dr. Camilo Posada

CTP / dr. Camilo Posada

Researcher

dr. Camilo Posada

Brief resume

Post-doctoral researcher
Research Centre of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics
Institute of Physics
Faculty of Philosophy and Science
Silesian University in Opava
Bezručovo nám. 1150/13
746 01 Opava, Czech Republic
camilo.posada(at)fpf.slu.cz
SPIRE
Citizenship: Colombian citizen
Languages: Spanish (native), English (fluent)

Research interests

Relativistic astrophysics, compact objects, numerical relativity, gravitational-waves sources.

Research experience

  • Visiting Researcher 01/10/2018 – 31/12/2018
    Research Centre of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics
    Institute of Physics
    Faculty of Philosophy and Science
    Silesian University in Opava
    Bezručovo nám. 13
    CZ-74601 Opava, Czech Republic
  • Visiting Researcher 02/2018 – 08/2018
    Group of Relativistic Astrophysics
    Centro de Matemática, Computa ̧cao e Cogni ̧cao
    Universidade Federal do ABC
    Av. dos Estados, 5001
    Santo André – SP, Brazil.
    Supervisor: Cecilia Chirenti

Education

  • University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC., USA Ph.D., Physics, 08/2017
    Thesis: On slowly rotating supercompact Schwarzschild stars
    Advisor: Pawel O. Mazur
  • University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC., USA
    M.Sc., Physics, 08/2014
    Thesis: On the electrovacuum solutions to the Einstein-Maxwell system in General Relativity
  • Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá D.C., Colombia
    M.Sc., Physics, 09/2009
    Thesis: The effect of the cosmological expansion on gravitational bounded systems (in Spanish)
    Advisor: Marek Nowakowski
  • Universidad Pedag ́ogica Nacional, Bogotá D.C., Colombia
    B.S., Physics, 08/2005

Teaching

  • Teaching Assistant 08/2011 – 08/2017
    PHYS 202/212 – General Physics II Lab
    Department of Physics and Astronomy
    University of South Carolina
    Columbia, SC., USA.
    Coordinator: James Clawson
  • Full Time Lecturer Jan. 2011 – Jun. 2011
    Physics II (Electricity and Magnetism) – Theory and Lab.
    Area of Physics
    Universidad Piloto de Colombia
    Bogotá D.C., Colombia
  • Full Time Lecturer Jan. 2011 – Jun. 2011
    Physics II (Electricity and Magnetism) – Theory and Lab.
    Area of Physics
    Universidad Piloto de Colombia
    Bogotá D.C., Colombia
  • Full Time Lecturer Jan. 2010 – Dec. 2010
    Physics I and II – Theory and Lab.
    Mathematical Methods for Engineers
    Area of Basic Sciences
    Fundación Universitaria Los Libertadores
    Bogotá D.C., Colombia
  • Graduate Assistant Jan. 2006 – Jul. 2009
    Experimental Physics I and II
    Physics I and II (Recitation Sessions)
    Physics I (2007, 2008 Summer Lecturer)
    Department of Physics
    Universidad de los Andes
    Bogotá D.C., Colombia

Awards

  • Honor Fellowship for Outstanding Academic Performance
    Universidad Pedag ́ogica Nacional
    Bogotá D.C., Colombia
    Date: 06/2002
  • Visiting International Fellowship in the Physical Sciences
    Faculty of Philosophy and Sciences
    Silesian University in Opava
    Opava, Czech Republic
    Date: 01/09/2018 – 31/12/2018

List of selected articles

  • Camilo Posada, Jan Hladík, Zdenek Stuchlík, “Dynamical instability of polytropic spheres in spacetimes with a cosmological constant”
    Phys. Rev. D 102, 024056 (2020)
  • J. Ovalle, C. Posada, Z. Stuchlík, “Anisotropic ultracompact Schwarzschild star by gravitational decoupling”
    Class. Quant. Grav. 36, 205010 (2019)
  • Roman A. Konoplya, C. Posada, Z. Stuchlík, A. Zhidenko, “Stable Schwarzschild stars as black-hole mimickers”
    Phys. Rev. D 100, 044027 (2019)
  • Camilo Posada, Cecilia Chirenti, “On the radial stability of ultra compact Schwarzschild stars beyond the Buchdahl limit”
    Class. Quant. Grav. 36, 065004 (2019)
  • Camilo Posada, “Slowly rotating supercompact Schwarzschild stars”
    Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc. 468, 2128 (2017)

Publications