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CURRICULUM VITAE
1. PERSONAL DATA:
Name: Jacobo Ebrero Carrero
Born: May 18 th , 1978
Birthplace: Madrid (Spain)
Nationality: Spanish
Home address: Oudwijkerdwarsstraat 26, 3581 LE, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Professional address: SRON – Netherlands Institute for Space Research
Sorbonnelaan 2
3584 CA, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Institute phone: +31 (0)88 777 5712
Institute fax: +31 (0)88 777 0860
E-mail: J.Ebrero.Carrero@sron.nl
Personal web: http://www.sron.nl/~jacoboec
2. LANGUAGES
- Spanish: Native
- English: Full professional proficiency
- Dutch: Elementary proficiency
3. ACADEMIC DEGREES:
- Degree in Physics (BSc), Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain (June 2003)
- Doctor in Physics (PhD), Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain (December 2008), Thesis
Title: “Evolution and large-scale clustering of a sample of extragalactic X-ray sources”, Score:
Summa cum laude with Special Mention (Premio Extraordinario), Supervisor: Dr. Francisco J.
Carrera
4. PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS:
- Postdoctoral scientist, SRON – Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Utrecht, The
Netherlands (since 5 th January 2009)
- Marie Curie SPARTAN fellow, University of Leicester, UK (May 2008 – December 2008)
- PhD student at Instituto de Física de Cantabria (CSIC-UC), Santander (May 2004 – April 2008)
5. RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Astronomy and Astrophysics. Extragalactic Astrophysics. X-ray Astronomy. Cosmic evolution of
Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN). Large-scale structure of AGN. High resolution X-ray spectroscopy
of AGN. UV spectroscopy of AGN. Physics and chemistry of the warm absorber/emitter in AGN.
Observatories: XMM-Newton, Chandra, Suzaku, Astro-H, HST.

6. REFEREED PUBLICATIONS:
(31 in total, 6 as first author)
1) “The X-ray/UV absorber in NGC 4593”, J. Ebrero, J. S. Kaastra, G. A. Kriss, C. P. de Vries, E.
Costantini, 2013, MNRAS, 435, 3028
2) “The XMM-Newton Wide Angle Survey (XWAS)”, P. Esquej, M. J. Page, F. J. Carrera, S. Mateos,
J. Tedds, M. G. Watson, A. Corral, J. Ebrero, M. Krumpe, S. R. Rosen, M. T. Ceballos, A.
Schwope, C. Page, A. Alonso-Herrero, A. Caccianiga, R. Della Ceca, O. Gonzalez-Martin, G.
Lamer, P. Severgnini, 2013, A&A, 557, A123
3) “Simultaneous XMM-Newton and HST-COS observations of 1H0419-577: the absorbing and
emitting ionized gas”, L. Di Gesu, E. Costantini, N. Arav, B. Borguet, R. G. Detmers, J. Ebrero, D.
Edmonds, J. S. Kaastra, E. Piconcelli, F. Verbunt, 2013, A&A, 556, A94
4) “Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509. XI. Reverberation of the Fe Kα line”, G. Ponti, M.
Cappi, E. Costantini, S. Bianchi, J. S. Kaastra, B. De Marco, R. P. Fender, P. O. Petrucci, G. A.
Kriss, K. C. Steenbrugge, N. Arav, E. Behar, G. Branduari-Raymont, M. Dadina, J. Ebrero, P.
Lubinski, M. Mehdipour, S. Paltani, C. Pinto, F. Tombesi, 2013, A&A, 549, A72
5) “Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509. X. Lower limit on the distance of the absorber from
HST COS and STIS spectroscopy”, N. Arav, D. Edmonds, B. Borguet, G. A. Kriss, J. S. Kaastra, E.
Behar, S. Bianchi, M. Cappi, E. Costantini, R. G. Detmers, J. Ebrero, M. Mehdipour, S. Paltani, P.
O. Petrucci, C. Pinto, G. Ponti, K. C. Steenbrugge, C. P. de Vries, 2012, A&A, 544, A33
6) “Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509. IX. The Galactic foreground”, C. Pinto, G. A. Kriss, J.
S. Kaastra, E. Costantini, J. Ebrero, K. C. Steenbrugge, M. Mehdipour, G. Ponti, 2012, A&A, 541,
A147
7) “Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509. VIII. Location of the X-ray absorber”, J. S. Kaastra, R.
G. Detmers, M. Mehdipour, N. Arav, E. Behar, S. Bianchi, G. Branduardi-Raymont, M. Cappi, E.
Costantini, J. Ebrero, G. A. Kriss, S. Paltani, P. O. Petrucci, C. Pinto, G. Ponti, K. C. Steenbrugge,
C.P. de Vries, 2012, A&A, 539, A117
8) “Probing the unified model in NGC 7314”, J. Ebrero, E. Costantini, J. S. Kaastra, B. De Marco,
M. Dadina, 2011, A&A, 535, A62
9) “Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509. VII. Relative abundances of the warm absorber”, K. C.
Steenbrugge, J. S. Kaastra, R. G. Detmers, J. Ebrero, G. Ponti, E. Costantini, G. A. Kriss, M.
Mehdipour, C. Pinto, G. Branduardi-Raymont, E. Behar, N. Arav, M. Cappi, S. Bianchi, P. O.
Petrucci, E. M. Ratti, T. Holczer, 2011, A&A, 534, A42
10) “Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509. VI. HST/COS observations of the far-ultraviolet
spectrum”, G. A. Kriss, N. Arav, J. S. Kaastra, J. Ebrero, C. Pinto, B. Borguet, D. Edmonds, E.
Costantini, K. C. Steenbrugge, R. G. Detmers, E. Behar, S. Bianchi, A. J. Blustin, G. Branduardi-
Raymont, M. Cappi, M. Mehdipour, P. O. Petrucci, G. Ponti, 2011, A&A, 534, A41
11) “Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509. V. Chandra-LETGS observation of the ionized
absorber”, J. Ebrero, G. A. Kriss, J. S. Kaastra, R. G. Detmers, K. C. Steenbrugge, E. Costantini,
N. Arav, S. Bianchi, M. Cappi, G. Branduardi-Raymont, M. Mehdipour, P. O. Petrucci, C. Pinto, G.
Ponti, 2011, A&A, 534, A40

12) “Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509. III. The 600 ks RGS spectrum: unravelling the inner
region of an AGN”, R. G. Detmers, J. S. Kaastra, K. C. Steenbrugge, J. Ebrero, G. A. Kriss, N.
Arav, E. Behar, E. Costantini, G. Branduardi-Raymont, M. Mehdipour, S. Bianchi, M. Cappi, P. O.
Petrucci, C. Pinto, E. M. Ratti, T. Holczer, 2011, A&A, 534, A38
13) “Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509. II. Analysis of the high-quality Reflection Grating
Spectrometer data”, J. S. Kaastra, C. P. de Vries, K. C. Steenbrugge, R. G. Detmers, J. Ebrero, E.
Behar, S. Bianchi, E. Costantini, G. A. Kriss, M. Mehdipour, S. Paltani, P. O. Petrucci, C. Pinto, G.
Ponti, 2011, A&A, 534, A37
14) “Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509. I. Variability and spectral energy distribution”, J. S.
Kaastra, P. O. Petrucci, M. Cappi, N. Arav, E. Behar, S. Bianchi, J. Bloom, A. J. Blustin, G.
Branduardi-Raymont, E. Costantini, M. Dadina, R. G. Detmers, J. Ebrero, P. G. Jonker, C. Klein,
G. A. Kriss, P. Lubinski, J. Malzac, M. Mehdipour, S. Paltani, C. Pinto, G. Ponti, E. M. Ratti, R. A.
N. Smith, K. C. Steenbrugge, C. P. de Vries, 2011, A&A, 534, A36
15) “The nature of X-ray absorbed QSOs”, M. J. Page, F. J. Carrera, J. A. Stevens, J. Ebrero, A. J.
Blustin, 2011, MNRAS, 416, 2792
16) “A strongly starforming group: three massive galaxies associated with a QSO”, F. J. Carrera,
M. J. Page, J. A. Stevens, R. J. Ivison, T. Dwelly, J. Ebrero, S. Falocco, 2011, MNRAS, 413, 2791
17) “Suzaku observation of the LINER NGC 4102”, O. Gonzalez-Martin, I. Papadakis, V. Braito, J.
Masegosa, I. Marquez, S. Mateos, J. A. Acosta-Pulido, M. A. Martinez, J. Ebrero, P. Esquej, P.
O’Brien, J. Tueller, R. S. Warwick, M. G. Watson, 2011, A&A, 527A, 142G
18) “XMM-Newton observations of the hot spot galaxy NGC 2903”, D. Perez-Ramirez, M. D.
Caballero-Garcia, J. Ebrero, S. Leon, 2010, A&A, 522A, 53P
19) “XMM-Newton RGS observation of the warm absorber in Mrk 279”, J. Ebrero, E. Costantini,
J. S. Kaastra, R. G. Detmers, N. Arav, G. A. Kriss, K. T. Korista, K. C. Steenbrugge, 2010, A&A,
520A, 36E
20) “XMM-Newton unveils the complex iron K-alpha region of Mrk 279”, E. Costantini, J. S.
Kaastra, K. Korista, J. Ebrero, N. Arav, G. Kriss, 2010, A&A, 512A, 25C
21) “The XMM-Newton Wide Angle Survey (XWAS): the X-ray spectrum of type-1 AGN”, S.
Mateos, F. J. Carrera, M. J. Page, M. G. Watson, A. Corral, J. A. Tedds, J. Ebrero, M. Krumpe, A.
Schwope, M. T. Ceballos, 2010, A&A, 510A, 35M
22) “High-precision multi-band measurements of the angular clustering of X-ray sources”, J.
Ebrero, S. Mateos, G. C. Stewart, F. J. Carrera, M. G. Watson, 2009, A&A, 500, 749E.
23) “A Ks-band selected survey for AGN in the XMM-LSS field: I. The multi-wavelength properties
of the point-like source candidates and the quasar selection”, Th. Nakos, J. P. Willis, S. Andreon, J.
Surdej, P. Riaud, E. Hatziminaoglou, O. Garcet, D. Alloin, M. Baes, F. J. Carrera, J. Ebrero, G.
Galaz, M. Krumpe, M. J. Page, M. Pierre, A. Schwope, J. Tedds, H. Quintana, 2009, A&A, 494,
579N.
24) “The XMM-Newton serendipitous survey. VI. The X-ray luminosity function”, J. Ebrero, F. J.
Carrera, M. J. Page, J. D. Silverman, X. Barcons, M. T. Ceballos, A. Corral, R. Della Ceca, M. G.
Watson, 2009, A&A, 493, 55E.

25) “Average Fe K-alpha emission from distant AGN”, A. Corral, M. J. Page, F. J. Carrera, X.
Barcons, S. Mateos, J. Ebrero, M. Krumpe, A. Schwope, J. A. Tedds, M. G. Watson, 2008, A&A,
492, 71C.
26) “High precision X-ray log N - log S distributions: implications for the obscured AGN
population”, S. Mateos, R. S. Warwick, F. J. Carrera, G. C. Stewart, J. Ebrero, R. Della Ceca, A.
Caccianiga, R. Gilli, M. J. Page, E. Treister, J. A. Tedds, M. G. Watson, G. Lamer, R. D. Saxton, H.
Brunner, C. G. Page, 2008, A&A, 492, 51M.
27) “The Subaru-XMM-Newton Deep Survey (SXDS): X-Ray Data”, Y. Ueda, M. G. Watson, I.
Stewart, M. Akiyama, A. D. Schwope, G. Lamer, J. Ebrero, F. J. Carrera, K. Sekiguchi, T. Yamada,
C. Simpson, G. Hasinger, S. Mateos, 2008, ApJS, 179, 124U.
28) “The XMM-Newton Serendipitous Survey V. Optical identification of the XMM-Newton Medium
sensitivity Survey (XMS)”, X. Barcons, F. J. Carrera, M. T. Ceballos, M. J. Page, J. Bussons-Gordo,
A. Corral, J. Ebrero, S. Mateos, J. A. Tedds, M. G. Watson, M. Birkinshaw, T. Boller, N. Borisov,
M. Bremer, G. E. Bromage, H. Brunner, A. Caccianiga, C. S. Crawford, M. S. Cropper, R. Della
Ceca, P. Derry, A. C. Fabian, P. Guillout, Y. Hashimoto, G. Hasinger, B. J. M. Hassall, G. Lamer, N.
S. Loaring, T. Maccacaro, K. O. Mason, R. G. McMahon, L. Mirioni, J. P. D. Mittaz, C. Motch, I.
Negueruela, J. P. Osborne, F. Panessa, I. Perez-Fournon, J. P. Pye, T. P. Roberts, S. Rosen, N.
Schartel, N. Schurch, A. Schwope, P. Severgnini, R. Sharp, G. C. Stewart, G. Szokoly, A. Ullan, M.
J. Ward, R. S. Warwick, P. J. Wheatley, N. A. Webb, D. Worrall, W. Yuan, H. Zieepour, 2007, A&A,
476, 1191B.
29) “The XMM large scale structure survey: optical vs. X-ray classifications of active galactic
nuclei and the unified scheme”, O. Garcet, P. Gandhi, E. Gosset, P. G. Sprimont, J. Surdej, V.
Borkowski, M. Tajer, F. Pacaud, M. Pierre, L. Chiapetti, D. Maccagni, M. J. Page, F. J. Carrera, J.
A. Tedds, S. Mateos, M. Krumpe, T. Contini, A. Corral, J. Ebrero, I. Gavignaud, A. Schwope, O.
Le Fevre, M. Polletta, S. Rosen, C. Lonsdale, M. G. Watson, C. Borczyk, P. Vaisanen, 2007, A&A,
474, 473G.
30) “The XMM-Newton serendipitous survey. III. The AXIS X-ray source counts and angular
clustering”, F. J. Carrera, J. Ebrero, S. Mateos, M. T. Ceballos, A. Corral, X. Barcons, M. J. Page,
S. R. Rosen, M. G. Watson, J. A. Tedds, R. Della Ceca, T. Maccacaro, H. Brunner, M. Freyberg, G.
Lamer, F. E. Bauer, Y. Ueda, 2007, A&A, 469, 27C.
31) “Obscured and unobscured growth of supermassive black holes”, X. Barcons, J. Bussons-
Gordo, F. J. Carrera, M. T. Ceballos, A. Corral, J. Ebrero, S. Mateos, M. J. Page, F. Panessa, M.G.
Watson, 2007, RmxAC, 29, 114B.
7. CONTRIBUTIONS TO CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS:
Invited talks
“AGN winds”, J. Ebrero, Invited talk at ISSI Workshop on Multi-scale Structure Formation and
Dynamics in Cosmic Plasmas, Bern (Switzerland), April 15th-19th, 2013
Contributed talks

“Getting the most of it: multiwavelength observations of AGN”, J. Ebrero, Oral contribution
presented at III Meeting of the Spanish AGN Network, Madrid (Spain), March 4th-5th, 2013
“AGN winds as probes of cosmic feedback: the case of Mrk 509”, J. Ebrero, Oral contribution
presented at Black Hole Feedback 2012, Hanover, NH (USA), July 30th - August 3rd, 2012
“AGN winds as probes of cosmic feedback: the case of Mrk 509”, J. Ebrero. Oral contribution
presented at X Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society, Valencia (Spain), July
9th-13th, 2012
“The X-ray/UV absorber in NGC 4593”, J. Ebrero. Oral contribution presented at Black Hole
Universe 2012. Bamberg (Germany), June 18th-22nd, 2012
“A common origin for the X-ray and UV ionized gas in Mrk 509”, J. Ebrero. Oral contribution
presented at Black Hole Astrophysics: Tales of Power and Destruction. Winchester (UK), July
18th-22nd, 2011
“Disentangling the complex absorption spectrum of NGC 7314”, J. Ebrero. Oral contribution
presented at Narrow Line Seyfert 1 galaxies and their place in the Universe. Milan (Italy), April
4th-6th, 2011
“A deep look into the warm absorber of Mrk 509”, J. Ebrero. Oral contribution presented at High
Energy View of Accreting Objects: AGN and X-ray Binaries, Agios Nikolaos, Crete (Greece),
October 5th-14th, 2010
“Warm absorber outflows and feedback processes: the case of Mrk 279”, J. Ebrero, E. Costantini,
J. S. Kaastra, R. G. Detmers, N. Arav, G. A. Kriss, K. Korista, K. Steenbrugge. Oral contribution
presented at COSPAR 2010, Bremen (Germany), July 18th-25th, 2010
“On the arcmin structure of the X-ray Universe”, J. Ebrero, S. Mateos, G. C. Stewart, F. J.
Carrera. Oral contribution at X-ray Astronomy 2009: Present status, multi-wavelength approach and
future perspectives, Bologna (Italy), September 7th-11th, 2009 (2010, AIPC, 1248, 395E)
“On the angular clustering of serendipitous X-ray sources”, J. Ebrero. Oral contribution at the
XMM-Newton SSC Consortium Meeting #22, ESAC, Madrid (Spain), October 15 th – 17 th , 2008
“Cosmic evolution of Active Galactic Nuclei”, J. Ebrero, F. J. Carrera. Oral contribution presented
at VIII Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society, Santander (Spain), July 7th-11th,
2008
“Cosmic evolution of AGN in several X-ray bands”, J. Ebrero. Oral contribution presented at The
X-ray Universe 2008 Symposium, Granada (Spain), May 26 th – 30 th , 2008
“X-ray luminosity functions of Broad Line AGN in several bands”, J. Ebrero. Oral contribution
presented at XMM-Newton SSC Consortium Meeting #21, Strasbourg (France), October 17 th -19 th ,
2007
“Flux Distribution and Angular Clustering of Sources in the X-ray Universe”, J. Ebrero, F. J.
Carrera. Oral contribution presented at VII Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society,
Barcelona (Spain), September 12 th -15 th , 2006

“The XMM-Newton and Spitzer View of Galaxy/AGN Formation at z = 2-3”, F. J. Carrera, J.
Ebrero, M. J. Page, J. A. Stevens. Oral contribution by F. J. Carrera presented at The X-ray
Universe 2005 Symposium, San Lorenzo de El Escorial (Spain), September 26 th -30 th , 2005 (2006,
ESA-SP, 624, 509C)
“Automatic Classification of X-ray Sources Using a Neural Network”, J. Ebrero, F. J. Carrera. Oral
contribution presented at XMM-Newton SSC Consortium Meeting #17, MPE Garching (Germany),
October 24 th -28 th , 2004
Posters
“Winds in Mrk 509: A common origin for the X-ray and UV ionized gas”, J. Ebrero. Poster
presented at AGN winds in Charleston. Charleston, SC (USA), October 15th-18th, 2011
“Multiwavelength campaign on Mrk 509: simultaneous LETGS and COS observations”, J. Ebrero.
Poster presented at The X-ray Universe 2011. Berlin (Germany), June 27th-30th, 2011
“Outflows in Active Galactic Nuclei”, J. Ebrero, E. Costantini, J. S. Kaastra. Poster presented at IX
Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society, Madrid (Spain), September 13th-17th, 2010
“Probing the variability of the warm absorber in Mrk 279”, J. Ebrero, E. Costantini, J. S. Kaastra,
R. G. Detmers, N. Arav, G. A. Kriss. Poster presented at X-ray Astronomy 2009: Present status,
multi-wavelength approach and future perspectives, Bologna (Italy), September 7th-11th, 2009
(2010, AIPC, 1248, 423E)
“Cosmic Evolution of AGN from Medium and Deep X-ray Surveys”, J. Ebrero, F. J. Carrera, J.
Silverman. Poster presented at X-ray Surveys: Evolution of Accretion, Star Formation and the
Large Scale Structure, Rodos Island (Greece), July 2 nd -6 th , 2007
“Relationship Between the Optical and X-ray Characteristics of Extragalactic Sources”, J.
Bussons-Gordo, X. Barcons, F. J. Carrera, M. T. Ceballos, A. Corral, J. Ebrero, S. Mateos, M. J.
Page, M.G. Watson. Poster presented at VII Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society,
Barcelona (Spain), September 12 th -15 th , 2006
“The flux and angular distribution of AXIS sources”, J. Ebrero, F. J. Carrera. Poster presented at
The X-ray Universe 2005 Symposium, San Lorenzo de El Escorial (Spain), September 26 th -30 th ,
2005 (2006, ESA-SP, 624, 829E)
“The Nature of X-ray Absorbed Starburst QSOs and the QSO Evolutionary Scheme”, M. J. Page, F.
J. Carrera, J. Ebrero, J. A. Stevens, R. J. Ivison. Poster presented at The X-ray Universe 2005
Symposium, San Lorenzo de El Escorial (Spain), September 26 th -30 th , 2005 (2006, ESA-SP, 624,
647P)
“The bi-variate log N – log S of medium-faint XMM-Newton sources”, J. Ebrero, X. Barcons, F. J.
Carrera, M.T. Ceballos, S. Mateos. Poster presented at Joint European and National Astronomical
Meeting: The Many Scales of the Universe, Granada (Spain), September 13 rd -17 th , 2004
8. STAYS AT FOREIGN CENTERS:
Two-month stay (April – June 2007) at the Max Planck Institut für Extraterretrische Physik,
Garching (Germany).

Two-month stay (September – November 2006) at the Max Planck Institut für Extraterretrische
Physik, Garching (Germany).
Two-week stay in July 2006 at the MSSL-UCL and the University of Hertfordshire (UK)
Three-week stay in July 2005 at the MSSL-UCL and the University of Hertfordshire (UK)
9. OTHER SKILLS
Advanced programming with Fortran 90/95.
Observational experience at the 3.5-meter telescope of the German-Spanish observatory of Calar
Alto (Spain): long slit optical spectroscopy. Data reduction with IRAF.
Referee for MNRAS.
Peer reviewer of Chandra proposals in the Active Galaxies and Quasars panel.