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Walking in the Pyrenees

Santi Roca Fabrega

Research engineer

Walking in the Pyrenees
Contact details
  • Email: santi [dot] roca_fabrega [at] fysik [dot] lu [dot] se
Organisation
  • Astrophysics
  • Service point: 14
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Other affiliations
  • Researcher
    Astrophysics

Main research interests and summary of my research career:

  • Research interests
    • Numerical simulations: cosmological simulations of galaxy formation with gravity and hydrodynamics, n-body simulations of individual galaxies, and test particle simulations of galactic structures' evolution (bars and spiral arms).
    • Galaxies formation and evolution.
    • Kinematics and dynamics of galaxies.
    • Milky Way galaxy structure, formation, and evolution.
  • Research career
    • I got my Graduate in Physics in June 2009 at the Universitat de Barcelona (UB).
    • I did my master's degree in Astrophysics (September 2010) also in the Universitat de Barcelona (UB).
    • In November 26th, 2014 I defended my PhD thesis entitled "Milky Way-like Galaxy simulations in the Gaia era: Missing baryons and disk large scale structures", at the University of Barcelona. My PhD advisors were Dra. Francesca Figueras (DAM-ICCUB-IEEC, Catalonia) and Dr. Octavio Valenzuela (IA-UNAM, Mexico). 
    • In 2015 I started a 2 years post-doctoral position at the Racah Institute of Physics of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in collaboration with Professor Avishai Dekel.
    • In 2017 I obtained a master's degree in high-school education at the UNED.
    • In 2018 I started a 4 years post-doctoral position within the excellence program "Atracción de Talento Investigador" at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. There I continued with my research and also became the main lecturer of the "Galaxy formation and Evolution" and "Galactic Dynamics" courses in the Astrophysics master.
    • In 2022 I got a "tenure track position" at the IAUNAM-Ensenada, México. Due to administrative problems, I resigned from this position.
    • In 2023 I got a "senior research" contract at the Division of Astrophysics, Lund University, Sweden.
  • Research responsibilities:
    • Coordinator of the AGORA-CosmoRun international project.
    • Leader of the ARRAKIHS WP6-Cosmological Simulations.
    • Coordinator of the WP-1c in the Gaia-Cost European action.
    • Supervisor of 5 PhD thesis both in Spain and Mexico.

More about me!

  • I was born in Sant Esteve d'en Bas (La Vall d'en Bas, Catalonia) on 1987, May 22.
  • I love nature, and outdoor activities, from hiking to climbing, camping, etc.
  • I am used to giving outreach astronomy lectures both theory sessions, practical sessions with telescopes, and naked eye observations.

Publications

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14 Feb 2024