{"id":12,"date":"2017-02-01T09:19:11","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T09:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.dev.dundee.ac.uk\/asiciliaaguilar\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2026-01-14T12:22:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T12:22:42","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/asiciliaaguilar\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #008000\">Welcome to Aurora Sicilia-Aguilar&#8217;s Home Page<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Last update: January 2026<\/p>\n<p><em>Please also visit our<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stellar-nursery.ac.uk\/\"> Stellar Nursery<\/a> website for an update on research, public engagement, and more.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/asiciliaaguilar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2017\/01\/14m-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"14m\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/asiciliaaguilar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2017\/01\/14m-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/asiciliaaguilar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2017\/01\/14m-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/asiciliaaguilar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2017\/01\/14m-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/asiciliaaguilar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2017\/01\/14m.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-250\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/asiciliaaguilar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2020\/08\/aurora_2019.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Currently, I am a Reader at the School of Science and Engineering in the <strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dundee.ac.uk\/scienceengineering\/\">University o<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dundee.ac.uk\/scienceengineering\/\">f Dundee<\/a> <\/strong>, UK.<\/p>\n<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"irc_mi alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/img.evbuc.com\/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.evbuc.com%2Fimages%2F29542583%2F143073545951%2F1%2Foriginal.jpg?w=1000&amp;rect=2%2C0%2C630%2C315&amp;s=6d72d5c605a59a540092dcf6c6b0b8fd\" alt=\"Image result for university of dundee logo\" width=\"274\" height=\"137\" \/><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dundee.ac.uk\/scienceengineering\/staff\/\">Contact<\/a> address:<br \/>\nSchool of Science and Engineering<br \/>\nUniversity of Dundee<\/p>\n<p>Nethergate, DD1 4HN, UK<\/p>\n<p>My email address can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk\/portal\/en\/persons\/aurora-siciliaaguilar%28dad9ff8c-eee3-4db0-8177-852577019eda%29.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>My field of research is\u00a0 <strong>star formation and protoplanetary disks<\/strong>, specially regarding low-mass and solar-type stars. I am also very interested in the relation between star formation and disk formation and evolution. Most of my work is based on multiwavelength observations, including <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/asiciliaaguilar\/a-multiwavelength-journey-through-tr-37\/\"> optical, IR, and millimeter<\/a><\/strong> wavelengths. <strong>Time-resolved<\/strong> photometry and spectroscopy are also among my favourite techniques to track processes happening in disks and stars.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #008000\">Protoplanetary Disks Cartoons<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/asiciliaaguilar\/cartoons-of-disk-evolution\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-164\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/asiciliaaguilar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2017\/02\/disk_cartoon_labels3-2-300x228.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/asiciliaaguilar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2017\/02\/disk_cartoon_labels3-2-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/asiciliaaguilar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2017\/02\/disk_cartoon_labels3-2-624x475.png 624w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/asiciliaaguilar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2017\/02\/disk_cartoon_labels3-2.png 751w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #008000\">Other<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-96\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/asiciliaaguilar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2017\/02\/DSC05854-e1485961462863-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"dsc05854\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/asiciliaaguilar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2017\/02\/DSC05854-e1485961462863-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/asiciliaaguilar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2017\/02\/DSC05854-e1485961462863-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/asiciliaaguilar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2017\/02\/DSC05854-e1485961462863-624x832.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Rodrigo,\u00a0 Elvira, and Ver\u00f3nica.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.st-andrews.ac.uk\/~bhb\/\"> Bernd Braunecker<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.andalucia.org\/en\/natural-spaces-sierras-subbeticas\"> La Subb\u00e9tica Cordobesa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Aurora Sicilia-Aguilar&#8217;s Home Page Last update: January 2026 Please also visit our Stellar Nursery website for an update on research, public engagement, and more. Currently, I am a Reader at the School of Science and Engineering in the University of Dundee , UK. Contact address: School of Science and Engineering University of Dundee [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/asiciliaaguilar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/asiciliaaguilar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/asiciliaaguilar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/asiciliaaguilar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/asiciliaaguilar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/asiciliaaguilar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":527,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/asiciliaaguilar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/asiciliaaguilar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}