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Curriculum Vitae |
| Birtdate | 31.08.1960 (JD 2437178.146) | |
| Birthplace | Varna, BULGARIA | |
| Address | Departamento de Fisica y Astronomia, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaiso Av. Gran Bretana 1111, Casilla 5030, Valparaiso, Chile fax +56-32-250 81 35 e-mail: radostin.kurtev@uv.cl | |
| Education | M.S. in Physics, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Faculty
of Physics, 1985 PhD in Astronomy, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, 2000 | |
| Employment History | 2005- Full Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, UNIVERSITY OF VALPARAISO, CHILE
2003- 2005 Associated Professor in the Department of Astronomy, SOFIA UNIVERSITY, BULGARIA 1999-2003 Assistant Professor in the Department of Astronomy, SOFIA UNIVERSITY, BULGARIA 1997-1999 Part-time Assistant Professor in the Department of Astronomy, SOFIA UNIVERSITY, BULGARIA 1994-1997 Research assistant in the Department of Astronomy, SOFIA UNIVERSITY, BULGARIA 1985-1994 Teacher in astronomy - Public Astronomical Observatory and Planetarium - Varna, BULGARIA |
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| Fields of Research
(Keywords) |
OB associations, star formation, nearby galaxies, star clusters, stellar photometry, distance scale, brown dwarfs, infrared astronomy | |
| Publications & Citations | List
of publications from the Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
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| Teaching Experience |
2005 - Lecturer, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Valparaiso
1. Physics - II, Faculty of Architecture and Building Engineering 2. Physics - III, Faculty of Architecture and Building Engineering 3. Mecanics - I, Department of Physics and Astronomy 4. Mecanics - II, Department of Physics and Astronomy 5. General Astronomy, Department of Physics and Astronomy 1994 - 2005 Lecturer, Department of Astronomy, Sofia University 1.Stellar Astronomy - lectures and exercises 2.Basic Astronomy - lectures and exercises 3.Variable stars - lectures and exercises 4.Photoelectric photometry - practical exercises 1998-2003: Academic advisor of A. Petkov, P. Pessev, A. Antonova, S. Antonova, M. Milcheva and E. Tsekulov - Graduate Students in the Department of Astronomy, Sofia University, Bulgaria 2004 - Academic advisor of Ch. Dyulgerov, PhD Student in the Department of Astronomy, Sofia University, Bulgaria | |
| Observational Experience |
1. 2-m telescope of the Bulgarian National Observatory, direct CCD photometry and photographic photometry - more than twenty years experience. 2. 2.1-m telescope of the Mexican National Observatory "San Pedro Martir" BC, direct IR photometry - 1996, 1998. 3. 1.5-m telescope of the Mexican National Observatory "San Pedro Martir" BC, direct CCD photometry - 1996, 1998, 2003. 4. 2.2-m MPI ESO telescope with WFI - service mode (P2PP). 5. 2.5-m Du Pont LCO telescope with WFIRC - visitor mode. 6. 3.5-m NTT telescope, SOFI , La Silla Observatory, direct IR images and spectroscopy - visitor mode 7. 6.5-m Magellan, (Baade) LCO telescope with PANIC, direct IR imaging - visitor mode 8. VLT U1, FORS2 imaging and MXU spectroscopy - service and visitor mode | SOFTWARE and DATA-PROCESSING Experience |
1. Data reduction and analysis of photographic plates - photographic UBV photometry.
2. Data reduction and analysis of CCD and IR photometry including experience with processing of data from the HST data archive. 3. Excellent working knowledge of UNIX, WINDOWS, DOS, and astronomical image processing software (IRAF, IDL, ISIS). Excellent experience with DAOPHOT. Excellent experience with LaTeX. Experience with HTML. 4. Design and application of nonstandard methods of data reduction and stellar photometry in the crowded star fields. 5. Service mode preparation tools (P2PP) |
| Professional Services | 2003 Member of LOC for the Third Bulgarian-Serbian astronomical meeting
2007 Chair of LOC for the annual meeting of Sociedad Chilena de Astronomia (SOCHIAS 2007) 2008 Member of Time Allocation Committee (Chilean TAC) for Las Campanas and CTIO Observatories | |
| Public Relations Experience | Since 1985 public relations and popular lectures in astronomy
Since 1993 one of the compilers of the Bulgarian Astronomical Almanac. 2001 - 2005 editor-in-chief. Since 1998 member of the Organizing committee of the National Astronomical Olympiad in Bulgaria Between 1999 and 2004 head of the Student Astronomical Circle at the Department of Astronomy, Sofia University | |
| Grants and Awards | 1994-1996 National Science Foundation - Bulgaria, Grant No F-132/94
"Stellar content of Nearby galaxies"
1996-1998 National Science Foundation of Mexico - CONACyT 3677P-A9607 1998 National Science Foundation - Bulgaria, Grant No F-812/98 "Photometrical Investigation of Stellar Content and Gas Kinematics of Three Local Group Dwarf Galaxies - IC10, IC1613 and NGC4449." 1998 National Science Foundation - Bulgaria, Grant No F-824/98 2006 ESO Visiting Astronomer 2006 DIPUV project No 36, University of Valparaiso, "Toward a general RGB slope-metallicity-age relation" 2008 FONDECYT 1080154, "Brown dwarfs and planets - the first view from VISTA-VVV" | |
| International Collaborations | With Dr. M. Rosado and Dr. L. Georgiev from UNAM, Mexico.
With Dr. Valentin Ivanov - ESO. With Dr. Margaret Hanson - University of Cincinnati, USA. With Dr. Sergio Ortolani - Padova University, Italy. VISTA-VVV International team collaboration | |
| Membership in Professional
Organizations |
International Astronomical Union, Bulgarian Astronomical Union, Bulgarian Physical Union, Sociedad Chilena de Astronomia |