Research Staff and Their Interests

Below are listed the names and research interests of the current members of the ING astronomy group, of ING observing support assistants (telescope operators) and of research visitors. The names of former members of the astronomy group can be found on the former research staff, students and visitors web page.

A list of papers by ING astronomers, sorted in descending order of publication date, is provided by ADS.

For phone numbers, see the the ING staff list. The instrument responsibilities of individual members of the group are given on the instrumentation overview.

Staff	Username @ing.iac.es	Post	Publications	Research interests
Marc Balcells [web]	director	Director ING	ADS	Galaxy evolution at low and high redshift. Galaxy transformations through interactions and mergers. Bulges of disk galaxies.
Chris Benn [web]	crb	Head of Astronomy	ADS	Broad-absorption-line quasars, exoplanets.
Lilian Domínguez	ldp	Observing Support Scientist	ADS	Evolution of galaxies at intermediate redshift: bulges and disks of disk galaxies, early-type galaxies.
Cecilia Fariña	cf	Observing Support Scientist	ADS	Massive stars and massive star formation. Young stellar populations. Star-forming regions.
Emanuel Gafton	ega	Software Engineer	ADS	Numerical relativity, high-performance computing, tidal disruptions and black hole accretion
Pablo Galán	pgalan	Observing Support Assistant	ADS	Extragalactic physics, cosmologic and n-body simulations, extragalactic planetary neabulae, galaxy clusters and galaxy evolution.
José Norberto González	jng	Observing Support Assistant
Nada Ihanec	nadai	Staff Observer	ADS	Transients related to Black Holes; Transients in the Nucleus of Galaxies, Electromagnetic counterparts of Gravitational Waves, Microlensing events
Florencia Jiménez (on leave of absence)	fjimenez	Observing Support Assistant and Staff Observer	ADS	Low-mass star-forming galaxies at different redshifts
Emilie Lhomé (on leave of absence)	elhome	Optical Engineer	ADS	Optical instrumentation for astronomy, wide-field spectroscopy, nulling interferometry, exoplanets, characterization of historic instruments
Alberto Madrigal	amadrigal	Commissioning Support	ADS	Instrumentation, galaxies, site testing
Eduardo Mantero	emantero	Observing Support Assistant and Staff Observer	ADS	Galaxy evolution, dust extinction on galaxies, novas and Solar System.
Javier Méndez [web]	jma	Scheduler, Service and Override Manager, Astronomy Computing, PR Officer, Librarian	ADS	Planning public communication in research organisations; type-Ia SN companions; historical type-Ia SNe; type-Ia SNe and cosmology.
Lara Monteagudo	lara	Observing Support Assistant	ADS	Star formation history in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
Neil O'Mahony	nom	Optical Engineer	ADS	Optical turbulence, DIMMs, wavefront sensing, optical testing, adaptive optics and astronomical filters
Yeisson Osorio	yo	Staff Observer	ADS	Stellar atmospheres structure and high resolution stellar spectroscopy
Fiona Riddick (on leave of absence)	fiona	Observing Support Assistant	ADS	Brown dwarfs in star-forming regions.
Judith Santos	jsantos	Observing Support Assistant	ADS	Star Formation History of the Milky Way, galaxy formation and evolution and public outreach
Ian Skillen	wji	Senior Support Astronomer	ADS	Exoplanets, distance scale.
Jure Skvarč	jure	Software Engineer	ADS	Astronomical instrumentation and software, telescope control systems, robotic telescopes, adaptive optics, minor planets, comets.
Lucía Suárez	lsuarez	Optical Engineer	ADS	Chemical abundances in stars with and without planets.
Students	Username @ing.iac.es	Home institution	ING supervisor	Research interests
Yfke Bethlehem	ybethlehem	University of Groningen, NL
Callum O'Kane	cokane	University of Nottingham, UK
Saskia Schlagenhauf	sschlagenhauf	Armagh Obs.-QUB, UK
Daisy Young	dyoung	University of Sheffield, UK
Marc del Alcazar i Julia	malcazar	IEEC-ICCUB, ES
Research visitors	Username @ing.iac.es (phone ext.)	Home institution	ING contact	Research interests
Anahi Granada		National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Argentina	Cecilia Farina	Visit supported by the OCEANS project within the Horizon Europe Framework Programme â€“ Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions & Support to Experts (MSCA Staff Exchanges). The goal is to initiate a collaborative project on WEAVE observations.
Reynier Peletier		Groningen University, NL	Marc Balcells	Working on WEAVE data

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