Felipe Alarcón Peña

I am a Ph.D. in Astronomy. I am mostly interested in the discovery of protoplanets and the chemistry of planet formation.

Personal Data

  • Given Names: Felipe Mauricio
  • Last Names: Alarcón Peña
  • Languages: Spanish(native), English(fluent), French(basic)

Education

  • B.Sc in Astronomy – Universidad de Chile, March 2014 - December 2016
  • M.Sc in Astronomy – Universidad de Chile, March 2017 - January 2019
  • Ph.D in Astronomy – University of Michigan, September 2018 - 2024

Achievements, Awards and Grants

  • NRAO Student Observing Support Program ($\sim$$20k), 2023
  • Rackham International Student Fellowship, University of Michigan, 2019.
  • Rackham Conference Travel Grant, University of Michigan, 2019, 2022, 2023.
  • Fulbright Scholar 2018-2022
  • National Master Fellowship for Graduate Studies, Conicyt (now Anid), Chile 2018.
  • Short research internships for graduate students, 2017-2018 Call (“Estadías Cortas de investigación para alumnos de postgrado Convocatoria 2017-2018”) at CSUN and NASA, JPL.
  • “Outstanding Student, Universidad de Chile (Best 10\% of the cohort)” 2013 to 2016.
  • Ranked first in the Astronomy Graduation cohort.
  • Universidad de Chile Scholar 2013-2016 (BSc full funding)
  • Grant for Astronomy Outreach in Rural Communities in Chile, Vicerrectoria de Asuntos Academicos, Universidad de Chile, 2017-2018.

Contributions

h-index = 21

Publications: 36 refereed publications + 1 submitted (6 as 1st author + 4 as 2nd author)

Number of Citations: 1085

1st Author Papers:

  1. Alarcón, F. , Bergin, E., Cugno, G., ApJ, 966, 225 (2024) Extinction Values toward Embedded Planets in Protoplanetary Disks Estimated from Hydrodynamic Simulations

  2. Alarcón, F. & Bergin, Edwin, ApJ, 967, 144 (2024) Thermal Structure and Millimeter Emission of Protoplanetary Disk with embedded protoplanets from radiative transfer modeling

  3. Alarcón, F., Casassus, S., Lyra, W., Pérez, S., Cieza, L., MNRAS, 527, 9655 (2024). Viscous heating as the dominant heat source inside the water snowline of V883 Ori

  4. Alarcón, F., Bergin, E. A., Teague, R. 2022, ApJL, 941, L24, doi: 10.3847/2041- 8213/aca6e6 A localized kinematic structure detected in atomic carbon emission spatially coincident with a proposed protoplanet in the HD 163296 disk

  5. Alarcón, F., Bosman, A., Bergin, E., et al. 2021, ApJS. 257, 8 https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.06263. Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales(MAPS) VIII: CO Gap in AS 209–Gas Depletion or Chemical Process- ing?

  6. Alarcón, F., Teague, R., Zhang, K., Bergin, E. A., Barraza-Alfaro, M. 2020, ApJ, 905, 68, doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/abc1d6. Chemical Evolution in a Proto- planetary Disk with Planet Carved Gaps and Dust Rings.

Other Refereed Papers(* denotes 2nd author):

    • Law, C.L.,Alarcón, F., Cleeves, I., et al. 2023, ApJL, 959, L27 (2023). “C I Traces the Disk Atmosphere in the IM Lup Protoplanetary Disk”.
    • Bosman, A. D.,Alarcón, F., Bergin, E. A., et al. 2021b, arXiv e-prints, arXiv:2109.06221. https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.06221. Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales(MAPS) VI: Sub-stellar O/H and C/H and super-stellar in planet feeding gas.
    • Bosman, A. D.,Alarcón, F., Zhang, K., Bergin, E. A. 2021a, ApJ, 910, 3, doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/abe127. Destruction of Refractory Carbon Grains Drives the Final Stage of Protoplanetary Disk Chemistry.

  4. Fuente, Roueff, Le Petit et al. arXiv, arXiv:2404.09235 (2024). “PDRs4All IX. Sulfur elemental abundance in the Orion Bar”

  5. Van De Putte, Meshaka, Trahin et al. arXiv, arXiv:2404.03111 (2024). “PDRs4All VIII: Mid-IR emission line inventory of the Orion Bar”

  6. Schroetter, Berné, Joblin et al. A&A, 685, A78 (2024). “PDRs4All. VII. The 3.3 μm aromatic infrared band as a tracer of physical properties of the interstellar medium in galaxies”

  7. Berné, Habart, Peeters et al. Sci, 383, 988 (2024). “A far-ultraviolet–driven photoevaporation flow observed in a protoplanetary disk”

  8. Pasquini, Peeters, Schefter et al. A&A, 685, A77 (2024). “PDRs4All. VI. Probing the photochemical evolution of PAHs in the Orion bar using machine learning Techniques”

  9. Elyajouri, Ysard, Abergel et al. A&A, 685, A76 (2024). “PDRs4All. V. Modelling the dust evolution across the illuminated edge of the Orion Bar”

  10. Peeters, Habart, Berné et al. arXiv, arXiv :2310.08720 (2023) PDRs4All III : JWST’s NIR spectroscopic view of the Orion Bar”

  11. Zannese, Tabone, Habart et al. NatAs (2024). ”OH as a probe of the warm water cycle in planet-forming disks”

  12. Changala, Chen, Li et al. A&A, 680, A19. “Astronomical CH3+ rovibrational assignments. A combined theoretical and experimental study validating observational findings in the d203-506 UV-irradiated protoplanetary disk”

  13. Chown, R., Sidhu, A., Peeters, E. et al. A&A, 685, A75 (2024). “PDRs4All IV. An embarrassment of riches: Aromatic infrared bands in the Orion Bar” 10.48550/arXiv.2308.16733

  14. Habart, E., Peeters, E., Berné, O. et al. A&A, 685, A73 (2024). “PDRs4All II: JWST’s NIR and MIR imaging view of the Orion Nebula” 10.48550/arXiv.2308.16732

  15. Berné, O., Martin-Drumel, MA., Schroetter, I. et al. Formation of the Methyl Cation by Photochemistry in a Protoplanetary Disk. Nature, 621, 56 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s415 023-06307-x

  16. Galloway-Sprietsma, M., Bae, J., Teague, R., et al. 2023, ApJ, 950, 147, Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS): Complex Kinematics in the AS 209 Disk Induced by a Forming Planet and Disk Winds. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/accae4

  17. Bae, J., Teague, R., Andrews, S. M., et al. 2022, 934, L20. doi:10.3847/2041- 8213/ac7fa3. Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS): A Cir- cumplanetary Disk Candidate in Molecular-line Emission in the AS 209 Disk.

  18. Berné O., Habart ́E., Peeters E., Abergel A., Bergin E. A., Bernard-Salas J., Bron E., et al., 2022, PASP, 134, 054301. doi:10.1088/1538-3873/ac604c. PDRs4All: A JWST Early Release Science Program on Radiative Feedback from Massive Stars.

  19. Öberg, K. I., Guzman, V. V., Walsh, C., et al. 2021, arXiv e-prints, arXiv:2109.06268. https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.06268. Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) I: Program Overview and Highlights.

  20. Law, C. J., Loomis, R. A., Teague, R., et al. 2021a, arXiv e-prints, arXiv:2109.06210. https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.06210. Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) III: Characteristics of Radial Chemical Substructures.

  21. Law, C. J., Teague, R., Loomis, R. A., et al. 2021b, arXiv e-prints, arXiv:2109.06217. https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.06217. Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) IV: Emission Surfaces and Vertical Distribution of Molecules.

  22. Zhang, K., Booth, A. S., Law, C. J., et al. 2021, arXiv e-prints, arXiv:2109.06233. https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.06233. Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) V: CO gas distributions.

  23. Guzmán, V. V., Bergner, J. B., Law, C. J., et al. 2021, arXiv e-prints, arXiv:2109.06391. https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.06391. Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) VI: Distribution of the small organics HCN, C2H, and H2CO.

  24. Bosman, A. D., Bergin, E. A., Loomis, R. A., et al. 2021b, arXiv e-prints, arXiv:2109.06223. https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.06223. Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS). XV. Tracing protoplanetary disk structure within 20 au.

  25. Calahan, J. K., Bergin, E. A., Zhang, K., et al. 2021, arXiv e-prints, arXiv:2109.06202. https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.06202. Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) XVII: Determining the 2D Thermal Structure of the HD 163296 Disk.

  26. Schwarz, K. R., Calahan, J. K., Zhang, K., et al. 2021, arXiv e-prints, arXiv:2109.06228. https://arxiv.org/abs/2109.06228. Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales. XX. The Massive Disk Around GM Aurigae.

  27. Pérez, S.,Casassus, S., Hales, A., et al. 2020, ApJ, 889, L24. Long Baseline Observations of the HD 100546 Protoplanetary Disk with ALMA

  28. Baruteau, C., Barraza, M., P ́erez, S., et al. 2019, MNRAS, 486, 304. Dust traps in the protoplanetary disc MWC 758: two vortices produced by two giant planets?

  29. Casassus S. et al., 2019, MNRAS, 483, 3278. Cm-wavelength observations of MWC 758: resolved dust trapping in a vortex

  30. Casassus S. et al., 2018, MNRAS, 477, 5104. An inner warp in the DoAr 44 T Tauri transition disc

Talks:

  • Invited Talk: “Thermochemical evolution in 3D flows of protoplanetary disks”, University of Wisconsin-Madison, March 2024
  • Invited Talk: “Thermochemical evolution in 3D flows of protoplanetary disks”, CCA Star and Planet formation group, Flatiron Institute, Nov 2023
  • Invited Talk: ”The evolution in protoplanetary disks: From thermal changes in outbursting sources to the chemistry of planet-forming regions”, Astrochemistry Seminar, Leiden Observatory, Jan 2023
  • Invited Talk: ”Viscous heating as the dominant heat source inside the snowline of V883 Ori”, Planet Formation Journal Club, Universidad Adolfo Iba ̃nez, Jan 2023
  • Invited Talk: ”Chemical Evolution in planet-forming regions of protoplanetary disks”, Exoplanet Journal Club, University of Chicago, October 2022
  • Contributed Talk: “How can we detect more protoplanets?”. ERC Planet Formation Workshop, Varenna, June 2024
  • Contributed Talk: ”Atomic Carbon as a tracer of hidden flows and a kinematic anomaly in the HD 163296 disk”, From Clouds to Planets II: The Astrochemical Link, October 2022
  • Contributed Talk: ”Molecules with ALMA at Planet-forming Scales (MAPS) VIII: Gap Chemistry in AS 209 - Gas Depletion or Chemical Processing?”, Astrochemical Frontiers 2, July 2021
  • Contributed Talk: ”Chemical gap theory applied to AS 209: Revealing the Chemistry of Planet Formation”. Five years after HL Tau: a new era in planet formation, December 2020
  • Invited Talk: ”Chemical evolution in protoplanetary disks with dust substruc- ture”, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Star-Planet Formation Group, September 2020
  • Contributed Talk: ”Chemical evolution in protoplanetary disks with dust sub- structure”, Astrochemical Frontiers: Quarantine Edition, July 2020

Posters:

  • “Radiative Transfer Effects of accreting planets in planet-feeding gas”, 10 years of ALMA, December 2023
  • “Radiative Transfer Effects of accreting planets in planet-feeding gas”, 2023 Kavli-IAU Astrochemistry Symposium. Astrochemistry VIII - From the First Galaxies to the Formation of Habitable Worlds, July 2023
  • “Radiative Transfer Effects of accreting planets in planet-feeding gas”,Gordon Research Conference, June 2023
  • “Chemical evolution in protoplanetary disk with dust substructures”,Gordon Research Conference , June 2019
  • “Measuring Physical Conditions and Turbulent Velocity in Protoplanetary Disks”, Diversis mundi: The Solar System in an Exoplanetary context march 2018

Code Proficiency

  • Python, Julia, C++, R, Matlab
  • Fargo3D, RADMC-3D, rac-2d, Meudon

Teaching & Advising Experience

  • Advising Undergrad Student Mr. Eshan Raul \hfill Summer-Winter 2022, Summer-Winter 2023
  • Graduate Student Instructor(GSI) Astronomy 101, University of Michigan, Winter 2019 - Fall 2019.
  • Teaching Assistant Introduction to Cosmology, Universidad de Chile, Fall 2017 - Spring 2017.
  • Teaching Assistant Introduction to Algebra, Universidad de Chile, Fall 2016.
  • Teaching Assistant Electromagnetism, Universidad de Chile, Fall 2016.
  • Teaching Assistant Newtonian Systems, Universidad de Chile, Spring 2015 - Spring 2016.
  • Teaching Assistant Introduction to the Newtonian Physics, Universidad de Chile, Fall 2015.

Service and Others

  • Member of University of Michigan 2024 PhD Admissions Committee, Astronomy Department.
  • Scientific referee for ApJ, ApJL, MNRAS and A&A.
  • Member of Local Organizing Committee(LOC) 2023 Kavli-IAU Astrochemistry Symposium. Astrochemistry VIII - From the First Galaxies to the Formation of Habitable Worlds.
  • Colloquium Speaker Lunch organizer with Graduate Students, University of Michigan.
  • Star and Planet Formation Group Organizer, University of Michigan, Fall 2021 - Winter 2021
  • Grad Student Lunch with Colloquium Speaker Organizer, University of Michigan, Fall 2021 - Winter 2021