Research Output per year
Personal profile
Biography
2018-...: Postdoctoral research fellow at Monash University.
2013-2018: PhD in Astronomy & Space sciences on the imaging of interactions between circumstellar disks and extrasolar planets, in joint supervision at the University of Chile and the University of Liège.
2010-2012: Master degree in Space Sciences completed with high honors at the University of Liège.
2007-2010: Bachelor degree in Physics completed with honors at the University of Liège (Belgium).
2006-2007: Course of Chinese language at the Ocean University of Qingdao (China).
2000-2006: Secondary school (Collège Notre-Dame de la Tombe, Kain, Belgium), completed at the age of 15.
Research interests
• High-contrast imaging, adaptive optics and coronagraphy (optical to mid-IR)
• Exoplanet and circumstellar disk detection and characterization
• Spectral characterization of substellar objects
• Planet-disk interactions (in particular spiral arms)
• Sub-mm interferometry (in particular using ALMA).
Education/Academic qualification
Astronomy, PhD, Universidad de Chile (University of Chile)
1 Mar 2013 → 24 Jul 2018
Space Sciences, MSc, Universite de Liege (University of Liege)
1 Oct 2010 → 3 Sep 2012
Physics, BSc, Universite de Liege (University of Liege)
1 Oct 2007 → 4 Sep 2010
Network
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Research Output 2012 2019
Evidence for a Circumplanetary Disk around Protoplanet PDS 70 b
Christiaens, V., Cantalloube, F., Casassus, S., Price, D. J., Absil, O., Pinte, C., Girard, J. & Montesinos, M., 1 Jun 2019, In : Astrophysical Journal Letters. 877, 2, 6 p., L33.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Kinematic detection of a planet carving a gap in a protoplanetary disk
Pinte, C., van der Plas, G., Ménard, F., Price, D. J., Christiaens, V., Hill, T., Mentiplay, D., Ginski, C., Choquet, E., Boehler, Y., Duchêne, G., Perez, S. & Casassus, S., 1 Jan 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Nature Astronomy. 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › Research › peer-review
Separating extended disc features from the protoplanet in PDS 70 using VLT/SINFONI
Christiaens, V., Casassus, S., Absil, O., Cantalloube, F., Gonzalez, C. G., Girard, J., Ramírez, R., Pairet, B., Salinas, V., Price, D. J., Pinte, C., Quanz, S. P., Jordán, A., Mawet, D. & Wahhaj, Z., 1 Jul 2019, In : Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 486, 4, p. 5819-5837 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
The Ophiuchus DIsc Survey Employing ALMA (ODISEA) - I: project description and continuum images at 28 au resolution
Cieza, L. A., Ruiz-Rodriguez, D., Hales, A., Casassus, S., Sebastian Perez, M., Gonzalez-Ruilova, C., Cánovas, H., Williams, J. P., Zurlo, A., Ansdell, M., Avenhaus, H., Bayo, A., Bertrang, G. H. M., Christiaens, V. A., Dent, W., Ferrero, G., Gamen, R., Olofsson, J., Orcajo, S., Pena-Ramirez, K. & 3 others, , 1 Jan 2019, In : Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 482, 1, p. 698-714 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Characterization of low-mass companion HD 142527 B
Christiaens, V., Casassus, S., Absil, O., Kimeswenger, S., Gomez Gonzalez, C. A., Girard, J., Ramírez, R., Wertz, O., Zurlo, A., Wahhaj, Z., Flores, C., Salinas, V., Jordán, A. & Mawet, D., 1 Sep 2018, In : Astronomy and Astrophysics. 617, 21 p., A37.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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