Dr. Cristina Afonso, Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg
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Dr. Cristina Afonso

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Employed by

  • Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg


Academic Discipline/Fields

  • Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics


Field

Physical sciences



Research interests

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



Distinctions and Awards

  • "Exceptional Researcher" Award from the Max Planck Society under the Minerva W2 program

  • Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship (declined), 2006

  • Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, 2004 – 2005

  • Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship (declined), 2004

  • Les bourses de la Marie de Paris (declined), 2004

  • NASA grant fellowship, 2001 – 2003

  • PRAXIS XXI Master and PhD fellowships, 1995 – 2000

  • ERASMUS, 1994 – 1995



Interested in

  • Lectures, Management position, Membership in scientific bodies, Professorship, Refereeing


Languages

English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish



Doctorate

  • 2001: Astronomie ("Astronomy")




Short CV/Education and training

  • 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

Selected publications

  • 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.


Selected projects

  • 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

Membership in scientific bodies/juries

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

Soft Skills/Other activities and achievements

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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