Dr. Cristina Afonso

• 1990 – 1995
  Engineer, University of Lisbon, Portugal
  
  

• 1995 – 1996
  Master's degree in astronomy, Meudon Observatory, France
  
  

• 1996 – 2001
  Doctorate in astronomy, University of Paris VII, France
  
  

• 2001 – 2003
  New Mexico State University, USA, Astronomy Department
  
  

• 2003 – 2004
  NASA
  
  

• Since 2004
  Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany
  
  

• Alfonso, C.: A ground-based near-infrared emission spectrum of the exoplanet HD189733b. In: Nature 463, 2010.

• Alfonso, C.: New Parameters of the transiting planet OGLE2-TR-L9 based on multi-colour Observations. In: Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2009.

• Alfonso, C.: Investigating the potential of the Pan-Planets project using Monte Carlo simulations. In: Astronomy & Astrophysics 494, 2009. p. 707.

• Project on the search for exoplanets (planets that orbit stars other than the sun) and investigations of their atmospheres

• HAT-South: 24 telescopes in Chile, Africa and Australia

• Pan-Planets: largest optical camera in the world, located in Hawaii

• Laiwo: 1-metre telescope in the Negev Desert in Israel

• Reviewer for applications to various European scientific bodies (membership is currently confidential)

Soft Skills

• Teaching/Coaching experience

• Management of my own research groups

• Lectures

• Have organised international conferences

• Organised Girls Day activities at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

• Programming experience in C++, Perl, csh, IDL

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