Joo Faria

Curriculum Vit
Personal Information
Name Born Nacionality Address Phone Email Webpage

Joo Pedro de Sousa Faria Santarm, Portugal, 30 de Maio de 1990 Portuguese Rua Cmara Pestana no 13 1o Dto, 1150-082, Lisboa 966132388 218884641 joaofaria90@gmail.com http://joaofariaresearch.weebly.com/

Academic Profile
2011 - present

Masters in Astronomy (ongoing), Departamento de Fsica e Astronomia, Faculdade de Cincias da Universidade do Porto. Bachelor Degree in Physics - Astronomy & Astrophysics minor, Departamento de Fsica, Faculdade de Cincias da Universidade de Lisboa, Final average grade: 16/20.

2008 - 2011

Relevant Past Disciplines

Bachelor: Astronomia

Escalas espaciais e temporais em Astronomia; astronomia esfrica; magnitudes; produo de energia nas estrelas; classicao espectral; formao e evoluo estelar; estrutura e dinmica da Via Lctea; cefeidas; supernovas; AGN; quasares; cosmologia; estrutura e evoluo do Universo Produo, emisso e absoro de radiao electromagntica; radiao trmica e radiao no-trmica; radiao de corpo negro; leis da radiao; espectros e atmosferas estelares; classes espectrais e classes de luminosidade; produo e transporte de energia; equaes de estrutura estelar; formao e evoluo estelar

Astrofsica

Language Skills
Portuguese English French

Native language Fluent - written and spoken Basic

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Computer Skills
Operating Systems Programming Oce Software

Linux, Microsoft WindowsTM C, Matlab, R Mathematica, IDL, Awk scripting (basic)

A TEX( LTEX, BibTeX) , Microsoft Oce, OpenOce Image Edition: Photoshop Database: TopCat Plotting: Gnuplot, TopCat

Data Aquisition

SDSS (Sky Server/CasJobs), Nasa Extragalactic Database, ESO Archive

Scientific Activities
Bachelor Project

During the last semester of the Bachelor Degree in Physics, I worked on a research project with Doctor Marco Grossi, studying the colors and metallicities of blue compact dwarf galaxies (BCD) in the Virgo Cluster. I analised photometric and spectroscopic data from the SDSS for a sample of BCDs and derived estimates for the metallicities, trying to evaluate the eect of the dense cluster environment in the evolution of these objects. I presented two dierent posters on the colors and metallicities of BCD on the Fsica Ilimitada conference (FCUL, Lisbon, May 2011) and on the XXI National Astronomy and Astrophysics Meeting (Coimbra, September 2011). I coordinated and participated in many workshops about observation and general use of amateur telescopes on the Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon. These include night sky recognition, telescope alignment and CCD astrophotography.

Posters

Amateur Observations

Seminars/Presentations
Cores e Metalicidades de Galxias Ans Azuis no Enxame da Virgem Joo Faria, CAAUL, DF-FCUL 13 July 2011, Lisboa - CAAUL

Conference Participation
XXI Encontro Nacional de Astronomia e Astrofsica 7-10 September 2011, Coimbra, Portugal ALMA National Comunity Day 27 April 2011, CAAUL - Lisboa Joint European and National Astronomy Meeting (JENAM 2010) Andr Moitinho, Jan Palous 6-10 September 2010, FCUL - Lisboa Estgio "Astro-Heliofsica no Observatrio Astronmico de Lisboa" Cincia nas Frias, Cincia Viva 3-4 September 2007, OAL - Lisboa

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Awards
Olimpadas da Astronomia - Edio 2007/2008 5th place in the nacional nals Torneio Inter-Escolas CV-Robs - Concurso de 2008 1st classied

Scientific Interests
Galaxy Formation and Evolution Stellar Formation and Evolution Theoretical Stellar Structure and Numerical Models Exoplanet Detection

Outreach Activities
From January 2010 From January 2010

Co-organizer of monthly activity Noites no Observatrio Observatrio Astronmico de Lisboa Co-organizer of public outreach activities, Observatrio Astronmico de Lisboa.
Eclipse Total da Lua - 15th July 2011 Global Star Party - 9th April 2011 Observao da Lua - 19th March 2011 A Lua Vermelha - 30th October 2010

2010 and 2011 summer

"Cincia Viva no Vero"monitor Observatrio Astronmico de Lisboa

Updated
24 March 2012

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