Research Interests
Observational Cosmology
Clusters of Galaxies and Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect
Large Surveys
Data analysis pipelines for surveys, algorithms for data mining
Galaxy Formation and Evolution
Research Description
Felipe Menanteau's research interests focus on Observational Cosmology, he uses clusters of galaxies discovered in Sunyaev-Zel’dovich (SZ) surveys as signposts to probe the growth of structure in the Universe. He has led the optical/infrared follow-up campaign for the first generation of SZ surveys from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT). He also led the discovery of "El Gordo," the most massive cluster known at high redshift. His research also centers on large optical surveys, algorithms for data mining. He led the analysis for the Blanco Cosmology Survey, and is currently working integrating image analysis algorithms for the Dark Energy Suvey (DES) Data Managment at NCSA.
Education
Ph.D (2000), Astronomy, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge University,UK
Lic.(1996), Physics, Pontifica Universidad Catolica de Chile
Additional Campus Affiliations
Assistant Director, Data Stewardship and Computing, Prairie Research Institute
Research Associate Professor, Astronomy
Affiliate, National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
Recent Publications
Archipley, M., Hryciuk, A., Bleem, L. E., Kornoelje, K., Klein, M., Anderson, A. J., Ansarinejad, B., Aravena, M., Balkenhol, L., Barry, P. S., Benabed, K., Bender, A. N., Benson, B. A., Bianchini, F., Bocquet, S., Bouchet, F. R., Camphuis, E., Campitiello, M. G., Carlstrom, J. E., ... Zhou, D. (2026). Millimeter-wave observations of Euclid Deep Field South using the South Pole Telescope A data release of temperature maps and catalogs. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 706, Article A17. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202555798
Greenstreet, S., Li, Z., Vavilov, D. E., Singh, D., Jurić, M., Ivezić, Ž., Eggl, S., Koumjian, A., Moeyens, J., Carruba, V., Womack, M., Granvik, M., Alexov, A., Antilogus, P., Baumanć, B. J., Bellm, E. C., Boucaud, A., Bradshaw, A., Carlin, J. L., ... Willman, B. (2026). Lightcurves, Rotation Periods, and Colors for Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s First Asteroid Discoveries. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 996(2), Article L33. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ae2a30
Kornoelje, K., Bleem, L. E., Rykoff, E. S., Abbott, T. M. C., Ade, P. A. R., Aguena, M., Alves, O., Anderson, A. J., Oliveira, F. A., Ansarinejad, B., Archipley, M., Ashby, M. L. N., Austermann, J. E., Bacon, D., Balkenhol, L., Bayliss, M. B., Beall, J. A., Benabed, K., Bender, A. N., ... Zhang, Y. (2026). The SPT-deep Cluster Catalog: Sunyaev–Zel’dovich Selected Clusters from Combined SPT-3G and SPTpol Measurements over 100 Square Degrees. Astrophysical Journal, 1004(1), Article 48. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ae5f7b
Mcdougall, H., Davis, T. M., Yu, Z., Martini, P., Lidman, C., Malik, U., Penton, A., Lewis, G. F., Tucker, B. E., Pope, B. J. S., Allam, S., Andrade-Oliveira, F., Asorey, J., Bacon, D., Bocquet, S., Brooks, D., Carnero Rosell, A., Carollo, D., Carr, A., ... Weaverdyck, N. (2026). OzDES Reverberation Mapping of Active Galactic Nuclei: Final Data Release, Black-Hole Mass Results, & Scaling Relations. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/pasa.2026.10219
Palaversa, L., Donev, E., Ivezić, Mrakovčić, K., Caplar, N., Jurićc, M., Jurkić, T., Campos, S., DeLucchi, M., Jones, D., Malanchev, K., Malz, A. I., McGuire, S., Abel, B., Girardi, L., Pastorelli, G., Trabucchi, M., Zaggia, S., Acosta, E., ... Willman, B. (2026). photoD with Rubin’s Data Preview 1: First stellar photometric distances and faint blue star deficits: Stellar distances with Rubin’s DP1. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 707, Article A333. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202557219