PhD: 29 from 2012 to 2023
- Francesco Mauro, 2012, Univ. de Concepcion, Chile. “Massive Huge-Field PSF-fitting Photometry of Galactic Stellar Clusters with the VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea ESO Survey”. Advisor: Doug Geisler
- Oscar González, 2013, Ludwig-Maximilians-Univ. Muenchen, Germany. “Unfolding the Galactic Bulge”. Advisor: Marina Rejkuba
- Sandra Greiss, 2014, Univ. Hertfordshire, UK.“Exploring the final stages of stars in our Milky Way using large sky surveys”. Advisor: Danny Steeghs
- Eliade Lima, 2014, Univ. Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. “Probing embedded star clusters in the HII complex NGC 6357 with VVV”. Advisor: Charles Bonato
- Leo Huckvale, 2014, Univ. Manchester, UK. “Difference Imaging Analysis for VISTA Variables in the Vía Láctea”. Advisor: Eamonn Kerins
- Carlos Contreras Peña, 2015, Univ. Hertfordshire, UK. “Extreme Variables in Star Forming Regions”. Advisor: Phil Lucas
- Leigh C. Smith, 2015, Univ. Hertfordshire, UK. “Near-Infrared Proper Motion Surveys”. Advisor: Phil Lucas
- Juan Carlos Beamin, 2015, Univ. Catolica, Chile. “Characterization of high proper motion stars and brown dwarfs from the VVV survey and WISE mission”. Advisors: Dante Minniti, Valentin Ivanov, Manuela Zoccali
- Sergio Vásquez, 2017, Univ. Catolica, Chile. “Structure, Kinematics and Metallicity of the Galactic Bulge”. Advisors: Manuela Zoccali, Ivo Saviane
- Claudio Navarro-Molina, 2017, Univ. de Valparaiso, Chile. “A variability study of the stellar population of the Galactic center”. Advisors: Jura Borissova, Marcio Catelan.
- Francisco Surot Madrid, 2018, Ludwig-Maximilians-Univ. Muenchen, Germany. “Mapping the stellar age of the Milky Way Bulge with the VVV Survey”. Advisor: Elena Valenti
- Karina Rojas Olate, 2018, Univ. de Valparaiso, Chile. “Strong gravitational lensing as a probe of structure from small to large scale”. Advisor: Veronica Motta.
- Laura Baravalle, 2018, Univ. Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina. “Objetos extensos en el relevamiento VVV (Vista Variables in the Via Lactea)”. Advisor: Maria Victoria Alonso
- Caddy Cortes Santana, 2019, Univ. de Concepcion, Chile. “Search for Exoplanetary Transits in the Galactic Bulge”. Advisors: Dante Minniti, Sandro Villanova, Christian Moni Bidin
- Gergely Hajdu, 2019, Univ. Catolica, Chile. “Structure of the Obscured Galactic Disk with Pulsating Variables”. Advisors: Márcio Catelan, Eva K. Grebel
- Juan Bautista Cabral, 2019, Univ. Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina. “Analysis and design of astrophysical data mining processes on multiple epoch photometric catalogs”. Advisors: Pablo Granitto, Sebastian Gurovich
- Felipe Gran, 2020, “Unleashing the Proper Motions: Revolution in the Inner Galaxy”. Univ. Catolica, Chile. Advisor: Manuela Zoccali, Ivo Saviane
- Laura Donoso, 2020, Univ. Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina. “Galaxias con nucleos activos en grandes relevamientos”. Advisor: Maria Victoria Alonso
- María Gabriela Navarro, 2021, Univ. di Roma La Sapienza, Italy and Univ. Andres Bello, Chile. “Microlensing events and RR Lyrae in the Galactic center”. Advisors: Dante Minniti, Roberto Capuzzo-Dolcetta
- Everton Botan, 2021, Univ. Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil “Identificação de estrelas variáveis no VVV e investigação de estruturas no bojo Galáctico”. Advisor: Roberto K. Saito
- Fatemeh Nikzat, 2021, Univ. Catolica, Chile. “LPVs in the Inner Regions of the Milky Way”. Advisor: Marcio Catelan
- Javier H. Minniti, 2021, Univ. Catolica, Chile. “Using Classical Cepheids to Study the Far Side of the Milky Way Disk” Advisor: Manuela Zoccali
- Andrea Mejias, 2022, Univ. Andres Bello, Chile. “M Dwarfs in The VVVX Survey: A Census of Low Mass Stars, Brown Dwarfs and Free Floating Planets in The Southern Galactic Plane”. Advisor: Dante Minniti
- Nicolás Medina Peña, 2022, Univ. de Valparaiso, Chile. “Characterization of the variability of young stellar sources in star-forming regions across the Galaxy”. Advisor: Jura Borissova
- Elisa Rita Garro, 2023, Univ. Andres Bello, Chile. “The globular cluster systems of the Milky Way and the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy”. Advisors: Dante Minniti, Jose Fernandez Trincado
- Alonso Luna, 2023, Univ. Andres Bello, Chile. “Search for hypervelocity stars in the Galactic bulge”. Advisors: Dante Minniti, Marina Rejkuba, Tommaso Marchetti
- Casmir Oluabuchukwu Obasi, Oct 2023, Univ. Andres Bello, Chile. “Unveiling enigmatic low luminosity Galactic clusters, and the Circinus galaxy globular cluster system”. Advisors: Matias Gomez, Dante Minniti
- Daniela Galdeano, Oct 2023, Univ. Nacional de San Juan, Argentina. “Develando galaxias y estructuras de galaxias detrás de la región central de la Vía Láctea”. Advisors: Georgina Coldwell, Sol Alonso
- Ingrid Vanessa Daza Perilla, Dec 2023, Univ. Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina. “Análisis automático de grandes volúmenes de datos astronómicos con mensajeros múltiples”. Advisor: Marcelo Lares
MSc
1. Alejandra Rojas, 2013
“Búsqueda de contrapartes de fuentes de alta energía usando el survey infrarrojo VVV y espectroscopía óptica en CTIO”
Advisors: Dante Minniti, Nicola Masetti
2. Francisco Javier Peñaloza Sanchez, 2013
“Determinacion de abundancias químicas en los cúmulos globulares 2MASS GC02 y Mercer5”
Advisors: Jura Borissova and Radostin Kurtev
3. Felipe Gran, 2015
“Outer Bulge RR Lyrae stars in the VVV Survey”
Advisors: Dante Minniti, Roberto Saito, Manuela Zoccali
4. Vicente Villanueva, 2015
“Parallaxes with the VVV”
Advisor: Radostin Kurtev
5. Nicolás Medina, 2016
Advisor: Jura Borissova
6. Katherine Montenegro Armijo, 2018
Blue Horizontal Branch Stars using the VVV Survey
Advisor: Dante Minniti
7. Matías Chijani, 2019
“A New Galactic Bulge Globular Cluster from the VVV Survey”
Advisor: Dante Minniti
8. Roberto Kammers, 2019
Mapeando o disco da Via Láctea com estrelas gigantes vermelhas
Advisor: Roberto Kalbusch Saito
Comisión:
Roberto Kalbusch Saito, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
João Carlos Xavier, Instituto Federal Catarinense-Campus Rio do Sul
Antônio Nemer Kanaan Neto, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
9. Marcos da Maia Vicente Júnior, 2019
Buscas por trânsitos planetários ao redor de estrelas anãs M da região do bojo galáctico
Advisor: Prof. Roberto Kalbusch Saito
Comisión:
Roberto Kalbusch Saito, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Rubens Tadeu Delgado Duarte, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Daniel Ruschel Dutra, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
10. Ellen Carolinie Gomes e Silva, 2019
Buscas por anãs brancas na região do disco galáctico
Advisor: Roberto Kalbusch Saito
Co-Supervisor: Antônio Nemer Kanaan Neto
Comisión:
Roberto Kalbusch Saito, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Raymundo Baptista, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Fábio Rafael Herpich, Universidade de São Paulo
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