Teresa Antoja Castelltort Date of fulfillment - Departament d ...

Surnames: ANTOJA CASTELLTORT
Name: MARIA TERESA
D.N.I: 43687053
Date of birth: 04/01/1981
Gender: Female
Personal address: SANTA BARBARA 47
City: BADALONA POSTAL CODE: 08912
Personal phone number: +34669705959
E-mail: tantoja@am.ub.es
Web page: http://www.am.ub.es/~tantoja
Organization: Universitat de Barcelona
Faculty, School or Institute: Facultat de Física
CV
Name: Teresa Antoja Castelltort
Date of fulfillment: 12/11/2009
ACTUAL PROFESSIONAL STATUS
Dept./Sect./Str. Unit: Departament d'Astronomia i Meteorologia
Postal address: C/ Martí i Franquès, 1 (Barcelona - 08028)
Phone number (Add number and extension): 0034 934039232
Fax: 0034 934021133
E-mail: tantoja@am.ub.es
Professional category and starting date: BECARIS GENERALITAT (PhD fellowship)
Administrative status
From 01/01/2006 To 31/12/2009
- X CONTRACT
- TEMPLATE DEDICATION:
- SCHOLARSHIP HOLDER X a) FULL TIME
- TEMPORARY b) PART TIME
- LEAVE SPECIFY:

ACADEMIC TRAINING
Bachelors Degree Center Date
Fisica Facultat de Física- UB 21/07/2005
Master Astrofisica, Cosmologia i
Fisica de Particules (mark: excellent 9.75) Facultat de Física- UB 05/09/2007
Thesis Advisor: Francesca Figueras, Octavio Valenzuela
PREVIOUS SCIENTIFIC AND/OR TEACHING ACTIVITIES
Activity Center/Institution Dates
Becària Col·laboració (collaboration grant) Universitat de Barcelona 01/01/2005 - 30/06/2005
Becària IEEC (PhD fellowship) Universitat de Barcelona 01/10/2005 - 31/12/2005
RESEARCH TOPICS & INTERESTS
Line: Galactic Kinematics, Galactic Dynamics, Statistical Astronomy, Stellar Physics, Galaxy Formation, Satellite
Galaxies
SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS MEMBERSHIP
Member of the Sociedad Española de Astronomía (2006 - )
Member of the "Red Española de Explotación Científica de Gaia" (2009 - )
Participation in the Gaia Research for European Astronomy /Training (GREAT) (2009 - )
Member of the Gaia-University of Barcelona research team (2005 - )

LANGUAGES (Regular, Sufficient, Well)
Language Speak Read Write
English Well Well Well
Spanish Well Well Well
Catalan Well Well Well
PROGRAMMING & COMPUTING
Fortran
IDL
Tipsy
MR software
Experience in running simulations in multi-processing systems (HP CP 4000 cluster KanBalam in the DGSCA/UNAM,
Catalonia Supercomputing Center CESCA, etc)

PUBLICATIONS OR SCIENTIFIC-TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS
Authors (signature): Antoja, T.; Figueras, F.; Fernández, D.
Title: Dominant mechanisms in the evolution of the kinematic structures
Journal: Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics IV, Ed. Figueras, F., Girart, J.M., Hernández, M., Jordi, C., Springer,
ISBN: 978-1-4020-5999-5
Number or authors: 3
Year: 2007 Place of publication: The Netherlands
Authors (signature): Antoja, T.; Figueras, F.; Fernández, D.
Title: Wavelet transform to characterise moving groups: observations versus dynamic effects
Journal: Astronomical data analysis IV, ed. C. Surace, Edition on internet
Number or authors: 3
Year: 2006 Place of publication: Marseille (FRANCE)
Authors (signature): Antoja, T.; Figueras, F.; Fernández, D.; Torra, J.
Title: Origin and evolution of moving groups I: Characterization in the observational kinematic-age-metallicity space
Journal: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Number or authors: 4
Volume: 490 Pages, Initial: 135 final: 150 Year: 2008 Place of publication: France
Link: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008A%26A...490..135A
Authors (signature): Antoja, T.; Fernández, D.; Figueras, F.; Moreno, E.; Pichardo, B.; Torra, J.; Valenzuela, O.
Title: Origin of the Moving Groups and their Contribution to the Determination of the Large-scale Galactic Potential
Journal: Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics V, J.Gorgas, L.J. Goicoechea, J. I. Gonzalez-Serrano, J.M. Diego (in
press)
Number or authors: 3
Year: 2009 Place of publication: The Netherlands
Authors (signature): Antoja, T.; Valenzuela, O.; Pichardo, B.; Moreno, E.; Figueras, F.; Fernández, D.
Title: Stellar Kinematic Constraints on Galactic Structure Models Revisited: Bar and Spiral Arm Resonances
Journal: Astrophysical Journal Letter
Number or authors: 6
Volume: 700 Pages, Initial: 78 final: 82 Year: 2009 Place of publication: (FRANCE)
Link: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009ApJ...700L..78A
Authors (signature): Antoja, T.; Torra, J.; Figueras, F.; Jordi, C.
Title: Midiendo la Vía Láctea con Gaia
Journal: Revista Española de Física
Number or authors: 4
Volume: 23 Number: 3 Pages, Initial: 18 final: 21 Year: 2009 Place of publication: (SPAIN)
Authors (signature): Antoja, T.; Valenzuela, O.; Figueras, F.; Pichardo, B.; Moreno, E.
Title: Connecting Moving Groups to the Bar and Spiral Arms of the Milky Way
Journal: IAU Highlights of Astronomy, XXVII IAU General Assembly
Number or authors: 5
Year: 2009 Place of publication:

RESEARCH STAYS ABROAD
Center: Instituto de Astronomia (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico)
Place: Mexico DF Country: MEXICO Year: 2007 Duration: 01M
Issue: Galactic Dynamics
Key: PhD student 14/01/2007 - 16/02/2007
Center: Instituto de Astronomia (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico)
Place: Mexico DF Country: MEXICO Year: 2007 Duration: 01M
Issue: Galactic Dynamics
Key: PhD student 13/11/2007 - 12/12/2007
Center: Instituto de Astronomia (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico)
Place: Mexico DF Country: MEXICO Year: 2008 Duration: 01M 12 D
Issue: Galactic Dynamics
Key: PhD student 29/09/2008 - 09/11/2008
Ph.D.-THESES, DEGREE THESES AND RESEARCH REPORTS
Title: Moving groups: Are they dynamical streams?
Ph.D. candidate: Teresa Antoja
University: Universitat de Barcelona
Faculty / School: Facultat de Física
Year: 2007 Mark: Key: Master thesis Situation: Author

Courses and Seminaries Received:
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Activity: Hot Topics in Astrophysics and Cosmology
Dates: 30/05/2005 - 03/06/2005
Broad field: National
Classification: Courses and Seminars - Received
Organization: Facultat de Física- Universitat de Barcelona
Activity: Analyse de Donnees (Methodes et Projets)
Dates: 12/12/2005 - 16/12/2005
Broad field: International
Classification: Courses and Seminars - Received
Organization: Observatoire de Paris, Universites Paris VI-VII-XI-XII, Versailles-St Quentin, Ecole Normale
Superieure ULM, Ecole National des Sciences Geographiques, Inst. Nat. des Sciences & Techniques Nucleaires
Activity: Hot Topics in Astrophysics and Cosmology: A New Age for Ground-Based Observations
Dates: 29/05/2006 - 02/06/2006
Broad field: National
Classification: Courses and Seminars - Received
Organization: Facultat de Física- Universitat de Barcelona
Activity: 37th Saas-Fee advanced course of the Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy: The Origin of the
Galaxy and Local Group
Dates: 04/03/2007 - 10/04/2007
Broad field: International
Classification: Courses and Seminars - Received
Organization: Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy
Activity: XX Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics: Local Group Cosmology
Dates: 17/10/2008 - 28/10/2008
Broad field: International
Classification: Courses and Seminars - Received
Organization: Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias

Grants & Fellowships:
Activity: Beca de Colaboración en Departamentos (Collaboration grant)
Dates: 01/01/2005 - 30/06/2005
Broad field: National
Classification: Fellowships
Organization: MEC- Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia
Activity: Beca pre-doctoral de l'IEEC (PhD grant)
Dates: 01/10/2005 - 31/12/2005
Broad field: National
Classification: Fellowships
Organization: Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya
Activity: Beca predoctoral FI (PhD grant)
Dates: 01/01/2006 - 31/12/2009
Broad field: National
Classification: Fellowships
Organization: Generalitat de Catalunya
Activity: Alpha programme grant
Dates: 13/11/2007 - 12/12/2007
Broad field: International
Classification: Travel bags
Organization: LENAC: Latin-American European Network for Astrophysics and Cosmology
Seminars:
DATA Seminar (UNAM), January 2007, Mexico
DATA Internal Seminal (UNAM), November 2007, Mexico
DAEC Seminar (UNAM), November 2008, Mexico

Approved Observation Proposals:
CAHA, 2.2 m Telescope at Calar Alto (Almeria)
Target: Tracing the outer Milky Way Spiral Arms: A pilot programme
Allocated time: 9 nights Q1 2009
Applicants: F. Figueras, P. Grosbøl, C.Theis, M. Monguió, C. Jordi, J. Torra, T. Antoja, D. Fernández, C. Fabricius
INT 2.5 m Telescope at Roque de los Muchachos (Canary Islands)
Target: Tracing the outer Milky Way Spiral Arms
Allocated time: 5 nights Q1 2009
Applicants: F. Figueras, P. Grosbøl, C.Theis, M. Monguió, C. Jordi, J. Torra, T. Antoja, D. Fernández, C. Fabricius
Teaching:
Activity: Teaching activity, Physics Degree, practical lessons of the subject Observational Astronomy -5th semester
(2 nd cycle), 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010
Dates: 01/01/2006 -
Broad field: Local
Classification: Teaching in second cycle
Organization: Facultat de Física- Universitat de Barcelona
Popularization of science activities:
"Masterclass per a Estudiants de Secundària, 2006", activity for secondary school students in the Facultat de Física
at the Universitat de Barcelona, 2006
Solar Eclipse 3/10/05: collaboration in the on-line retransmission and realization of an observation activity for
undergraduate students, 2005
"Masterclass per a Estudiants de Secundària, 2007", activity for secondary school students in the Facultat de Física
at the Universitat de Barcelona , 2007
“El color de les estrelles” (The colour of stars), Observation activity in the Fundació Joan Miró, organised by
Universitat de Barcelona, Fundació Joan Miró and Televisió de Catalunya, 2008
Organization and coordination of the “Encontres amb el 3r cicle”, activity for undergraduate students for the
AYA2009

Other Courses:
Activity: Certificat d'Aptitud Pedagògica
Dates: 01/10/2006 - 21/06/2007
Broad field: International
Classification: Other courses
Organization: Universitat de Barcelona
Activity: Monitor/a d'activitats de lleure infantil i juvenil
Dates: 2003 - 2004
Broad field: National
Classification: Other courses
Organization: Institut de formació de la Fundació Pere Tarres, Generalitat de Catalunya
Activity: Certificate in Advanced English
Dates: 2006 - 2007
Broad field: International
Classification: Other courses
Organization: University of Cambridge

CONFERENCE CONTRIBUTIONS
Authors: Antoja, T. Figueras, F. Fernández, D.
Title: Dominant mechanisms in the evolution of kinematic structures
Kind of participation: Poster
Conference: VII Reunión científica de la SEA
Number or authors: 3
Place of celebration: Barcelona (SPAIN) Year: 2006
Authors: Antoja, T. Figueras, F. Fernández, D.
Title: Wavelet transform to characterise moving groups: observations versus dynamic effects
Kind of participation: Poster
Conference: Astronomical data analysis IV
Number or authors: 3
Place of celebration: Marseille (FRANCE) Year: 2006
Authors: Antoja, T. Figueras, F. Fernández, D., Moreno, E., Pichardo, B., Torra, J., Valenzuela, O.
Title: Local stellar kinematic constraints on the galactic potential
Kind of participation: Poster
Conference: IAU SYMPOSIUM 254: The Galaxy Disk in Cosmological Context
Number or authors: 7
Place of celebration: Copenhaguen (DENMARK) Year: 2008
Authors: Antoja, T. Figueras, F. Fernández, D., Moreno, E., Pichardo, B., Torra, J., Valenzuela, O.
Title: Origen de los grupos móviles y determinación del potencial galáctico
Kind of participation: Oral Presentation
Conference: VIII Reunión cintífica de la SEA
Number or authors: 7
Place of celebration: Santander (SPAIN) Year: 2008
Authors: Antoja, T. Figueras, F. Fernández, Pichardo, B., Torra, J., Valenzuela, O.
Title: The Role of Ages in the Study of the Formation and Evolution of Moving Groups
Kind of participation: Poster
Conference: IAU Symposium 258: The Ages of Stars
Number or authors: 6
Place of celebration: Baltimore (UNITED STATES) Year: 2008
Authors: T. Antoja, O. Valenzuela, F. Figueras, B. Pichardo, E. Moreno
Title: Moving groups:Stellar Kinematic Constraints on Galactic Structure Models
Kind of participation: Oral Presentation
Conference: Distribution of Mass in the Milky Way Galaxy
Number or authors: 5
Place of celebration: Leiden (NETHERLANDS) Year: 2009

Authors: T. Antoja, O. Valenzuela, F. Figueras, B. Pichardo, E. Moreno
Title: Connecting Moving Groups to the Bar and Spiral Arms of the Milky Way
Kind of participation: Oral Presentation
Conference: Modelling the Milky Way in the Era of Gaia, JD5 at IAU General Assembly
Number or authors: 5
Place of celebration: Rio de Janeiro (BRAZIL) Year: 2009
Authors: T. Antoja, O. Valenzuela, F. Figueras, B. Pichardo, E. Moreno
Title: Connecting Moving Groups to the Non-Axisymmetric Structure of the Milky Way
Kind of participation: Oral Presentation
Conference: The Milky Way and the Local Group - Now and in the Gaia Era
Number or authors: 5
Place of celebration: Heidelberg (GERMANY) Year: 2009

PARTICIPATION IN FUNDED R+D PROJECTS FROM PUBLIC CALLS
(national and/or international)
Title of the project / contract: Caracterización y estructuras de la componente estelar de la Galaxia.
Kind of contract/Program: NAAS - Programa Nacional de Astronomía y Astrofísica
Financing Firm/administration: MCTE - Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología.
Institutions participating: ---
Number of the project / contract: AYA2003-07736 Amount: 89.800,00 Duration, since: 2003 Until: 2006
Main researcher: Carme Jordi Nebot
Number of researchers participating: 09
Keywords: 021369 - Galaxia: cinemática y estructura / 032409 - estrellas jóvenes / 035293 - Calibración de
luminosidad / 035294 - Escala de distancias / 035295 - Binarias eclipsantes
Title of the project / contract: Parámetros fundamentales de las estrellas y caracterización de estructuras en el
disco galáctico
Kind of contract/Program: NAAS - Programa Nacional de Astronomía y Astrofísica
Financing Firm/administration: MEDU - Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia
Institutions participating: ---
Number of the project / contract: AYA2006-15623-C02-02/ Amount: 50.000,00 Duration, since: 2006 Until:
2009
Main researcher: Carme Jordi Nebot
Number of researchers participating: 06
Keywords: 000626 - Dinámica galáctica / 010467 - Cinemática galáctica / 004382 - Evolución estelar
Title of the project / contract: Grup de recerca consolidat: Astronomia I Astrofísica
Kind of contract/Program: Grup de Recerca Consolidad
Financing Firm/administration: Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca. Generalitat de Catalunya.
AGAUR
Number of the project / contract: 2005 SGR-00847 Amount: 42.000,00 Duration, since: 2005 Until: 2008
Main researcher: Eduard Salvador-Soler
Number of researchers participating: 58
Title of the project / contract: Astronomía i Astrofísica (Grup de Recerca Consolidad)
Kind of contract/Program: Grup de Recerca Consolidad
Financing Firm/administration: Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca. Generalitat de Catalunya.
AGAUR
Number of the project / contract: 2009SGR217 Amount: 58.240 € Duration, since: 2009 Until: 20013
Main researcher: Eduardo Salvador Sole
Number of researchers participating: 58
Title of the project / contract: Contribución al desarrollo científico y tecnológico de la misión Gaia
Kind of contract/Program: NAAS - Programa Nacional de Astronomía y Astrofísica
Financing Firm/administration: MICINN - Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Institutions participating: ---
Number of the project / contract: AYA2009-14648-C02-01(ESP) / Amount: 2.520.000 Duration, since: 2009
Until: 20013
Main researcher: Jorge Torra Roca
Number of researchers participating: 25
Keywords: 000626 - Dinámica galáctica / 010467 - Cinemática galáctica / 004382 - Evolución estelar