Felipe Ardila Department of Astrophysical Sciences — Princeton University Peyton Hall 012 — 4 Ivy Lane — Princeton, NJ 08544 [email protected] Education Princeton University, Princeton, NJ Sept. 2015 – Present Post-Baccalaureate, Department of Astrophysical Sciences University of Florida, Gainesville, FL May 2015 B.S. in Astronomy, Summa Cum Laude B.S. in Physics, Cum Laude Minor: Zoology Completion of Honors Program

Coral Reef Senior High School, Miami, FL June 2010 International Baccalaureate Diploma Summa Cum Laude Research Experience • Summer Research Assistant Summer 2016 Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington/IPAC, Pasadena, CA Analyzing the GALEX colors of shocked post-starburst (SPOGs) to further understand their place in the evolution of galaxies. Advisors: Katherine Alatalo and Lauranne Lanz • Research Assistant Fall 2015 - Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ Present Studying the properties of brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs) in disturbed clusters, using optical data of positions and radial velocities to detect substructure, in order to study hierarchical growth of clusters. Advisor: Michael A. Strauss • Undergraduate Research Assistant Fall 2013 – Department of Astronomy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Summer 2015 Developing code to test different galaxy cluster detection methods from the capabilities of the future EUCLID space telescope. This was my undergraduate thesis project. Advisor: Anthony Gonzalez • Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Summer 2014 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA Developing code to detect high galaxy cluster candidates from overdensities of color-cut Spitzer Space Telescope extragalactic survey objects. Advisors: Alessandro Rettura and Daniel Stern • AAO Student Fellowship Program Summer 2013 Australian Astronomical Observatory, Sydney, Australia A spectroscopic follow-up of the XMM-XXL X-ray survey. Observations were taken with AAOmega Multiple Object Spectrograph at the Anglo Australian Telescope in order to obtain the of the X-ray selected sources (mostly cluster galaxies and AGN). Advisors: Chris Lidman and Matt Owers • Research Experience for Undergraduates Summer 2012 1 American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY Studied properties of Ultra-Luminous Galaxies (ULIRGs) in the COSMOS survey. In particular, examined Markarian 231 and analyzed its 158 μm [CII] emission line to calculate star formation rate and detect gas outflows. Advisor: Charles Liu Observing Experience • Walter Baade Telescope (Magellan 1), Las Campanas Observatory, Chile Dec. 2016 Instrument: Folded port InfraRed Echellette (FIRE) spectrograph (Two nights)

• Irénée du Pont telescope, Las Campanas Observatory, Chile Dec. 2016 Instrument: Direct CCD (Two nights)

• Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA), Owens Aug. 2014 Valley Radio Observatory (California Institute of Technology), CA, USA (Seven days/nights) • Hale Telescope, Palomar Observatory (California Institute of Technology), CA, USA July 2014 (One night) June 2016 (Two nights) • Keck 1, W. M. Keck Observatory, HI, USA (Observing remotely from California July 2014 Institute of Technology) (Two nights)

• Anglo Australian Telescope (AAT), Siding Spring Observatory, NSW, Australia July 2013 (Observing remotely from Australian Astronomical Observatory) (Five half-nights) Instrument: AAOmega Multiple Object Spectrograph Publications • Ardila, F., Alatalo, K., Lanz, L., et al., 2017, ApJ, In Prep. "Shocked POststarburst Galaxy Survey III: The UV Properties of SPOGs" • Ardila, F., Strauss, M. A., Lauer, T. R., Postman, M., 2017, ApJ, In Prep. "Brightest Cluster Galaxies in Disturbed Clusters" • Lidman, C., Ardila, F., Owers, M., et al. 2016, PASA, 33, e001. "The XXL Survey XIV. AAOmega Redshifts for the Southern XXL Field" • Alatalo, K., Lisenfeld, U., Lanz, L., Appleton, P., Ardila, F., et al. 2016, ApJ, 827, 106. “Shocked POststarburst Galaxy Survey II: The Molecular Gas Content and Properties of a Subset of SPOGs” • Pacaud, F., Clerc, N., Giles, P. A., Adami, C., Sadibekova, T., Pierre, M., Maughan, B. J., Lieu, M., Le Fèvre, J. P., Alis, S., Altieri, B., Ardila, F., et al. 2016, A&A, 592, A2. "The XXL Survey. II. The bright cluster sample: catalogue and luminosity function" • Fotopoulou, S., Pacaud, F., Paltani, S., Ranalli, P., Ramos-Ceja, M. E., Faccioli, L., Plionis, M., Adami, C., Bongiorno, A., Brusa, M., Chiappetti, L., Desai, S., Elyiv, A., Lidman, C., Melnyk, O., Pierre, M., Piconcelli, E., Vignali, C., Alis, S., Ardila, F., et al. 2016, A&A, 592, A5. "The XXL survey: VI. The 1000 brightest X- ray point sources"

• Lavoie, S., Willis, J.P., Democles, Smith, G. P., Lidman, C., Adami, C., Pacaud, F., Pierre, M., Clerc, N., Giles, P., Lieu, M., Altieri, B., Ardila, F., et al. 2016, MNRAS, 462, 4141. "The XXL survey XV: Evidence for dry merger driven BCG growth in XXL-100 X-ray clusters"

2 Presentations • 229th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society. Poster: Brightest Cluster Jan. 2017 Galaxies (BCGs) in Disturbed Galaxy Clusters.

• Mapping the Pathways of Galaxy Transformation Across Time and Space (Avalon, Aug. 2016 CA). Poster: The UV properties of Shocked Poststarbusrt Galaxies. • University of Florida, Department of Astronomy Undergraduate Thesis April 2015 Presentation. Distant galaxy cluster searches with Euclid. • University of Florida Undergraduate Research Symposium. Poster: Distant galaxy Mar. 2015 cluster searches with Euclid. • JPL Astrophysics Section Summer Student Colloquium. Talk: Detecting the most Aug. 2014 distant clusters of galaxies. • University of Florida Undergraduate Research Symposium. Poster: Spectroscopic Mar. 2014 follow-up of sources in the XMM XXL southern field - cluster redshifts for constraining cosmology. • Florida Undergraduate Research Conference. Poster: Spectroscopic follow-up of Feb. 2014 sources in the XMM XXL southern field - cluster redshifts for constraining cosmology. • AAO Winter Student Colloquium. Talk: Spectroscopic follow-up of sources in the XMM Aug. 2013 XXL southern field - cluster redshifts for constraining cosmology. • AMNH REU Research Symposium. Talk: The [CII] 158 μm emission line of the Aug. 2012 Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxy: Markarian 231. Honors/Awards/Affiliations • University Scholars Program (University of Florida Award) 2014-2015 • Vice-President of the University of Florida’s Astronomy and 2012-2015 Astrophysics Society • Florida Bright Futures Scholarship: Florida Academic Scholar 2010-2014 • Anderson Scholar (University of Florida Award) 2012 • President’s List Fall 2011, Spring 2012 • Dean’s List Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2012 Outreach • Open Labs Princeton: I am part of a fellowship of graduate students Jan. 2016-Present devoted to educating and mentoring young scholars (elementary through high school), and encouraging them to pursue careers in the sciences, by doing classroom lectures and activities, and judging science fairs. • Public Nights at the Campus Observatory: Periodically (weekly at University Jan. 2016-Present of Florida; monthly at Princeton University) throughout the semester, the (Princeton University) campus observatory is open to the public for two hours, and several 2012-2015 telescopes are set up to point at different objects, and visitors are able to (University of Florida) ask questions. • AAS Astronomy Ambassadors Program: Participated in a professional- Jan.2016 development workshop designed to help improve early-career astronomers' ability to effectively communicate with students and the public. It also provides access to resources and a network of contacts within the astronomy EPO community. • Astronomy Lesson for Elementary School: Gave a two-hour lesson in Summer 2015 astronomy to 3rd grade students at Sunset Elementary School. Topics 3 covered: our place in the universe, the solar system, birth and death of stars and planets, black holes, sizes and distances in the universe. • Starry Night at the Florida Museum of Natural History: An annual event that 2012-2014 invites the Gainesville, FL community to learn about astronomy through several talks, telescopes, demonstrations, planetariums shows and several other activities. Relevant Skills • Computer: Python, IDL, MATLAB, LaTeX, HTML, UNIX, Visual Basic. • Astronomy Tools/Software: DS9, Source Extractor, IRAF/PyRAF, TOPCAT, Aladin. • Languages: Spanish (native), French (beginner).

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