Curriculum Vitae

  • PERSONAL
    Name: Andrea Silva
    Nationality: Chilean

  • EDUCATION
    Ph.D. Physics, Physics and Astronomy Department,Tufts University, 2018
    M. Sc. Physics, Physics and Astronomy Department,Tufts University, 2014
    M. Sc. Astronomy, Departamento de Astronomia, Universidad de Chile, 2010
    B. Sc. Physics, Departamento de Fisica, Universidad de Chile, 2005
    High School, Liceo 1 Javiera Carrera , 2000
    Primary and Middle Schoool, Escuela Batalla de la Concepcion , 1996

  • RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
    2022-now , NAOJ Postdoctoral Research Fellow for ALMA project, NAOJ Chile Observatory
    2021-2022, Academic Supporting Staff, Kavli IPMU, University of Tokyo
    2018-2021, NAOJ Postdoctoral Research Fellow (ASTE), NAOJ Chile Observatory
    2015-2017, Visiting student, NAOJ Chile Observatory
    2014-2017, Graduate student research assistant, Tufts University
    2010-2012, SAO Intern, CfA, Harvard University
    2007-2010, Graduate student research assistant, Universidad de Chile
    2005-2006, Undergradute student research assistant, Chilean Commission of Nuclear Energy

  • PUBLICATIONS
    First Author:
    "Galaxy Mergers up to z<2.5 II: AGN incidence in merging galaxies at separations 3-15 kpc ". Silva, A; Marchesini, D.; Silverman, J.D; ApJ 2021
    "Galaxy Mergers up to z<2.5 I: The star formation properties of merging galaxies at separations 3-15 kpc". Silva, A.; Marchesini, D.; Silverman, J.D; Skelton, R.; Iono, D.; Martis, N.; Marsan, Z.C. ApJ 2018
    "SMA observations of the hot molecular core IRAS 18566+0408". Silva, A.; Zhang, Q.; Sanhueza, P.; Lu, X.; Beltran, M.; Fallscheer, C.; Beuther, H.; Sridharan, T.K.; Cesaroni, R. ApJ 2017
    "ALMA detected overdensity of sub-mm sources around WISE/NVSS-selected z~2 dusty galaxies". Silva, A.; Sajina, A.; Lonsdale, C.; Lacy, M. ApJ 2015

    Co-Author:
    Collaboration in xx papers

  • ACCEPTED PROPOSALS
    ASTE: 9 hours
    JVLA: 6 hours

  • VISITING OBSERVER
    Nobeyama 45-m Telescope, Nobeyama, Japan
    2014, Atacama Submillimeter Telescope Experiment, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan
    2012, Submillimeter Array, Mauna Kea, Hawaii, USA
    2011, Submillimeter Array, SMA, Mauna Kea, Hawaii, USA (2 times)

  • TECHNICAL SKILLS
    Data reduction and Analysis: CASA, MIRIAD, CLASS, NEWSTAR, NOSTAR
    Programming: IDL, Python, HTML, Mathematica
    Writing/Presentation: Latex, PowerPoint, Word, Keynote
    Operating Systems: Mac OS X, Linux, Unix, Microsoft Windows

  • TALKS
    2019, Subaru Telescope 20th Anniversary, Hawaii, USA
    2019, Galaxy Evolution Workshop
    2019, Extremely Big Eyes in the Early Universe, Tokyo, Japan
    2019, ASJ Spring Annual Meeting, Tokyo, Japan
    2019, ALMAJ Seminar, Tokyo, Japan
    2016, ALMAJ Seminar, Tokyo, Japan
    2015, East Asian ALMA Science Workshop, Osaka, Japan
    2007, Second ASTE Workshop, Santiago, Chile

  • POSTERS
    2018, East Asian ALMA Science Workshop,Osaka, Japan, USA
    2016, ALMA half a decade, Indian Wells, California, USA
    2015, Dissecting Galaxies Near and Far, Santiago, Chile
    2014, Revolution in Astronomy with ALMA - The third year, Tokyo, Japan
    2014, ALMA/ASTE/Mopra UM, Tokyo, Japan
    2014, 224th AAS Meeting, Boston, MA, USA
    2007, Second ASTE Workshop, Santiago, Chile
    2007, SOCHIAS Sixth Annual Meeting.Valparaiso, Chile

  • TEACHING EXPERIENCE
    Astronomy 09 Concepts of the Cosmos, Tufts University, Spring 2014
    General Physics II (Laboratory), Tufts University, Fall 2013
    General Physics II (Laboratory), Tufts University, Summer 2013
    General Physics II (Recitation), Tufts University, Summer 2013
    Astronomy 09 Concepts of the Cosmos, Tufts University, Spring 2013
    Introduction to Physics 1, Tufts University, Fall 2012
    Physics Laboratory I, Universidad de Chile, Spring 2005
    Contemporary Physics, Universidad de Chile, Fall 2005
    Physics Laboratory II, Universidad de Chile, Fall 2005
    Experimental Methods III, Universidad de Chile, Spring 2004
    Physics Laboratory II, Universidad de Chile, Fall 2004
    Algebra I, Universidad Tecnologica Metropolitana, Fall 2003

  • ACADEMIC HONORS, AWARDS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS
    2015, John F. Burlingame Graduate student fellowship in Physics
    2015, Winner best poster at conference "Dissecting galaxies near and far"
    2012, Kathryn McCarthy Fellowship from Tufts University, 2012
    2008, NRAO scholarship to attend the Eleventh Synthesis Imaging Workshop in USA

  • LANGUAGES
    Spanish (native)
    English (fluent)
    Japanese (beginner)

    • Research Interests

    Environments of z~2 dusty quasars with a baby jet

    We analyzed the environments of 49 dusty quasars at z~2 . Silva et al 2015, ApJ 806L 25S

    The effects of galaxy mergers up to z<2.5 in the properties of galaxies


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