{"id":206,"date":"2016-05-20T08:36:05","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T07:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/auditore.cab.inta-csic.es\/galaxias\/?page_id=206"},"modified":"2025-12-16T07:05:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T06:05:09","slug":"personal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/auditore.cab.inta-csic.es\/galaxias\/people\/aalonso\/personal\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Almudena Alonso Herrero"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:40% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"962\" src=\"https:\/\/auditore.cab.inta-csic.es\/galaxias\/files\/2022\/05\/Almudena_recortada.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-831 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/auditore.cab.inta-csic.es\/galaxias\/files\/2022\/05\/Almudena_recortada.jpeg 760w, https:\/\/auditore.cab.inta-csic.es\/galaxias\/files\/2022\/05\/Almudena_recortada-237x300.jpeg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Research Interests:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-normal-font-size\">\n<li>Active Galaxies (Seyferts, quasars, LLAGN)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Star Forming Galaxies both in the local and distant Universe.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stellar populations in galaxies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Luminous and Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The dusty torus of the AGN Unified Model.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Infrared and (sub)millimeter observations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Member of the IAU, EAS, SEA and RAS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rac.es\/sobre-nosotros\/miembros\/academicos\/correspondiente-nacional\/1032\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/rac.es\/sobre-nosotros\/miembros\/academicos\/correspondiente-nacional\/1032\/\"><strong>Corresponding member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NEWS!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>JWST Cycle 4 proposal: <a href=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2025jwst.prop.7195A\/abstract\">Deciphering the torus and extended dust properties of local active galactic nuclei<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Science groups of Infrared Instruments<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-normal-font-size\">\n<li>Spanish co-I of the European Consortium of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jwst.nasa.gov\/miri.html\">MIRI: the mid-infrared instrument for JWST<\/a> <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/auditore.cab.inta-csic.es\/galaxias\/files\/2024\/02\/Heart_of_the_Phantom_Galaxy-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/auditore.cab.inta-csic.es\/galaxias\/files\/2024\/02\/Heart_of_the_Phantom_Galaxy-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/auditore.cab.inta-csic.es\/galaxias\/files\/2024\/02\/Heart_of_the_Phantom_Galaxy-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/auditore.cab.inta-csic.es\/galaxias\/files\/2024\/02\/Heart_of_the_Phantom_Galaxy-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/auditore.cab.inta-csic.es\/galaxias\/files\/2024\/02\/Heart_of_the_Phantom_Galaxy-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/auditore.cab.inta-csic.es\/galaxias\/files\/2024\/02\/Heart_of_the_Phantom_Galaxy-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/auditore.cab.inta-csic.es\/galaxias\/files\/2024\/02\/Heart_of_the_Phantom_Galaxy.jpg 1977w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Messier 74 or the Phantom Galaxy observed with the MIRI instrument on board the James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: ESA\/Webb, NASA &amp; CSA, J. Lee and the PHANGS-JWST Team.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-normal-font-size\">\n<li>Member of the AGN team of<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gtc.iac.es\/instruments\/canaricam\/canaricam.php\">GTC\/CanariCam<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Member of the science and calibration teams of<a href=\"https:\/\/irsa.ipac.caltech.edu\/data\/SPITZER\/docs\/mips\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/irsa.ipac.caltech.edu\/data\/SPITZER\/docs\/mips\/\"><strong> the MIPS instrument on board the Spitzer Space Telescope.<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Member of the science and calibration teams of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stsci.edu\/hst\/instrumentation\/legacy\/nicmos\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.stsci.edu\/hst\/instrumentation\/legacy\/nicmos\">the NICMOS instrument on board the Hubble Space Telescope.<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Recent Selected Results:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-normal-font-size\">\n<li><strong>MICONIC: JWST\/MIRI MRS reveals a fast ionized gas outflow in the central region of Centaurus A,<\/strong> A. Alonso Herrero, L. Hermosa Mu\u00f1oz et al. 2025,<a href=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2025A%26A...699A.334A\/abstract\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2025A%26A...699A.334A\/abstract\"> A&amp;A, 699, 334<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>MICONIC: Dual active galactic nuclei, star formation, and ionised gas outflows in NGC 6240 seen with MIRI\/JWST,<\/strong> L. Hermosa Mu\u00f1oz, A. Alonso Herrero et al. 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2025A%26A...693A.321H\/abstract\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2025A%26A...693A.321H\/abstract\">A&amp;A, 693, A321<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>MICONIC: JWST\/MIRI MRS observations of the nuclear and circumnuclear regions of Mrk 231<\/strong>, A. Alonso Herrero, L. Hermosa Mu\u00f1oz et al. <a href=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2024A%26A...690A..95A\/abstract\">2024, A&amp;A, 690, A95<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A biconical ionised gas outflow and evidence of positive feedback in NGC 7172 uncovered by MIRI\/JWST<\/strong>, L. Hermosa Mu\u00f1oz, A. Alonso Herrero et al. <a href=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2024A%26A...690A.350H\/abstract\">2024, A&amp;A, 690, A350<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A mature quasar at cosmic dawn revealed by JWST rest-frame infrared spectroscopy,<\/strong> S. Bosman, J. \u00c1lvarez M\u00e1rquez, L. Colina, F. Walter, A. Alonso-Herrero et al. <a href=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2024NatAs...8.1054B\/abstract\">2024, Nature Astronomy, 8, 1054<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Deconvolution of JWST\/MIRI Images: Applications to an Active Galactic Nucleus Model and GATOS Observations of NGC 5728<\/strong>, M. Leist et al. <a href=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2024AJ....167...96L\/abstract\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2024AJ....167...96L\/abstract\">2024, ApJ, 167, 96<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>GATOS: III. Revealing the inner ice structure in local active galactic nuclei.<\/strong> I. Garc\u00eda-Bernete, A. Alonso-Herrero et al. <a href=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2024A%26A...681L...7G\/abstract\">2024, A&amp;A, 681, L7<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>AGN feedback in action in the molecular gas ring of NGC7172.<\/strong> A. Alonso-Herrero, S. Garc\u00eda-Burillo et al. <a href=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2023A%26A...675A..88A\/abstract\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2023A%26A...675A..88A\/abstract\">2023, A&amp;A, 675, A88<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>GATOS: II. Torus and polar dust emission in Seyfert galaxies<\/strong>. A. Alonso-Herrero, S. Garc\u00eda-Burillo et al. <a href=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2021A%26A...652A..99A\/abstract\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2021A%26A...652A..99A\/abstract\">2021, A&amp;A, 652, A99<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>GATOS: I. ALMA images of dusty molecular tori in Seyfert galaxies.<\/strong> S. Garc\u00eda-Burillo, A. Alonso-Herrero et al. <a href=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2021A%26A...652A..98G\/abstract\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2021A%26A...652A..98G\/abstract\">2021, A&amp;A, 652, A98<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Check <a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6794-2519\">ORCID <\/a>for my complete list of publications.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"617\" src=\"http:\/\/auditore.cab.inta-csic.es\/galaxias\/files\/2018\/05\/potw1822a-1024x617.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-522\" style=\"width:528px;height:318px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/auditore.cab.inta-csic.es\/galaxias\/files\/2018\/05\/potw1822a-1024x617.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/auditore.cab.inta-csic.es\/galaxias\/files\/2018\/05\/potw1822a-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/auditore.cab.inta-csic.es\/galaxias\/files\/2018\/05\/potw1822a-768x463.jpg 768w, https:\/\/auditore.cab.inta-csic.es\/galaxias\/files\/2018\/05\/potw1822a-498x300.jpg 498w, https:\/\/auditore.cab.inta-csic.es\/galaxias\/files\/2018\/05\/potw1822a.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Credit: ESO\/A. Alonso-Herrero et al.; ALMA (ESO\/NAOJ\/NRAO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"248\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/auditore.cab.inta-csic.es\/galaxias\/files\/2019\/09\/GATOS_logo_SMALL-248x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-613\" style=\"width:-35px;height:-38px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/auditore.cab.inta-csic.es\/galaxias\/files\/2019\/09\/GATOS_logo_SMALL-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/auditore.cab.inta-csic.es\/galaxias\/files\/2019\/09\/GATOS_logo_SMALL-768x931.jpg 768w, https:\/\/auditore.cab.inta-csic.es\/galaxias\/files\/2019\/09\/GATOS_logo_SMALL-845x1024.jpg 845w, https:\/\/auditore.cab.inta-csic.es\/galaxias\/files\/2019\/09\/GATOS_logo_SMALL.jpg 924w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Current surveys: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-normal-font-size\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gatos.myportfolio.com\/\">GATOS (Galaxy Activity, Torus and Outflow Survey): <\/a><\/strong>An optical\/infrared\/(sub)millimeter survey of a complete X-ray selected sample of nearby Seyfert galaxies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>MICONIC and MIDIS of the MIRI European Consortium.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/guaix.fis.ucm.es\/~pgperez\/SHARDS\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/guaix.fis.ucm.es\/~pgperez\/SHARDS\/\">SHARDS:<\/a><\/strong> A medium-band optical survey of galaxies and AGN at intermediate redshifts using OSIRIS on the GTC&nbsp; <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Past surveys:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-normal-font-size\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arches-fp7.eu\/arches\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.arches-fp7.eu\/arches\/\"><strong>ARCHES:<\/strong> <\/a>A European FP7 project to provide a multi-wavelength view of X-ray sources from the 3XMM catalog&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/piratasrelatedpublications\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/piratasrelatedpublications\/\">Los Piratas:<\/a> <\/strong>A mid-infrared survey of AGNs using CanariCam on the GTC. Observations include 100 hours of guaranteed time (Coordinator C. Packham) and 180 hours of an ESO\/GTC large program (PI A. Alonso Herrero). The paper with the published spectroscopic catalog -the largest AGN mid-IR spectroscopic survey conducted on a 10m telescope<a href=\"http:\/\/adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2016MNRAS.455..563A\">: Alonso-Herrero et al. 2016, MNRAS, 455, 563. <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>BOOKS (in Spanish)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>&#8220;Descubriendo Galaxias&#8221;,<\/strong> 2022, Next Door Publishers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catarata.org\/libro\/el-telescopio-espacial-james-webb_149825\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.catarata.org\/libro\/el-telescopio-espacial-james-webb_149825\/\">&#8220;El Telescopio Espacial James Webb&#8221;<\/a><\/strong>, 2023, Libros La Catarata.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Favorite Clumpy Torus and Disk+Wind Models:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-normal-font-size\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clumpy.org\/\">CLUMPY<\/a><\/strong> developed by Maia Nenkova and collaborators<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sungrazer.org\/cat3d.html\">CAT3D and CAT3D+WIND <\/a><\/strong>developed by Sebastian H\u00f6nig and collaborators<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/astronomas.org\/\"><strong>NEW EXHIBITION<\/strong>: AstronomAs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>EXHIBITION:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/izi.travel\/en\/c824-las-mujeres-sostienen-la-mitad-del-cielo\/es\">Las Mujeres sostienen la mitad del cielo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last updated: December 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Interests: Member of the IAU, EAS, SEA and RAS. Corresponding member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences. NEWS! 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