Hi! I'm an Astronomy PhD student at Georgia State University surveying the fundamental parameters and activity of K-dwarf stars in the Solar Neighborhood . I'm member of RECONS and CTIO/SMARTS 1.5m telescope Fellow, which has mounted the CHIRON spectrograph (R~80,000).
My name is Sebastián.
I grew up in Culiacán, Sin., México, where I also earned my Bachelor degree in Astronomy from
Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa.
Now I'm an Astronomy PhD student at Georgia State University working with
Prof. Todd Henry as part of the
RECONS team.
Previous from entering a PhD program, I worked three years with Prof. Yilen Gómez-Maqueo Chew at
Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM,
and the SAINT-EX Observatory.
Outside of academia, I enjoy cooking, graphic design, and listening and learning about club
music from around the world.
I love to discover new music and creating playlists. Check out my curated music repository here.
If you would like to read more about me, please click here for my CV.
My research focuses in characterizing K-Dwarf stars to uncover fundamental parameters, the frecuency on stellar activity, and how it varies with spectral type and age, by surving the ones existing in the Solar Neighborhood. This will help for future studies of the habitability of exoplanets around these stars. Click HERE to see my poster to Cool Stars 22 @ San Diego.
I'm a fellow of the CTIO/SMARTS 1.5m telescope which has mounted the CHIRON spectrograph. My work relies helping operations, scheduling the telescope, and helpig PIs managing their plans and observations. If you want to use CHIRON or want to know more about it, you can contact me or access the FAQ manual. If you are a CHIRON's program PI, don't hesitate getting in contact! I'd love to assist you personally.
If you have any question would like to get in touch, feel free to contact me!
E-mail me clicking here.