Professional:
Associate Research Fellow
Education:
2010-08–2014-11 Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Doctoral degree in Astronomy, Brazil.
2002-02-2009-10 Industrial University of Santander (Colombia), Bachelor in Science Chemistry.
Contact:
edgar@xao.ac.cn
Research Interests:
Dr. Edgar Mendoza’s research interests include the astrophysics of the interstellar medium, astrochemistry, and radio astronomy, with a focus on the evolution of molecular gas in star-forming regions. He uses observational data from submillimeter observatories, combining it with simulations of radiative, quantum, and kinetic processes that involve gas and dust. He has authored and co-authored peer-reviewed articles featured in Q1-tier scientific journals. Beyond research, he has supervised graduate research projects in Astronomy and maintains an active role in public science outreach initiatives.
Selected Publications:
1.Mendoza Edgar, Dall'Olio Pietro, Coelho Luciene, Peregrín Antonio, López-Domínguez Samuel, van der Tak Floris F. S., Carvajal Miguel. "Unmasking the physical information inherent to interstellar spectral line profiles with machine learning: I. Application of LTE to HCN and HNC transitions," 2025, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 698(A286).
2.Silva Mateus X., Mendoza Edgar, Ferreira Fabio S. L., C. R. Gomes Alexandre, Carvajal Miguel, Li Jing, Varandas Antonio J. C., Galvao Breno R. L. "New routes for PN destruction and formation in the interstellar medium via neutral-neutral gas-phase reactions and an extended database for reactions involving phosphorus," Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2025, 696(A170).
3.Mendoza Edgar, Costa Samuel F. M, Carvajal Miguel, Pilling Sérgio, Alves Márcio, Galvão Breno R. "New SiS destruction and formation routes via neutral-neutral reactions and their fundamental role in interstellar clouds at low- and high-metallicity values," 2024, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 687 (A146).
4.Mendoza Edgar, Carvajal Miguel, Merello Manuel, Bronfman Leonardo, Boechat-Roberty Heloisa M. "Observations and Chemical Modeling of the Isotopologues of Formaldehyde and the Cations of Formyl and Protonated Formaldehyde in the Hot Molecular Core G331.512–0.103," 2023, The Astrophysical Journal, 953 (77).
5.Santos Julia C., Bronfman Leonardo, Mendoza Edgar, Lépine Jacques R. D., Duronea Nicolas, Merello Manuel, Finger Ricardo. "A Spectral Survey of CH3CCH in the Hot Molecular Core G331.512-0.103," 2022, The Astrophysical Journal, 925, 1.
6.Canelo Carla M., Bronfman Leonardo, Mendoza Edgar, Duronea Nicolas, Merello Manuel, Carvajal Miguel, Friaca Amancio C. S., Lepine Jacques, "Isocyanic acid (HNCO) in the hot molecular core G331.512-0.103: observations and chemical modelling," 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 504, 4428-4444.
7.Beaklini Pedro P. B., Mendoza Edgar, Canelo Carla M., Aleman Isabel, Merello Manuel, Kong Shuo, Navarete Felipe, Janot-Pacheco Eduardo, Abraham Zulema, Lépine Jacques R. D., de Almeida Amaury A., Friaça Amâncio C. S. "Sulphur-bearing and complex organic molecules in an infrared cold core," 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 491, 427-439.
8.Mendoza Edgar, Lefloch Bertrand, Ceccarelli Cecilia, Kahane C., Jaber A. A., Podio L., Benedettini M., Codella C., Viti S., Jimenez-Serra I., Lepine J.; Boechat-Roberty H. M.; Bachiller R. "A search for cyanopolyynes in L1157-B1," 2018, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 475, 5501-5512.
9.López-Sepulcre A., Jaber Ali A., Mendoza Edgar, Lefloch B., Ceccarelli C., Vastel C., Bachiller R., Cernicharo J., Codella C., Kahane C., Kama M., Tafalla M. "Shedding light on the formation of the pre-biotic molecule formamide with ASAI," 2015, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 449, 2438-2458.
10.Mendoza Edgar, Lefloch Bertrand, López-Sepulcre Ana, Ceccarelli C., Codella C., Boechat-Roberty H. M., Bachiller R., "Molecules with a peptide link in protostellar shocks: a comprehensive study of L1157," 2014, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 445, 151-161.
