Faculty180 - Vita and Individual Profile Data Sheet

Francisco J Mercado, PhD

Fall 1980 - Fall 2120

[email protected]

Current Position

Position: Adjunct 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, Jorge, Shany Danieli, James S. Bullock, Robert Feldmann, Philip F. Hopkins, Onur {c{c}atmabacak}, Alexander Gurvich, et al. 2022. “‘Galaxies Lacking Dark Matter Produced by Close Encounters in a Cosmological Simulation.’” Nature Astronomy 6 (April):496–502.
McKeown, Daniel, James S. Bullock, Francisco J. Mercado, Zachary Hafen, Michael Boylan-Kolchin, Andrew Wetzel, Lina Necib, Philip F. Hopkins, and Sijie Yu. 2022. “‘Amplified J-Factors in the Galactic Centre for Velocity-Dependent Dark Matter Annihilation in FIRE Simulations.’” Mnras 513 (June):55–70.
Meskhidze, Helen, Francisco J. Mercado, Omid Sameie, Victor H. Robles, James S. Bullock, Manoj Kaplinghat, and James O. Weatherall. 2022. “‘Comparing Implementations of Self-Interacting Dark Matter in the GIZMO and AREPO Codes.’” Mnras 513 (June):2600–2608.
Mercado, Francisco J., James S. Bullock, Michael Boylan-Kolchin, Jorge Moreno, Andrew Wetzel, Kareem El-Badry, Andrew S. Graus, et al. 2021. “‘A Relationship between Stellar Metallicity Gradients and Galaxy Age in Dwarf Galaxies.’” Mnras 501 (March):5121–34.
Flores, Vel{’azquez}, Alexander B. Gurvich, Claude-Andr’e Faucher-Gigu{`ere}, James S. Bullock, Tjitske K. Starkenburg, Jorge Moreno, Alexandres Lazar, et al. 2021. “‘The Time-Scales Probed by Star Formation Rate Indicators for Realistic, Bursty Star Formation Histories from the FIRE Simulations.’” Mnras 501 (March):4812–24.