ALDO M. SERENELLI

Curriculum Vitae

 

 

CONTACT INFORMATION 

 


            School of Natural Sciences                                          Te: +1 609 734 8261

Institute for Advanced Study                                      Fax: +1 609 951 4402

Einstein Dr., Princeton, NJ, 08540, USA                    email: aldos@ias.edu

                                                                                    http://www.sns.ias.edu/~aldos

 

 

EDUCATION

 


            National University of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina

                        Ph.D., Astronomy, December 2002

 

            National University of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina

                        “Licenciado en Astronomía” (equivalent to Masters of Science), March 1999          

 

 

EXPERIENCE

 


            RESEARCH

           

            Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA

            Long-Term Member of the School of Natural Sciences

            Sept.2005 – present

 

            Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA

            Member (postdoctoral position) of the School of Natural Sciences

            Sept. 2003 – Sept. 2005

 

            Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching bei München, Germany

            European Association for Research in Astronomy Fellow

            Feb. 2003 – July 2003

 

            Faculty of Astronomy and Geophysics, National University of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina

            Graduate Fellow of the National Council of Scientific and Technological Research of Argentina (CONICET)

            Apr. 1999 – Feb. 2003

 

TEACHING

 

            National University of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina

            Instructor. Mathematics Admission Courses

            2000 – 2002

 

            National University of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina

            Head of Teaching Assistants. Courses: Algebra, Calculus I (8 hours/week, 6 semesters)

            Mar. 2000 – Dec. 2002

 

            National University of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina

            Graduate Teaching Assistant. Courses: Algebra, Stellar Astronomy (6 hours/week, 3 semesters)

            Mar. 1999 – July 2000

 

            National University of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina

            Teaching Assistant. Courses: Physics I/II, Spherical Astronomy, Numerical Methods, Admission Courses (up to 6 hours/week, 10 semesters)

            Jan. 1994 – Dec. 1998

 

 

SUPERVISORY

 

            Co-advisor of Ph.D. student Monique Alves-Cruz at Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching bei München, Germany. Topic: Nucleosynthesis in Extremely Metal-Poor Stars

 

            Supervision of Ph.D. student Lucía Adame, on visit from UNAM, Mexico, for a 3-month research project on Pulsation of White Dwarfs. April 2006 – June 2006

 

 

HONORS & AWARDS

 


John Bahcall Fellowship (2006 – present, Institute for Advanced Study)

 

European Union EARA Fellowship (2003, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics) 

 

CONICET Fellowship (1999-2003, National University of La Plata)

 

Joaquín V. Gonzalez Award to the Best Students of the National University of La     Plata, awarded by the City of La Plata (1999)

 

Outstanding Students Fellowship (1997, Fundación Antorchas, Argentina)

 

Fellowship for Advanced Students (1997 – 1998, Research Council of Buenos Aires, Argentina)

 

PUBLICATIONS in REFEREED JOURNALS

 


1.      “Reaching the End of the White Dwarf Cooling Sequence in NGC 6791”
L. R.    Bedin, I. R. King, J. Anderson, G. Piotto, M. Salaris, S. Cassisi & A. M. Serenelli, 2008, submitted for publication

2.      “Solar Heavy Element Abundance: Constraints from Frequency Separation Ratios of Low-degree p-modes”
W. J. Chaplin, A. M. Serenelli, S. Basu, Y. Elsworth, R. New & G. A. Verner, 2007, accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal (arXiv0705.3154)

3.      “Life Products of Stars”
A. M. Serenelli & M. Fukugita, 2007. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 172, 649

4.      “Solar Abundances and Helioseismology: Fine Structure Spacings and Separation Ratios of Low-degree p modes”
S. Basu, W. J. Chaplin, Y. Elsworth, R. New, A. M. Serenelli & G. A. Verner, 2007, The Astrophysical Journal, 655, 660

5.      “10,000 Standard Solar Models: A Monte Carlo Simulations”
J. N. Bahcall, A. M. Serenelli & S. Basu, 2006, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 165, 400

6.      “DQ White Dwarf Stars with Low C Abundance: Possible Progenitors”
C. G. Scóccola, L. G. Althaus, A. M. Serenelli, R. D. Rohrmann & A. H. Córsico, 2006, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 451, 147

7.      “New Evolutionary Calculations for the Born-Again Scenario”
M. M. Miller-Bertolami, L. G. Althaus, A. M. Serenelli & J. A. Panei, 2006, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 449, 313

8.      “Burst Neutrinos from Nitrogen Flash”
A. M. Serenelli & M. Fukugita, 2005, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 632, L33

9.      “On Constructing Horizontal Branch Models”
A. M. Serenelli & A. Weiss, 2005, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 442, 1041

10.  “Influence of Two Updated Nuclear Reaction Rates on the Evolution of Low and Intermediate Mass Stars”
A. Weiss, A. M. Serenelli, A. Kitsikis, H. Schlattl & J. Christensen-Dalsgaard, 2005, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 441, 1129

11.  “What is the Neon Abundance of the Sun?”
J. N. Bahcall, S. Basu & A. M. Serenelli, 2005, The Astrophysical Journal, 631, 128

12.  “How do Uncertainties in the Surface Chemical Composition of the Sun Affect the Predicted Solar Neutrino Fluxes?”
J. N. Bahcall & A. M. Serenelli, 2005, The Astrophysical Journal, 626, 530

13.  “The Formation and Evolution of Hydrogen-Deficient Post-AGB White Dwarfs: the Emerging Chemical Profile and the Expectations for the PG1159-DO-DB Evolutionary Connection”
L. G. Althaus, A. M. Serenelli, J. A. Panei, A. H. Córsico, E. García-Berro & C. G. Scóccola, 2005, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 435, 631

14.  “New Solar Opacities, Abundances, Helioseismology and Neutrino Fluxes”
J. N. Bahcall, A. M. Serenelli & S. Basu, 2005, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 621, L85

15.  “Helioseismological Implications of Recent Solar Abundance Determinations”
J. N. Bahcall, S. Basu, M. Pinsonneault & A. M. Serenelli, 2005, The Astrophysical Journal, 618, 1049

16.  “How Accurately Can We Calculate the Depth of the Solar Convective Zone?”
J. N. Bahcall, A. M. Serenelli & M. Pinsonneault, 2004, The Astrophysical Journal, 614, 464

17.  “Supernova 1993J: a Veiled Pulsar in a Binary System?”
E. Ramírez-Ruiz & A. M. Serenelli, 2004, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 353, L7

18.  “Evolutionary and Pulsational Properties of Low-Mass White Dwarf Stars with Oxygen Cores Resulting from Close Binary Evolution”
L. G. Althaus, A. H. Córsico, A. Gautschy, Z. Han, A. M. Serenelli & J. A. Panei, 2004, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 347, 125

19.  “New Evolutionary Models for Massive ZZ Ceti Stars: I. First Results for their Pulsational Properties”
L. G. Althaus, A. M. Serenelli, A. H. Córsico & M. H. Mongomery, 2003, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 404, 593

20.  “Evolution and Colours of Helium-Core White Dwarf Stars: the Case of Low Metallicity Progenitors”
A. M. Serenelli, L. G. Althaus, R. D. Rohrmann & O. G. Benvenuto, 2002, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 337, 1091

21.  “Improved Synthetic Spectra of Helium-Core White Dwarf Stars”
R. D. Rohrmann, A. M. Serenelli, L. G. Althaus & O. G. Benvenuto, 2002, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 335, 499

22.  “On Mode Trapping in Pulsating DA White Dwarf Stars”
O. G. Benvenuto, A. H. Córsico, L. G. Althaus & A. M. Serenelli, 2002, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 335, 480

23.  “Time-dependent diffusion in Pulsating White Dwarf Stars: Asteroseismology of G117-B15A”
O. G. Benvenuto, A. H. Córsico, L. G. Althaus & A. M. Serenelli, 2002, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 332, 399

24.  “The Effects of Element Diffusion on the Pulsational Properties of Variable DA White Dwarf Stars”
A. H. Córsico, O. G. Benvenuto, L. G. Althaus & A. M. Serenelli, 2002, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 332, 392

25.  “The Mode Trapping Properties of Full DA White Dwarf Evolutionary Models”
A. H. Córsico, L. G. Althaus, O. G. Benvenuto & A. M. Serenelli, 2002, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 387, 531

26.  “Evolution of a 3M8 Star from the Main Sequence to the ZZ Ceti Stage: the Role Played by Element Diffusion”
L. G. Althaus, A. M. Serenelli, A. H. Córsico & O. G. Benvenuto, 2002, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 330, 685

27.  “Calculation of the Masses of the Binary HD 93205 by Application of the Theory of Apsidal Motion”
O. G. Benvenuto, A. M. Serenelli, L. G. Althaus, R. H. Barbá & N. I. Morrell, 2002, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 330, 435

28.  “New DA White Dwarf Evolutionary Models and their Pulsational Properties”
A. H. Córsico, L. G. Althaus, O. G. Benvenuto & A. M. Serenelli, 2001, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 380, L17

29.  “The Ages and Colours of Cool Helium-Core White Dwarf Stars”
A. M. Serenelli, L. G. Althaus, R. D. Rorhmann & O. G. Benvenuto, 2001, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 325, 607

30.  “The Impact of Element Diffusion on the Formation and Evolution of Helium White Dwarf Stars”
L. G. Althaus, A. M. Serenelli & O. G. Benvenuto, 2001, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 324, 617

31.  “Formation and Evolution of a 0.242M8 Helium White Dwarf in the Presence of Element Diffusion”
L. G. Althaus, A. M. Serenelli & O. G. Benvenuto, 2001, The Astrophysical Journal, 554, 1110

32.  “Diffusion and the Ocurrence of Hydrogen-Shell Flashes in Helium White Dwarf Stars”
L. G. Althaus, A. M. Serenelli & O. G. Benvenuto, 2001, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 323, 471

 

            IN PREPARATION

 

1.      “Time Evolution of Periods in Pulsating DA White Dwarfs. A Test for the Core Composition”
A. M. Serenelli, L. Adame & A. H. Córsico

2.      “S-process Nucleosynthesis in Born – Again Stars”
A. M. Serenelli & M. M. Miller-Bertolami

3.      “Solar Neutrinos and the Solar Composition Puzzle”
Carlos Peña-Garay & A. M. Serenelli

4.      “Initial Final Mass Relationships, a Thorough Analysis Solar”
M. Salaris, A. M. Serenelli, A. Weiss & M. M. Miller-Bertolami

PRESENTATIONS

 


Invited Talk. “Trouble in Paradise: the Solar Abundance Problem”, Leiden Observatory, Leiden, The Netherlands, Feb. 2007

 

Invited Talk. “Trouble in Paradise: the Solar Abundance Problem”, Virginia Tech, Virginia, USA, Feb. 2007

 

Invited Lecturer. “Standard Solar Models”, 61st Scottish Universities Summer School of Physics: Neutrinos in Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology, St. Andrews, Scotland, Aug. 2006

 

Invited Talk. “Standard Solar Model Calculation of Neutrino Fluxes” at the Neutrino Oscillation Workshop 2006, Conca Specchiulla, Italy, Sept. 2006

 

Invited Talk. “Standard Solar Models: Current Status”, at Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Stellar Evolution and Populations Colloquium, Garching bei München, Germany, July 2006

 

Contributed Presentation. “Nucleosynthesis in Low Mass Very Metal Poor AGB Stars” at Chemical Abundances and Mixing in the Milky Way and its Satellites, Castiglione della Pescaia, Italy, Sept. 2004

 

Contributed Presentation. “Helioseismological Implications of Recent Solar Abundance Determinations” at SOHO 14 / GONG 2004 Workshop. Helio – and Asteroseismology: Towards a Golden Future, New Haven, USA, July 2004

 

Invited talk. “Formation and Evolution of Helium – Core White Dwarfs”, at SRON, Utrecht, The Netherlands, July 2002

 

Invited Talk. “The Evolution of Intermediate Mass Stars from the Main Sequence to the White Dwarf Stage” at Reunión Lationamericana de Astronomía, IAU, Córdoba, Argentina, Sept. 2001

 

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES & AFFILIATIONS

 


            Referee for The Astrophysical Journal, Physics B, Solar Physics

Member of the Argentinian Astronomical Society

 

 

COMPUTER PROFICIENCY and LANGUAGES

 


            Fortran, IDL, Linux, C++, LaTeX, html

            Spanish, English (fluent). French, Italian (basic)