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Karina Isabel Caputi
Curriculum Vitæ
May 2016
Contact Details
Prof. dr. Karina I. Caputi
Kapteyn Astronomical Institute
University of Groningen
P.O. Box 800
9700 AV Groningen
The Netherlands
Electronic mail:
Telephone:
Web:
[email protected]
(++31) 50 363 8325
http://www.astro.rug.nl/∼karina/
Higher Education
2001-2004
1995-1998
1993-1995
Ph.D. in Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh, UK.
Degree Award date: 21 June 2005
Licenciatura en Fı́sica (BPhys + MPhys), Instituto Balseiro, Bariloche, Argentina.
Degree Award date: 18 December 1998.
First two years of Licenciatura en Fı́sica at the University of Buenos Aires,
in preparation for admission at Instituto Balseiro.
Appointments
05.2016-present
02.2012-04.2016
10.2009-12.2011
09.2006-09.2009
11.2004-08.2006
10.2001-10.2004
04.1999-07.2001
Associate Professor, Kapteyn Astronomical Institute,
University of Groningen (RUG), The Netherlands.
Assistant Professor and Rosalind Franklin Fellow, Kapteyn Astronomical
Institute, University of Groningen (RUG), The Netherlands.
SUPA and Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow, Institute for Astronomy,
The University of Edinburgh, UK.
Post-doctoral Researcher, Institute of Astronomy, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
Post-doctoral Researcher, Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale, Orsay, France.
Ph.D. student, Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, UK.
Research assistant of the CNEA at the Bariloche Atomic Center, Argentina.
Fellowships and Awards
2012
2011
2009
2009
2001
1995
NASA/ESA Significant Achievement Award for work in JWST/MIRI Testing Campaign.
Rosalind Franklin Fellowship, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship, UK.
ESO ALMA Fellowship (declined).
Overseas Research Scheme (ORS) Award, Universities UK.
CNEA Fellowship for Undergraduate Studies at the Instituto Balseiro, Bariloche, Argentina.
Grants (selected)
2016-2021
2015-2018
2015-2017
2013-2016
20132012-2016
Galaxy Buildup in the Young Universe: from the First Billion Years through
the Peak Activity Epoch, ERC Consolidator Grant (PI Caputi; 0 co-Is). Award: EUR 1.9M
Mapping the Peak Star Formation Activity of the Universe with New Nanotechnological Devices,
NWO TOP Grant (PI Caputi; 0 co-Is). Award: ca EUR 217k
Spitzer Exploration Science Program (PI Caputi), NASA Grant for US-based co-Is: ca. u$s 315k
The Study of Typical Ultra-Luminous Infrared Galaxies in the AMKID E-CDFS
Sub-millimetre Survey, NOVA4 Science Program (PI Caputi; 2 co-Is): EUR 120k
Co-I of three approved projects in the NOVA4 Intrumentation Program. Total award: EUR 2M+
Rosalind Franklin Fellowship start-up pack (PI Caputi; 0 co-Is): EUR 250k
Research Interests
Galaxy formation and evolution up to high redshifts. Mid-/far-IR and sub-/millimetre galaxies.
Multiwavelength follow-up. Star formation, black-hole activity and their evolution with cosmic
time. The physics of the interstellar medium. Near-IR galaxies. Stellar mass assembly.
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Karina Isabel Caputi
Curriculum Vitæ
May 2016
Summary of Academic Publications
I am an author of 100+ refereed publications with a total of 8000+ citations, including:
* 20 papers with 100+ citations each
* 23 first-author, or leading co-author, research papers with a total of 1000+ citations
* one, single-author, invited review article
My Hirsch index is H=42.
Professional Membership
• Member of the International Astronomical Union.
• Member of the European Astronomical Society.
Approved Observing Programs
• P.I., SMUVS: Spitzer Matching survey of the UltraVISTA ultra-deep Stripes,
Spitzer Exploration Science Program, Cycle 11 (15 co-Is; 1776.5 h), 2014
• P.I., A MUSE Deep Look into the Frontier Fields Cluster Abell S1063,
VLT/MUSE Program (14 co-Is; 4 h in SV + 4 h in P95), 2014
• P.I., Cold Dust in Two Massive ULIRGs at z ∼ 5, IRAM/PdBI Program (13 co-Is; 16 h), 2013
• P.I., Signatures of inflows and outflows in the rest UV spectra of massive galaxies at z ∼ 3,
VLT/FORS2 Program (5 co-Is; 32.3 h), 2011
• Co-I of other multiple approved observing programs, including the HST Multi-Cycle Treasury Program
CANDELS: Cosmic Assembly Near-IR Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey (P.I.s: Faber/Ferguson;
902 HST orbits), and four VLT/VISTA Large Programs (2008-2014).
Activities for Key Future Astronomical Facilities
201420102011
Senior Scientific Advisor, APEX/AMKID Dutch Steering Committee.
Member, JWST/MIRI European Guaranteed Time Science Consortium.
Coordinator, Working Group ‘Follow up of Large Area Surveys’ for the phase A study of
the MOONS spectrograph for the VLT.
Recent Invited Seminars and other Talks (selected)
• Galaxy Stellar Mass Assembly in the Early Universe,
Invited Astrophysics Seminar, Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, France, April 2016.
• AGN Studies with JWST/MIRI,
Invited Talk at the Conference TORUS 2015, Winchester, UK, September 2015.
• Mapping Cosmic Star Formation with New Nanotechnological Devices,
Invited Spotlight Colloquium, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, RUG, April 2015.
• Galaxy Stellar Mass Assembly at High z,
Invited Talk at the International Conference “Back at the Edge of the Universe”, Sintra, Portugal, March 2015.
• Star formation and nuclear activity in hidden massive galaxies at high redshifts,
Invited Cavendish Astrophysics Seminar, University of Cambridge, UK, April 2014.
• A New Method to Search for AGN in Large Galaxy Surveys,
Invited Colloquium, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, June 2013.
• Chasing AGN at z > 1: a New IR Diagnostic,
Invited Colloquium, Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, Italy, May 2013.
• Chasing AGN at z > 1: a New IR Diagnostic,
Invited Colloquium, ASTRON/JIVE, Dwingeloo, February 2013.
• Fast and Efficient: Massive Galaxy Assembly in the Young Universe,
Invited Colloquium, Nederlandse AstronomenClub (NAC) Science Meeting, Amsterdam, January 2013.
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Karina Isabel Caputi
Curriculum Vitæ
May 2016
PhD Student & Postdoc Supervision
05.2015-present
09.2013-present
09.2012-present
06.2011-11.2014
Dr. Soh Ikarashi (previously Univ. of Tokyo and ESO Visiting Fellow)
Laura Bisigello (expected PhD thesis defence: Sep.2017).
Wouter Karman (expected PhD thesis defence: Sep.2016).
Gergö Popping (PhD thesis defence: Nov.2014,cum laude; currently ESO fellow).
Teaching Experience
2016
2015
2013-present
2012-present
2012
2008
1999-2009
Invited Lecturer at Honours College, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, RUG.
Awarded Teaching Qualification for Dutch Universities (BKO).
Lecturer, Scientific Writing course for PhD students, RUG.
Lecturer, Interstellar Medium (BSc), Starburst Galaxies, Cosmic Star Formation History
(MSc), RUG.
Invited Lecturer, NOVA PhD Fall School. Course: Star Formation in Galaxies through
Cosmic Times.
Invited Lecturer and Workshop Coordinator, École des Cigales: data reduction and analysis
techniques for Herschel deep cosmological fields, IAS, Orsay, France.
Teaching Assistant, multiple Astronomy, Physics and Mathematics courses at
ETH Zurich (Switzerland), École Doctorale Astronomie & Astrophysique d’Île de France,
University of Edinburgh (UK), Instituto Balseiro (Argentina).
Other Recent Professional Activities (selected)
The Netherlands:
2016-present
2015
2013-present
2012-2015
2015
2012
2012-2014
Coordinator, NOVA PhD Fall School.
Panel Member, Top Grant Compartiment 2, NWO.
Chair (previously Member), Education Committee, Astronomy, RUG.
Member, Board of Examiners, Astronomy, RUG.
Member, Reading Committee, Mattia Fumagalli’s PhD thesis, Leiden University.
Member, Dutch Time Allocation Committee for the Island Observatories
(James Clerk Maxwell Telescope & Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes).
Organiser, Monday Lunch Talks, Kapteyn Astronomical Institute.
International:
2016
2015
2015
2014
2013-2014
2013
2012
2004-present
Expert External Reviewer, Starting Grants, European Research Council.
Expert External Reviewer, Internal Coordinated Research Projects,
Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Italy.
Invited Member, SOC, 49th ESLAB Symposium Exploring the Universe with JWST,
ESA-ESTEC, The Netherlands.
Chair, SOC, Symposium Digging deep into the extragalactic infrared sky:
current status and the European road to the JWST, EWASS2014, Geneva, Switzerland.
Panel Member, ESO Observing Programmes Committee (OPC), P92-94
Co-Chair, SOC, Joint French/Dutch/Belgian Workshop
Clair-Obscur Extragalactique II - Recent Results on IR Galaxies, SF2A, Montpellier, France.
Expert External Reviewer, Post-Doctoral Fellowship Programme, Swiss National
Science Foundation.
Regular Referee for major scientific journals (ApJ, MNRAS, A&A, PASJ).
Language knowledge
Spanish (native), English & French (fluent), Italian (intermediate) & Dutch (basic)
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