resume – Curro Rodríguez Montero

From
October 2021
To
June 2023

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Department of Astrophysics

Oxford, United Kingdom

C1 ASTROPHYSICS TUTOR

I was a tutor for the masters C1 Astrophysics course at the University of Oxford during the 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 academic years. My duties as a tutor consisted in preparing and imparting tutorials for my group of students and marking their problem sheets.

From
January 2022
To
June 2022

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INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS

Paris, France

INVITED RESEARCHER

Under the supervision of Dr Yohan Dubois, I am developing a novel dust evolution model for cosmological galaxy simulations. This model accounts on-the-fly for the most relevant processes of dust in galaxies and their interaction with thermo-chemistry, radiation and cosmic rays.

From
July 2019
To
August 2019

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SOPA

University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Scotland

RESEARCH ASSISTANT SOPA

Summer research supervised by Vivienne Wild and in collaboration with Romeel Davé, in which I studied the relation between mergers, quenching and galaxy colours in cosmological simulations.

From
June 2018
To
August 2018

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SOPA

University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland

RESEARCH INTERNSHIP AT SOPA

Summer research funded by EPSRC Summer Scholarship focused in the chaotic properties of turbulent isotropic fluids and their connection with weather phenomena. Supervised by Prof. Arjun Berera and Richard Ho.

From
November 2015
To
May 2016

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REAL OBSERVATORIO DE LA ARMADA

San Fernando, Spain

DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE DEBRIS AUTOMATIC DETECTION ALGORITHM

On the basis of the positions detected in astronomical images, using a Python algorithm of my own, the results were compared with the catalogue developed in the Real Observatorio de la Armada. This research was meant as the Extended Essay at the end of my studies in the International Baccalaureate.

From
October 2020
To
Present

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UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

Oxford, United Kingdom

PhD ASTROPHYSICS

I am a Wolfson-Harrison PhD student at the Department of Astrophysics (Oxford) working under the supervision of Adrianne Slyz and Julien Devriendt. I work on a multiple of topics like e.g. cosmic rays, magnetic fields, high redshift Universe and the evolution of dust and organic molecules in the interstellar medium. The main focus of my work is to build a more complete model of galaxy formation in a cosmological context to put to test our understanding of the formation of the most massive galaxies in the Universe.

From
October 2019
To
July 2020

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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

Cambridge, United Kingdom

MASt ASTROPHYSICS

I received the European Scholarship by the Cambridge Trust to study the Part III at the University of Cambridge. The Part III program allows access to an immense variety of specialised courses in applied mathematics and theoretical physics. During my time here I pushed further my interests in theoretical physics and cosmology. I also worked on a project in the study of cosmic ray feedback in supernovae, which lead to paper.

From
September 2016
To
July 2019

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UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, Scotland

BSc ASTROPHYSICS

The Royal Observatory of Edinburgh has been a centre for the development of astronomy and astrophysics in the UK and Europe for more 200 years. The University of Edinburgh offers a self-contained bachelor's degree in Astrophysics, based on a general education in physics and applied mathematics during the first two years and the access to courses in modern topics of astrophysics as stellar evolution, advanced cosmology, computational physics or galaxy formation theory. Thanks to my results in the International Baccalaureate, I was able to jump directly to 2nd year and finish the degree in 3 years.