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| Textbook printed by UCL Press: Fundamentals of galaxy dynamics, formation and evolution
 |  | Lorentz Centre 2016 - Leiden, Netherlands: The universal problem of the non-universal IMF
 |  | EWASS 2015 / Symp. 3 - La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain: Deconstructing massive galaxy formation
 |  | EWASS 2013 / Sp12 - Turku, Finland: A fresh look at the stellar IMF
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GA 2012 / Symp. 295 - Beijing, China: The intriguing life of massive galaxies
 |  | JENAM 2010 / Symp. 2: Lisbon, Portugal: Galaxy Formation and Environment: 30 years later
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         | Ignacio Ferreras |  | Postal Address: Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
 C/Vía Láctea, s/n
 E38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
 Phone: +34 922 605 315
 email:
 
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   | Research Interests |  | Galactic chemical enrichment
   Photo-spectroscopic dating of stellar populations:
   Cosmic Archaeology ! 
   Formation and evolution of elliptical galaxies: Ages, Chemical composition, 
     IMF 
   Quantitative Galaxy Morphology. 
   An interesting galaxy here, 
   ... and  here !
   The "Baryon Physics" of Star Formation 
   Probing Dark Matter in galaxies (A presentation illustrating
     past work with my collaborators here) 
   Multivariate analysis of large datasets (an example on galaxy spectra) 
   
 |  | Selected Papers |  | Constraints on the dust extinction law of the Galaxy with Swift/UVOT, Gaia, and 2MASS Ferreras, I., et al.
 2021, MNRAS, 505, 283
 Observed versus Simulated Halo c-Mvir Relations
 Leier, D., Ferreras, I., Negri, A., Saha, P.
 2021, arXiv:2105.05856
 Evaluating hydrodynamical simulations with green valley galaxies
 Angthopo, J., Negri, A., Ferreras, I., de la Rosa, I. G., dalla Vecchia, C., Pillepich, A., 
 2021, MNRAS, 502, 3685
 A detailed look at the stellar populations in green valley galaxies
 Angthopo, J., Ferreras, I, Silk, J., 
 2020, MNRAS, 495, 2720
 The SAMI galaxy survey: stellar population radial gradients in early-type galaxies
 Ferreras, I, et al. 
 2019, MNRAS, 489, 608
SHARDS: constraints on the dust attenuation law of star-forming galaxies at z˜2
 Tress, M., Mármol-Queraltó, E., Ferreras, I., et al.
 2018, MNRAS, 475, 2363
Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): probing the merger histories of massive galaxies via stellar populations
 Ferreras, I., Hopkins, A., et al.
 2017, MNRAS, 468, 607
Testing the wavelength dependence of cosmological redshift down to 1E-6
 Ferreras, I. & Trujillo, I.,
 2016, ApJ, 825, 115
Constraints on the merging channel of massive galaxies since z=1
 Ferreras, I., et al.,
 2014, MNRAS, 444, 906
A panchromatic analysis of starburst galaxy M82: probing the dust properties
 Hutton, Ferreras, I. et al.,
 2014, MNRAS, 440, 150
The (galaxy-wide) IMF in giant elliptical galaxies: From top to bottom
 Weidner, C., Ferreras, I., Vazdekis, A., La Barbera, F.,  
2013, MNRAS, 435, 2274
Systematic variation of the stellar initial mass function with velocity dispersion in early-type galaxies
 Ferreras, I., La Barbera, F., de la Rosa, I. G., Vazdekis, A., et al.,
 2013, MNRAS Letters, 429, L15
SPIDER-VII. Revealing the stellar population content of massive early-type galaxies out to 8Re
 La Barbera, F., Ferreras, I., de Carvalho, R. R., et al., 
 2012, MNRAS, 426, 2300
Dissecting the size evolution of elliptical galaxies since z~1:
puffing-up versus minor-merging scenarios
 Trujiilo, I., Ferreras, I., de la Rosa, I. G., 
 2011, MNRAS, 415, 3903
Constraining the low-mass end of the initial mass function with 
gravitational lensing
 Ferreras, I. et al.
 2010, MNRAS, 409, L30
On the formation of massive galaxies: a simultaneous study of number density, size and intrinsic colour evolution
 Ferreras, I. et al. 2009, MNRAS, 396, 1573
Unveiling dark haloes in lensing galaxies
 Ferreras, I., Saha, P. & Burles, S. 
 2008, MNRAS, 383, 857
Stellar and Total Mass in Early-Type Lensing Galaxies.
 Ferreras, I., Saha, P. & Williams, L. L. R.
 2005, ApJ, 623, L5
Evolution of Field Early-Type Galaxies: The View from GOODS CDFS.
 Ferreras, I., Lisker, T., Carollo, C. M., Lilly, S. J. & Mobasher, B. 
 2005, ApJ, 635, 243
How young are early-type cluster galaxies? Quantifying the young stellar 
component in a rich cluster at z=0.41.
 Ferreras, I. & Silk, J. 
 2000, ApJ, 541, L37
The age and metallicity range of early-type galaxies in clusters.
 Ferreras, I., Charlot, S. & Silk, J. 
 1999, ApJ, 521, 81
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