I now work at the European Southern Observatory, but as a PhD student I also contributed to the Gemini Observatory. I currently support observations at the VLT UT1 (CRIRES and FORS2) and UT2 (XSHOOTER, FLAMES and UVES), and I am part of the FLAMES IOT, as fellow.

I am one of the authors of the BUDDA code, and responsible in maintaining it. I have experience in near-infrared and optical imaging and spectroscopy (slit, MOS and IFU), analytical dynamics and N-body simulations, in particular in the study of the structure and dynamics of stellar systems. My research focus on understanding how galaxies form and evolve.

I also make available here a FORTRAN source code that makes 2D analytical deprojection of bars, giving deprojected values of bar length, ellipticity and position angle from a list of projected values. This code was developed and used in my 2007 paper (see below).

I. Degrees

• B.Sc. in Theoretical and Experimental Physics - Physics Institute of São Carlos - University of São Paulo - Brazil, 1996
  Surface Photometry of Galaxies in Loose Groups: a study on the structure and evolution of galaxies in high density environments, it was done during undergraduate course and has won the Marcius Giorgetti Prize in the Physics area, which is given each year to the best undergraduate research work at the University of São Paulo. Here is a link to the Prize paper.
• M.Sc. in Astronomy - Astronomy Department - University of São Paulo - Brazil, 1999
  The Secular Evolutionary Scenario for the Formation of Bulges: a study done for my M.Sc. thesis, it is based on radial color gradients and bulge/disk ratios in late-type spiral galaxies. Here is a link to my M.Sc. thesis.
• Ph.D. in Astronomy - Astronomy Department - University of São Paulo - Brazil, 2004
  On the Structure, Formation and Evolution of Stellar Bars in Galaxies: a study for my Ph.D. thesis, it is based on surface photometry and spectroscopy of face-on galaxies, and on N-body experiments. Here is a link to my Ph.D. thesis.

• Pseudo-bulges, classical bulges and elliptical galaxies
  Here you can download my 2011 lectures at the Erice PhD school on Galaxy Bulges:
  Lecture 1: PDF PPTX
  Lecture 2: PDF PPTX
• Formation and evolution of stellar bars in galaxies (see my 2008 review below)

• Halpha kinematics of S4G spiral galaxies - I. NGC 864 - Erroz-Ferrer, S. et al.: 2012, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 427, 2938 (download article)

• A unified picture of breaks and truncations in spiral galaxies from SDSS and S4G imaging - Martín-Navarro, I. et al.: 2012, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 427, 1102 (download article)

• Breaks in Thin and Thick Disks of Edge-on Galaxies Imaged in the Spitzer Survey Stellar Structure in Galaxies (S4G) - Comerón, S. et al.: 2012, The Astrophysical Journal, 759, 98 (download article)

• Early-type Galaxies with Tidal Debris and Their Scaling Relations in the Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies (S4G) - Kim, T. et al.: 2012, The Astrophysical Journal, 753, 43 (download article)

• Surprises in image decomposition of edge-on galaxies: does Sombrero have a (classical) bulge? - Gadotti, D.A. & Sánchez-Janssen, R.: 2012, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 423, 877 (download article)

• The S4G Perspective on Circumstellar Dust Extinction of Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars in M100 - Meidt, S. et al.: 2012, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 748, 30 (download article)

• Reconstructing the Stellar Mass Distributions of Galaxies Using S4G IRAC 3.6 and 4.5 um Images. I. Correcting for Contamination by Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Hot Dust, and Intermediate-age Stars - Meidt, S. et al.: 2012, The Astrophysical Journal, 744, 17 (download article)

• Do Nuclear Star Clusters and Black Holes Follow the Same Host-Galaxy Correlations? - Erwin, P. & Gadotti, D.A.: 2012, Advances in Astronomy, in press (download article)

• Bars Rejuvenating Bulges? Evidence from Stellar Population Analysis - Coelho, P. & Gadotti, D.A.: 2011, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 743, 13 (download article)

• Looking inside the nest: the hidden structure of the merger galaxy NGC 1316 (Fornax A) - Beletsky, Y., Gadotti, D.A., Moiseev, A., Alves, J. & Kniazev, A.: 2011, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters, 418, 6 (download article)

• Thick disks of edge-on galaxies seen through the Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies (S4G): Lair of missing baryons? - Comerón, S. et al.: 2011, The Astrophysical Journal, 741, 28 (download article)

• The unusual vertical mass distribution of NGC 4013 seen through the Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies (S4G) - Comerón, S. et al.: 2011, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 738, 17 (download article)

• Secular evolution and structural properties of stellar bars in galaxies - Gadotti, D.A.: 2011, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 415, 3308 (download article)

• Grand Design and Flocculent Spirals in the Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies (S4G) - Elmegreen, D. et al.: 2011, The Astrophysical Journal, 737, 32 (download article)

• The Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies (S4G) - Sheth, K. et al. : 2010, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 122, 1397 (download article)

• Mid-Infrared Galaxy Morphology from the Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies (S4G): The Imprint of the de Vaucouleurs Revised Hubble-Sandage Classification System at 3.6µm - Buta, R.J. et al.: 2010, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 190, 147 (download article)

• An observer's view of simulated galaxies: disc-to-total ratios, bars and (pseudo-)bulges - Scannapieco, C., Gadotti, D.A., Jonsson, P. & White, S.D.M.: 2010, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters, 407, 41 (download article)

• Herschel-ATLAS: The dust energy balance in the edge-on spiral galaxy UGC 4754 - Baes, M., Fritz, J., Gadotti, D.A. et al.: 2010, Astronomy & Astrophysics Letters, 518, 39 (download article)

• Radiative transfer in disc galaxies - IV. The effects of dust attenuation on bulge and disc structural parameters - Gadotti, D.A., Baes, M. & Falony, S.: 2010, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 403, 2053 (download article)

• Kinematic Properties as Probes of the Evolution of Dwarf Galaxies in the Virgo Cluster - Toloba, E., Boselli, A., Gorgas, J., Peletier, R.F., Cenarro, A.J., Gadotti, D.A., Gil de Paz, A., Pedraz, S. & Yildiz, U.: 2009, The Astrophysical Journal, 707, 17 (download article)

• The Growth of Supermassive Black Holes in Pseudo-Bulges, Classical Bulges and Elliptical Galaxies - Gadotti, D.A. & Kauffmann, G.: 2009, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 399, 621 (download article)

• The Clustering of Barred Galaxies in the Local Universe - Li, C., Gadotti, D.A., Mao S. & Kauffmann, G.: 2009, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 397, 726 (download article)

• Structural Properties of Pseudo-Bulges, Classical Bulges and Elliptical Galaxies: an SDSS Perspective - Gadotti, D.A.: 2009, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 393, 1531 (download article)

• Barred Galaxies: an Observer's Perspective - Gadotti, D.A.: 2008, in Chaos in Astronomy, G. Contopoulos, P.A. Patsis (eds.), in press (download article)

• Image Decomposition of Barred Galaxies and AGN Hosts - Gadotti, D.A.: 2008, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 384, 420 (download article)

• Near-Infrared Surface Photometry of a Sample of Barred Galaxies - Gadotti, D.A., Athanassoula, E., Carrasco, L., Bosma, A., de Souza, R. E. & Recillas, E.: 2007, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 381, 943 (download article)

• On the Lengths, Colors and Ages of 18 Face-On Bars - Gadotti, D.A. & de Souza, R.E.: 2006, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 163, 270    (download article)

• The Vertical Stellar Kinematics in Face-On Barred Galaxies: Estimating the Ages of Bars - Gadotti, D.A. & de Souza, R.E.: 2005, The Astrophysical Journal, 629, 797    (download article)

• BUDDA: A New Two-Dimensional Bulge/Disk Decomposition Code for Detailed Structural Analysis of Galaxies - de Souza, R.E., Gadotti, D.A. & dos Anjos, S.: 2004, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 153, 411   (download article or extended article)

• NGC 4608 and NGC 5701: Barred Galaxies without Disks? - Gadotti, D.A. & de Souza, R.E.: 2003, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 583, L75   (download article)

• Homogenization of the Stellar Population Along Late-Type Spiral Galaxies - Gadotti, D.A. & dos Anjos, S.: 2001, The Astronomical Journal, 122, 1298    (download article)

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