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Francisco J Mercado, PhD

Fall 1980 - Fall 2120

[email protected]

Current Position

Position: Adjunct Teaching Faculty

Biography

Francisco is an adjunct faculty member in the Accelerated Sceinces Division at SCU primarily teaching Physics.

Currently, Francisco is also a PhD Candidate at University of California (UCI), Irvine in the Department of Physics & Astronomy with an expected graduation date in June 2023. Francisco studies galaxy formation and evolution using high resolution simulations that are run using state-of-the-art  supercomputing resources. 

Francisco has experience teaching introductory level physics to students at both the high school and university levels. In particular, Francisco has served as a summer physics instructor at UCI, a highschool AP Physics instructor, and a personal physics tutor. 

Degrees

2019

M.S., Physics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, United StatesDissertation: N/A

2017

B.Sc., Physics, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Pomona, California, United StatesDissertation: N/A

In Progress

Ph.D., Physics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, United StatesDissertation: The role of baryon physics in shaping galaxy scaling relations

Scholarly Contributions and Creative Productions

Journal Article

Completed/Published

Moreno, J.; Danieli, S.; Bullock, J. S.; Feldmann, R.; Hopkins, P. F.; {c{c}atmabacak}, O.; Gurvich, A.; Lazar, A.; Klein, C.; Hummels, C. B.; Hafen, Z.; Mercado, F. J.; Yu, S.; Jiang, F.; Wheeler, C.; Wetzel, A.; Angl{’es-Alc'azar}, D.; Boylan-Kolchin, M.; Quataert, E.; Faucher-Gigu{`ere}, C.-A. ’e; Kere{v{s}}, D. “Galaxies Lacking Dark Matter Produced by Close Encounters in a Cosmological Simulation.” Nature Astronomy 2022, 6, 496–502.
McKeown, D.; Bullock, J. S.; Mercado, F. J.; Hafen, Z.; Boylan-Kolchin, M.; Wetzel, A.; Necib, L.; Hopkins, P. F.; Yu, S. “Amplified J-Factors in the Galactic Centre for Velocity-Dependent Dark Matter Annihilation in FIRE Simulations.” mnras 2022, 513, 55–70.
Meskhidze, H.; Mercado, F. J.; Sameie, O.; Robles, V. H.; Bullock, J. S.; Kaplinghat, M.; Weatherall, J. O. “Comparing Implementations of Self-Interacting Dark Matter in the GIZMO and AREPO Codes.” mnras 2022, 513, 2600–2608.
Mercado, F. J.; Bullock, J. S.; Boylan-Kolchin, M.; Moreno, J.; Wetzel, A.; El-Badry, K.; Graus, A. S.; Fitts, A.; Hopkins, P. F.; Faucher-Gigu{`ere}, C.-A. ’e; Gurvich, A. B. “A Relationship between Stellar Metallicity Gradients and Galaxy Age in Dwarf Galaxies.” mnras 2021, 501, 5121–5134.
Flores, V. ’azquez}; Gurvich, A. B.; Faucher-Gigu{`ere}, C.-A. ’e; Bullock, J. S.; Starkenburg, T. K.; Moreno, J.; Lazar, A.; Mercado, F. J.; Stern, J.; Sparre, M.; Hayward, C. C.; Wetzel, A.; El-Badry, K. “The Time-Scales Probed by Star Formation Rate Indicators for Realistic, Bursty Star Formation Histories from the FIRE Simulations.” mnras 2021, 501, 4812–4824.