Miguel Eduardo Rocha Gaso

                                                                       

Physics and Astronomy Department                              Phone: (949) 824-2273

2153 Frederick Reines Hall                                            e-mail:mrocha@scipp.ucsc.edu

University of California, Irvine                                                   rocham@uci.edu

CA 92697-4575

Citizenship: Mexican/Spanish

Date of Birth: April 6, 1984

 

 

 

 

Education

 

B.S., Astrophysics (Honors), University of California, Santa Cruz                  2002 – 2006

 

A.A., Liberal Arts and Sciences, Cabrillo College, Aptos                              2002 – 2004

 

            Summer Schools

 

·         Sixth Helmholtz Summer School in Super Computational Cosmology, Astrophysikalishes Institut Postdam, Germany. Directed by Prof. Anatoly Klypin[1].                           

                          Summer 2006

   

·        XIV Verano en el Observatorio (Summer School in Astronomy), Observatorio Astronómico Nacional, Baja California México. Directed by Hector Aceves[2].        

Summer 2005

                                                                        

Research Experience

 

• Work research experience under the supervision of Prof. Joel Primack and Postdoc Patrik Jonsson, UC Santa Cruz.

I performed a series of simulations of dust attenuation in merging galaxies. Part of a study aimed to understand the origin and evolution of galactic spheroids through a direct comparison of merger simulations with observations.                                                                                                 

                                            August 2006-May 2006

 

• Undergraduate Senior Thesis Research, UC Santa Cruz

I did my thesis research with Prof. Joel Primack[3] and Postdoc Patrik Jonsson[4] in simulations of dust attenuation in isolated spiral galaxies.                                             

      June 2005-June 2006

 

• Summer Research Experience, Universidad Autónoma de México

I participated in a research collaboration of a project regarding soil contamination with Prof. Eduardo Andrade[5]. This consisted in analysing soil samples by X-ray Ion Beam Analysis techniques in a single ended 5.5 Mev Van de Graaff Accelerator.                                   

                                                         Summer 2003

 

Teaching & Work Experience

 

• Teacher/Tutor, Merit Academy

I taught college level Calculus and Physics following the curriculum (Elaborated by UCSC’s professors) of Merit Academy[6]. Classes are in a one to one form and designed to put advanced High School students a step ahead in their college level education.

 

                                                                                                March 2007 – June 2007 

 

• Lab Assistant, UC Santa Cruz.

I assisted in directing the observations for the advanced astronomy laboratory of the undergraduate Astrophysics program at UCSC. The professor in charge was Rachel Dewey[7]

 

                                                                                    September 2006 – December 2006

 

List of Publications

 

Rocha, M. 2006, Senior Thesis (Honors), University of California, Santa Cruz                                            

         

Rocha, M., Jonsson, P., Primack, J.R., & Cox, T.J.  Accepted for Publication in MNRAS, astro-ph/0702513