Phone
226 089 832

Email
Vardan.Adibekyan@astro.up.pt

Biographic Notes
Vardan Adibekyan completed his PhD in 2009 in Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory, Armenia. From 2009 to 2011 he lectured as an assistant professor at Yerevan State University, while at the same time working at Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory as a research associate. From 2011 to 2016, he was a FCT post-doc researcher at the Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences (IA). Currently Vardan is a researcher at IA (Investigador FCT).
During the PhD his scientific research was focused on the studies of extragalactic objects. After moving to IA, he smoothly changed his main scientific orientation to Galactic objects. His current main research interests include the study of the statistical properties of extrasolar planets and their host stars. He is interested in the use of high resolution stellar spectroscopy (optical and near-IR) for the determination of stellar atmospheric parameters and abundances in solar-type stars. He is also very interested on the studies of the kinematics and chemical properties of the stellar populations in our Galaxy.
Currently, Vardan counts more than 90 refereed publications in total, 20 of which as a first author. So far, his papers received more than 3000 citations. Vardan is currently involved in several international collaborations and consortia. He is a member of ESPRSSO's Science Team, a member of HIRES Science Advisory Team (Stars and stellar populations WG), coordinator of PSM WP 132400 (Scientific Validation of PIC) member of the PSM WP 122300 (Fundamental Stellar Parameters) of the PLATO 2.0 mission.

Publications
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Lastest publications at IAD. J. Armstrong, T. Lopez, V. Zh. Adibekyan, E. Bryant, J. Lillo Box, J. J. Lissauer, O. Mousis, L. D. Nielsen, H. P. Osborn, N. C. Santos et al. (including: S. G. Sousa, S. C. C. Barros, E. Delgado Mena, O. Demangeon, P. Figueira, S. Hojjatpanah), 2020,
A remnant planetary core in the hot-Neptune desert,
Nature, 583, 39 - 42
>> AbstractD. Ehrenreich, C. Lovis, M.-R. Osorio, F. Pepe, S. Cristiani, R. Rebolo López, N. C. Santos, F. Borsa, O. Demangeon, X. Dumusque et al. (including: S. G. Sousa, M. Abreu, V. Zh. Adibekyan, A. Cabral, J. P. Coelho, P. Figueira, C. J. A. P. Martins, M. A. Monteiro, M. J. P. F. G. Monteiro, N. J. Nunes, P. Santos), 2020,
Nightside condensation of iron in an ultrahot giant exoplanet,
Nature, 580, 597 - 601
>> AbstractJ. P. Faria, V. Zh. Adibekyan, E. Amazo-Gomez, S. C. C. Barros, J. Camacho, O. Demangeon, P. Figueira, A. Mortier, F. Pepe, N. C. Santos et al. (including: J. Gomes da Silva, S. G. Sousa, S. C. Ulmer-Moll, P. T. P. Viana), 2020,
Decoding the radial velocity variations of HD 41248 with ESPRESSO,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 635, 16
>> AbstractV. D'Orazi, G. Carraro, S. Desidera, S. Randich, L. Magrini, V. Zh. Adibekyan, R. Smiljanic, L. Spina, M. Tsantaki, G. Tautvai¨ienė et al. (including: S. G. Sousa, E. Delgado Mena), 2020,
The Gaia-ESO Survey: a new approach to chemically characterising young open clusters. I. Stellar parameters, and iron-peak, α-, and proton-capture elements,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 634, 15
>> AbstractP. Di Marcantonio, M. Chavez, V. Zh. Adibekyan, A. Bayo, T. Bensby, A. Bragaglia, F. Calura, S. Duffau, U. Heiter, G. Kordopatis et al. (including: E. Delgado Mena, S. G. Sousa), 2020,
The Gaia─ESO Survey: Carbon Abundance in the Galactic Thin and Thick Disks,
The Astrophysical Journal, 888, 27
>> AbstractN. Espinoza, R. Brahm, T. Henning, A. Jordán, C. Dorn, F. Rojas, P. Sarkis, J. M. Jenkins, J. D. Twicken, J. J. Lissauer et al. (including: V. Zh. Adibekyan, O. Demangeon, N. C. Santos, S. G. Sousa), 2020,
HD 213885b: a transiting 1-d-period super-Earth with an Earth-like composition around a bright (V = 7.9) star unveiled by TESS,
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 491, 2982 - 2999
>> Abstract