Curriculum Vitae - Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade do Porto

Curriculum Vitae
Vasco de Matos F. M. Neves
Personal Information
Birth: 13/11/1978, Coimbra, Portugal
Nationality: Portuguese
Telephone: +351 968474748
E-mail: [email protected]
Web page: http://vasco.weebly.com
Education
• 2009(October)-present : Ph.D. Student at Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade do
Porto (www.astro.up.pt) and at Institut de Planétologie et dʼAstrophysique de Grenoble
(ipag.osug.fr).
• 2007-2008: M.Sc. in Physics, University of Aveiro, Portugal. Title: ʻAbundances of
Elements in Exoplanet Host Starsʼ. Final mark: 17/20.
• 2002-2007: Physics Degree (Licenciatura), University of Aveiro, Portugal. Title: ʻQuantum
dots de PbSeʼ. Final mark: 16/20.
• Certificate of Advanced English (CAE) - Cambridge University, England.
Research Interests
• Stellar parameters of M dwarfs (mainly [Fe/H] and Teff).
• Stellar parameters and elemental abundances of FGK dwarfs.
• Statistical properties of extrasolar planets and their host stars.
• Mid- and High-Resolution Spectroscopy in the VIS & NIR (e.g. HARPS, ESPRESSO, XSHOOTER).
Highlights
• Three refereed papers as first author, four refereed papers as co-author (link).
• Highest number of citations in a paper: 53 (link), H-index of 5.
• Co-author of the detection of the first super-earth in the middle of the habitable zone
around a main sequence star (link); (http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1214/).
• Member of the team (HARPS M dwarf team) of the first paper to make the first direct
estimate of the number of rocky planets around M dwarfs in the Galaxy (http://
www.eso.org/public/news/eso1214/).
• Member of the team (EXOEarths) that found the smallest and closest planet so far, an
Earth-class planet in Alpha Cen B (http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1241/).
Participation in Conferences, Schools and Seminars
• 2012/09: XXII ENAA (Portuguese National Encounter of Astronomy & Astrophysics),
CAUP, Porto, Portugal. Oral communication.
• 2012/06: Cool Stars 17 – 17th Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems and
the Sun, Barcelona, Spain. Poster communication.
• 2011/11: Planetary Systems with Gaia: Near and Far, CAUP, Porto, Portugal.
• 2011/09: Extreme Solar Systems II, Jackson Lake Lodge, Grand Teton National Park,
Moran, Wyoming, USA, 11- 17/09/2011. Poster communication.
• 2011/09: XXI ENAA (Portuguese National Encounter of Astronomy & Astrophysics), 7-10
September 2011, Coimbra, Portugal. Oral communication.
• 2011/06: Summer School in Statistics for Astronomers VII, State College, Pennsylvania,
USA.
• 2010/10: IAU Symposium 276, 2011: The Astrophysics of Planetary Systems: Formation,
Structure, and Dynamical Evolution, Torino, Italy. Poster communication.
• 2010/08: Cool Stars 16 - 16th Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and
the Sun. Seattle, USA, 29/08/2010 to 02/09/2010. Poster communication.
• 2009/10: Towards Other Earths - perspectives and limitations in the E-ELT era (ESO/
CAUP workshop), Porto, Portugal. Poster communication.
• 2009/07: XIX ENAA (Portuguese National Encounter of Astronomy & Astrophysics),
Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro. Oral communication.
• 2007/04: Workshop on Medical Instrumentation Signal and Imaging (WMISIʼ07),
Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro.
• 2007/01: International School on Structural Characterization of Nanostructures
(ISSCNʼ07), Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro.
• 2004: National Meeting of Physics Students (ENEF), University of Aveiro, Aveiro.
Communications in Conferences and Seminars
Talks
• 2012/09: Oral talk at XXII ENAA (Portuguese National Encounter of Astronomy &
Astrophysics), CAUP, Porto, Portugal. Title: A new visual spectroscopic metallicity scale
for M dwarfs: the 'Super-Index' approach.
• 2012/07: Oral talk at PhD day, DFA, FCUP, Porto, Portugal. Title: Metallicity of M dwarfs:
the link to exoplanets.
• 2012/06: Oral talk at Studentʼs day @ CAUP, Porto, Portugal. Title: Metallicity/Stellar
mass relationship with planets of the HARPS GTO M-dwarf sample.
• 2012/04: Oral talk at Journée des Thèses, IPAG, Grenoble, France Title: Towards a
precise metallicity scale for M dwarfs.
• 2011/09: Oral talk at XXI ENAA (Portuguese National Encounter of Astronomy &
Astrophysics), 7-10 September 2011, Coimbra, Portugal. Title: A comparative test of
metallicity calibrations for M dwarfs.
• 2011/06: Oral talk during Students Day at CAUP. Title : Metallicity of M dwarfs: the link to
exoplanets.
• 2011/01: Oral talk at IPAG Seminar. Title: Metallicity of M dwarfs: the link to exoplanets.
• 2010/04: Oral talk during PhD day at DFA, FCUP, Porto, Portugal. Title: M-dwarfs and
exoplanets: perspectives and challenges of an exciting PhD project.
• 2009/07: Oral talk at XIX ENAA (Portuguese National Encounter of Astronomy &
Astrophysics), Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal. Title: Chemical abundances of
451 stars from the HARPS GTO planet search program: thick disc, thin disc, and
planets.
Posters
• 2012/06: ʻA new visual spectroscopic metallicity scale for M dwarfs: the ʼSuper-Indexʼ
approachʼ. Authors: V. Neves, X. Bonfils, N.C. Santos, X. Delfosse, T. Forveille, F. Allard,
and S. Udry. Conference: Cool Stars 17 – 17th Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars,
Stellar Systems and the Sun, Barcelona, Spain.
• 2011/09: ʻA Comparative Test of Metallicity Calibrations for M dwarfs. Authors: Neves,V.;
Bonfils,X.; Santos,N.C. Conference: Extreme Solar Systems II, Jackson Lake Lodge,
Grand Teton National Park, Moran, Wyoming, USA.
• 2010/10: ʻVolatiles and refractories in solar analogs: no terrestrial planet connection.ʼ
Authors: J. I. González Hernández, G. Israelian, N. C. Santos, S. Sousa, E. DelgadoMena, V. Neves, and S. Udry. Conference: IAU Symposium 276, 2011: The Astrophysics
of Planetary Systems: Formation, Structure, and Dynamical Evolution, Torino.
• 2010/10: ʻMetallicity of M dwarfs: the link to exoplanets.ʼ Authors: V. Neves, X. Bonfils, N.
C. Santos. Conference: IAU Symposium 276, 2011: The Astrophysics of Planetary
Systems: Formation, Structure, and Dynamical Evolution.
• 2010/08: ʻChemical abundances of volatiles and refractories in solar analogs with and
without planets: no relation with terrestrial planetsʼ. Authors: J. I. González Hernández,
G. Israelian, N. C. Santos, S. Sousa, E. Delgado-Mena, V. Neves, and S. Udry.
Conference: Cool Stars 16 - 16th Cambridge workshop on cool stars, stellar systems,
and the sun. Seattle, USA.
• 2010/08: ʻMetallicity of M dwarfs: the link to exoplanetsʼ. Authors: V. Neves, X. Bonfils, N.
C. Santos. Conference: Cool Stars 16 - 16th Cambridge workshop on cool stars, stellar
systems, and the sun. Seattle, USA.
• 2009/10: ʻChemical abundances of 451 stars from the HARPS GTO planet search
programʼ. Authors: V. Neves, N. C. Santos, S. G. Sousa, A. C. M. Correia, and G.
Israelian. Conference: Towards Other Earths - perspectives and limitations in the E-ELT
era (ESO/CAUP workshop).
Publications
Non refereed papers
• 2011/12: ʻChemical abundances of volatiles and refractories in solar analogs with and
without planets: no relation with terrestrial planetsʼ. Authors: J. I. González Hernández G.
Israelian, N. C. Santos, S. Sousa, E. Delgado-Mena, V. Neves, and S. Udry. ASP
Conference Series. Conference: Cool Stars 16 - 16th Cambridge workshop on cool
stars, stellar systems, and the sun. Seattle, USA, 29/08 to 02/09 2010. Edited by
Christopher M. Johns-Krull, Matthew K. Browning, and Andrew A. West. San Francisco:
Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2012., p.879.
• 2011/11: ʻVolatiles and refractories in solar analogs: no terrestrial planet connectionʼ.
Authors: J. I. González Hernández, G. Israelian, N. C. Santos, S. Sousa, E. DelgadoMena, V. Neves, and S. Udry. Proceedings of the IAU Symposium 276, 2011: The
Astrophysics of Planetary Systems: Formation, Structure, and Dynamical Evolution,
Torino, 11-15/10/2010, Volume 276, p. 443-444.
• 2011/11: ʻMetallicity of M-dwarfs: The link to exoplanetsʼ. Authors: V. Neves, X. Bonfils,
N. C. Santos. Proceedings of the IAU Symposium 276, 2011: The Astrophysics of
Planetary Systems: Formation, Structure, and Dynamical Evolution, Torino,
11-15/10/2010, Volume 276, p. 443-444.
• 2011/11: ʻDetailed chemical abundances of solar analogs with and without planets: no
terrestrial planet connectionʼ.Authors: Gonzalez Hernandez, J. I.; Israelian, G.; Santos,
N. C.; Sousa, S.; Delgado-Mena, E.; Neves, V.; Udry, S. Conference: Highlights of
Spanish Astrophysics VI, Proceedings of the IX Scientific Meeting of the Spanish
Astronomical Society (SEA), Madrid, Spain, 13-17/09/2010, Eds.: M. R. Zapatero Osorio,
J. Gorgas, J. Maíz Apellániz, J. R. Pardo, and A. Gil de Paz., p. 576-582.
Refereed papers (ADS link)
• 2012/11 (submitted): ʻMetallicity of M dwarfs III. Planet-metallicity and planet-stellar mass
correlations of the HARPS GTO M dwarf sampleʼ. Authors: Neves, V.; Bonfils, X.;
Santos, N. C.; Delfosse, X.; Forveille, T.; Allard, F.; Udry, S.
• 2012/10: ʻA hot Uranus transiting the nearby M dwarf GJ 3470. Detected with HARPS
velocimetry. Captured in transit with TRAPPIST photometryʼ. Authors: Bonfils, X.;
Gillon, M.; Udry, S.; Armstrong, D.; Bouchy, F.; Delfosse, X.; Forveille, T.; Fumel, A.;
Jehin, E.; Lendl, M.; Lovis, C.; Mayor, M.; McCormac, J.; Neves, V.; Pepe, F.;Perrier, C.;
Pollaco, D.; Queloz, D.; Santos, N. C., A&A, 546, A27.
• 2012/02 (submitted): ʻThe HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets XXXV. SuperEarths around the M-dwarf neighbors Gl433 and Gl667Cʼ. Authors: Delfosse, X.; Bonfils,
X.; Forveille, T.; Udry, S.; Mayor, M.; Bouchy, F.; Gillon, M.; Lovis, C.; Neves, V.; Pepe,
F.; Perrier, C.; Queloz, D.; Santos, N. C.; Ségransan, D., arXiv eprint: 1202.2467.
• 2012/02: ʻMetallicity of M dwarfs. II. A comparative study of photometric metallicity
scalesʼ. Authors: Neves, V.; Bonfils, X.; Santos, N. C.; Delfosse, X.; Forveille, T.; Allard,
F.; Natário, C.; Fernandes, C. S.; Udry, S.. A&A, 538, A25.
• 2011/09 (submitted): ʻThe HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets XXXII. Only 4
planets in the Gl-581 systemʼ. Authors: Forveille, T.; Bonfils, X.; Delfosse, X.; Alonso, R.;
Udry, S.; Bouchy, F.; Gillon, M.; Lovis, C.; Neves, V.; Mayor, M.; Pepe, F.; Queloz, D.;
Santos, N. C.; Segransan, D.; Almenara, J. M.; Deeg, H.; Rabus, M., arXiv eprint:
1109.2505.
• 2011/04: ʻA short-period super-Earth orbiting the M2.5 dwarf GJ 3634. Detection with
HARPS velocimetry and transit search with Spitzer photometryʼ. Authors: Bonfils, X.;
Gillon, M.; Forveille, T.; Delfosse, X.; Deming, D.; Demory, B.-O.; Lovis, C.; Mayor, M.;
Neves, V.; Perrier, C.; Santos, N. C.; Seager, S.; Udry, S.; Boisse, I.; Bonnefoy, M., A&A,
528, A111.
• 2010/09: ʻSearching for the Signatures of Terrestrial Planets in Solar Analogsʼ. Authors:
González Hernández, J. I.; Israelian, G.; Santos, N. C.; Sousa, S.; Delgado-Mena, E.;
Neves, V.; Udry, S., ApJ 720, 1592
• 2009/04: ʻChemical abundances of 451 stars from the HARPS GTO planet search
program. Thin disc, thick disc, and planetsʼ. Authors: Neves, V.; Santos, N. C.;
Sousa, S. G.; Correia, A. C. M.; Israelian, G., A&A, 497, 563.
Outreach & Public Communications
• 2012/04: TV program interview. Title: Planetas semelhantes à terra povoam o universo uma conversa informal tendo com base o ESO press release 1214. Programa ʻConta-me
Históriasʼ no âmbito do projecto Academia RTP. Gravado no Centro de Astrofísica da
Universidade do Porto, Portugal.
• 2012/04: TV live interview. Title: Existem na nossa galáxia biliões de planetas rochosos
na zona habitável de estrelas mais pequenas que o sol (related to the ESO press
release 1214), Porto Canal, Porto, Portugal.
• 2012/03: Newspaper interviews (4). Title: Há milhares de milhões de ʻTerrasʼ na Via
Láctea. Newspaper: Diário de Notícias. Date: 29/03/2012; Title: Há muitas Super-Terras
onde pode haver vida. Newspaper: Público. Date: 29/03/2012; Title: Planetas em zona
habitável podem ser frequentes. Newspaper: tvnet.sapo.pt.Date: 29/03/2012; Title:
Ciência: Mais um passo dado na busca de vida para além da Terra. Newspaper:
Jornalismo porto net. Date: 29/03/2012. (all news are related to the ESO press release
1214).
• 2012/03: ESO press release 1214. Title: Many Billions of Rocky Planets in the Habitable
Zones around Red Dwarfs in the Milky Way. Team: X. Bonfils, X. Delfosse, T. Forveille,
M. Mayor, C. Perrier, F. Bouchy, M. Gillon, C. Lovis, F. Pepe, D. Queloz, N. C. Santos, D.
Ségransan, J.-L. Bertaux, and Vasco Neves. Webpage: http://www.eso.org/public/news/
eso1214/
• 2012/02: Public talk. Title: Planetas habitáveis fora do sistema solar. Place: Angra do
Heroísmo, Terceira, Açores, Portugal
• 2012/02: Public talk. Title: Planetas habitáveis fora do sistema solar. Place: Ribeira
Grande, São Miguel, Açores, Portugal. Organizer: Observatório Astronómico de Santana
Observational Experience, Proposals & International Collaborations
• Three missions observing with the HARPS spectrograph @ La Silla during 2010-2012: 8
nights @ May 2010; 11 nights @ May 2011, and 10 nights @ March 2012.
• Member of the HARPS M dwarf group since 2010.
• Member of the EXO-Earths team since 2010.
• Mission at the Observatoire dʼ Haute Provence (OHP - France), observing with the
SOPHIE spectrograph for 7 nights at 2011/01.
• Awarded ESO telescope time (P88) with the X-SHOOTER spectrograph @ the VLT.
Title: A spectroscopic metallicity scale for M dwarfs. Authors: Vasco Neves; Xavier
Bonfils; Nuno Santos; Xavier Delfosse; Thierry Forveille; Michael Gillon; France Allard.
Time : ~ 15h. Status: executed. Date: from 2011/10 to 2012/03.
• Awarded Hubble space telescope (HST) time with WFC3. Title: Investigating the nature
of GJ 3470b, the missing link between super-Earths and Neptunes. Authors: David
Ehrenreich; Xavier Bonfils; Michael Gillon; Stéphane Udry; Michel Mayor; Xavier
Delfosse; Thierry Forveille; Christophe Lovis; Nuno Santos; Vasco Neves. Status:
Accepted. Execution Date: 2013/02.
• Awarded Spitzer Space Telescope Time with IRAC @ 4.5μm. Title: Characterization of a
Low-density Transiting Exo-Neptune(GJ3470b). Authors: Brice Olivier-Demory; Michael
Gillon; Xavier Bonfils; Xavier Delfosse; Thierry Forveille; Christophe Lovis; Michel Mayor;
Stéphane Udry; Nuno Santos;Vasco Neves. Status: Executed. Approval Date: 2012/06.
• Experience reducing and analyzing data from ESO high- and mid-resolution
spectrographs such as HARPS, FEROS, and X-SHOOTER.