Dr. Duilia F de Mello

Astrophysics Science Division
NASA/GSFC
Code 665, Observational Cosmology
Greenbelt, MD 20771

tel: 301-286-7497
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e-mail: duilia.f.demello @ nasa.gov

Present Position

HST Research Associate. CUA Research Faculty and Visiting Scientist at Johns Hopkins University.

Brief Bio

Dr. de Mello joined GSFC/CUA in March 2003. Prior to this, she spent three years at the Onsala Space Observatory in Sweden as a Research Associate. Before going to Sweden she was a post-doc at Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore from 1997-1999. She was also a post-doc at Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory in Chile and National Observatory in Rio, Brazil from 1995-1997. In 1997 she discovered the supernova SN1997D using the 1.52m ESO telescope in Chile.

Educational Background

B.A., Astronomy, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1985
M.S., Radio Astronomy, Brazilian Space Agency, INPE, 1988
M.S., Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1993
Ph.D., Astrophysics, University of Sao Paulo, 1995
Thesis advisor: Ronaldo de Souza
Thesis: Mixed Pairs of Galaxies

Research Interests

Research interest includes the role of evolution in galaxy properties; the environmental effects in galaxy evolution/formation; the properties of star-forming galaxies at low and high redshifts; the starburst/AGN connection.

Current Projects

- Starbursts in the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey.

- Star-forming galaxies at redshifts 2-3 with the Very large Telescope.

- GALEX observations of Compact Groups of galaxies and HI tidal tails.

- HST observations of the Ultra Deep Field in the Ultraviolet.

Selected Publications

Assessing the galaxy population out to z ~ 2 using the Hubble Deep Field South. T. Wiegert, D.F. de Mello, C.Horellou, 2004, Astronomy and Astrophysics 426, 455

Metal Enrichment in Near-Infrared Luminous Galaxies at z~2: Signatures of Proto-elliptical Galaxies? D.F. de Mello, E. Daddi, A. Renzini, A. Cimatti, S. di Serego Alighieri, L. Pozzetti, G. Zamorani, 2004, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 608, L29

The Nature of Near-UV Selected Objects in the Chandra Deep Field South. D.F. de Mello, J.P. Gardner, T. Dahlen, C. Conselice, N. Grogin, A. Koekemoer, 2004. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 600, L151

Environmental Effects in Galaxies: Molecular Gas, Star Formation, and Activity. de Mello, D.F., Wiklind, T., Maia, M.A.G, 2002. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 381, 761

B stars as a Diagnostic of Star-formation at Low and High Redshift. D.F. de Mello, C. Leitherer & T. Heckman, 2000. Astrophysical Journal, 530, 251

Synthesis Models for Galaxies with Active Star Formation. C. Leitherer, D. Schaerer, J. Goldader, R. M. Gonzalez-Delgado, C. Robert, D. F. Koone, D. F. de Mello, D. Devost, & T. Heckman, 1999. ApJS 123, 3 (Starburst99)

Publications at the ADS website.