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Joo FariaCurriculum Vit
Personal InformationName Joo Pedro de Sousa Faria
Born Santarm, Portugal, 30 de Maio de 1990
Nacionality Portuguese
Address Rua Cmara Pestana no13 1oDto, 1150-082, Lisboa
Phone 966132388
218884641
Email [email protected]
Webpage http://joaofariaresearch.weebly.com/
Academic Profile
2011 - present Masters in Astronomy (ongoing),Departamento de Fsica e Astronomia, Faculdade de Cincias da Universidade do Porto.
2008 - 2011 Bachelor Degree in Physics - Astronomy & Astrophysics minor ,Departamento de Fsica, Faculdade de Cincias da Universidade de Lisboa,Final average grade: 16/20.
Relevant Past Disciplines
Bachelor:
Astronomia Escalas espaciais e temporais em Astronomia; astronomia esfrica; magnitudes; produode energia nas estrelas; classificao espectral; formao e evoluo estelar; estrutura edinmica da Via Lctea; cefeidas; supernovas; AGN; quasares; cosmologia; estrutura eevoluo do Universo
Astrofsica Produo, emisso e absoro de radiao electromagntica; radiao trmica e radiaono-trmica; radiao de corpo negro; leis da radiao; espectros e atmosferas estelares;classes espectrais e classes de luminosidade; produo e transporte de energia; equaes
de estrutura estelar; formao e evoluo estelar
Language Skills
Portuguese Native language
English Fluent - written and spoken
French Basic
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Computer Skills
Operating
Systems
Linux, Microsoft WindowsTM
Programming C, Matlab, R
Mathematica, IDL, Awk scripting (basic)
Office TEX( LATEX, BibTeX) , Microsoft Office, OpenOffice
Software Image Edition: Photoshop Database: TopCat Plotting: Gnuplot, TopCat
Data Aquisition SDSS (Sky Server/CasJobs), Nasa Extragalactic Database, ESO Archive
Scientific Activities
Bachelor Project During the last semester of the Bachelor Degree in Physics, I worked on a research project
with Doctor Marco Grossi, studying the colors and metallicities of blue compact dwarfgalaxies (BCD) in the Virgo Cluster. I analised photometric and spectroscopic data fromthe SDSS for a sample of BCDs and derived estimates for the metallicities, trying toevaluate the effect of the dense cluster environment in the evolution of these objects.
Posters I presented two different posters on the colors and metallicities of BCD on the FsicaIlimitada conference (FCUL, Lisbon, May 2011) and on the XXI National Astronomy andAstrophysics Meeting (Coimbra, September 2011).
Amateur
Observations
I coordinated and participated in many workshops about observation and general use ofamateur telescopes on the Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon. These include night skyrecognition, telescope alignment and CCD astrophotography.
Seminars/Presentations
Cores e Metalicidades de Galxias Ans Azuis no Enxame da Virgem
Joo Faria, CAAUL, DF-FCUL13 July 2011, Lisboa - CAAUL
Conference Participation
XXI Encontro Nacional de Astronomia e Astrofsica7-10 September 2011, Coimbra, Portugal
ALMA National Comunity Day27 April 2011, CAAUL - Lisboa
Joint European and National Astronomy Meeting (JENAM 2010)Andr Moitinho, Jan Palous6-10 September 2010, FCUL - Lisboa
Estgio "Astro-Heliofsica no Observatrio Astronmico de Lisboa"Cincia nas Frias, Cincia Viva3-4 September 2007, OAL - Lisboa
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Awards Olimpadas da Astronomia - Edio 2007/2008
5th place in the nacional finals
Torneio Inter-Escolas CV-Robs - Concurso de 2008
1st classified
Scientific Interests Galaxy Formation and Evolution Stellar Formation and Evolution Theoretical Stellar Structure and Numerical Models Exoplanet Detection
Outreach Activities
From January
2010
Co-organizer of monthly activity Noites no Observatrio
Observatrio Astronmico de Lisboa
From January
2010
Co-organizer of public outreach activities,Observatrio Astronmico de Lisboa. Eclipse Total da Lua - 15th July 2011
Global Star Party - 9th April 2011
Observao da Lua - 19th March 2011
A Lua Vermelha - 30th October 2010
2010 and 2011
summer
"Cincia Viva no Vero"monitorObservatrio Astronmico de Lisboa
Updated24 March 2012
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