodyne pointing source list and documentation of the pointing source spectra
Other stuff
Throughout the years I've been working on some other stuff which is either outdated by now or not directly related to APEX or my current science activities. I keep some information about these topics on a separate page.