Scholar
Rafael Martínez-Galarza
Google Scholar ID: uL75PPwAAAAJ
Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
Citations & Impact
Citations
880
H-index
15
i10-index
16
Publications
20
Co-authors
0
Contact
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- CV and list of publications available here. Gave a presentation in Spring 2017 at ICTS in Bangalore about light curve classification with supervised learning.
Research Experience
- Staff astrophysicist at the Chandra X-Ray Science Center and deputy end-to-end scientist for NASA's Chandra Space Observatory Data System. Based at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
Education
- PhD obtained in 2012 at Leiden Observatory.
Background
- Staff astrophysicist with research interests in star formation in galaxies and the evolution of the star formation history. Specifically, interested in the physical characterization of the Main Sequence of star-forming galaxies from the study of the internal conditions of the ISM. Uses multi-wavelength photometry, mid-infrared spectroscopy, Bayesian techniques, and SED fitting to link global properties of starbursts with the internal physics of their star-forming regions. Interested in time domain astronomy, part of the LSST TVS science collaboration, working on machine-learning algorithms for light curve classification. Also interested in infrared astronomical instrumentation, scientific outreach, and education.
Miscellany
- Interested in infrared astronomical instrumentation, scientific outreach, and education.
Co-authors