Astronomers and Astronomical Institutes in Chile
Astronomers In Chile
Name | Post | Scientific Interests | |
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Abbott, Timothy | Associate Scientist CTIO, La Serena |
Late stages of binary stellar evolution; Instrumentation; Detectors | tabbott@noao.edu |
Aladro, Rebeca | Fellow, ESO/Chile |
Astrochemistry; Interstellar medium; Nuclei of Galaxies | raladro@eso.org |
Altmann, Martin |
Post-Doc, |
BHB stars, sdB stars, white dwarfs, brown dwarfs, dwarf galaxies; Galactic structure (especially Thick Disk and Halo) |
martin@das.uchile.cl |
lvarez, Hctor |
Full Professor, |
Galactic structure |
halvarez@das.uchile.cl |
Anderson, Joseph | Fellow, ESO/Chile |
Supernovae progenitors, and constraints using observations of parent stellar populations; Hydrogen-rich type II supernovae light-curves and spectra; Supernova host galaxies | janderso@eso.org |
Aravena, Manuel | Ncleo de Astronoma, Facultad de Ingeniera, Univ. Diego Portales | Formation and evolution of high redshift galaxies(star-formation and AGN); Radio and submillimeter extra-galatic astronomy; Multiwavelength galaxy evolution surveys (COSMOS) | manuel.aravenaa@mail.udp.cl |
Arevalo, Patricia | Professor, U. de Valparaiso |
Black holes, accretion, Active Galactic Nuclei | patricia.arevalo at uv.cl |
Arias, Julia | Post-Doc, U. de La Serena
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Massive stars; Star Forming Regions; Magellanic Clouds; Herbig-Haro objects |
jarias@dfuls.cl |
Asmus, Daniel | Fellow, ESO/Chile |
Active Galactic Nuclei, in particular nearby active galaxies; Mid-infrared observations; Ground-based techniques; Astrophysical dust | dasmus@eso.org |
Barb, Rodolfo H. | Full Professor, U. de La Serena |
Massive star forming regions; Local starbursts; Young clusters | |
Barrera, Luis | Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educacin, Depto. de Fsica |
Variable stars, Be, and cataclysmic; Solar system TNOs | |
Barrientos, Felipe | Associate Professor, PUC |
Elliptical galaxies; Cluster of galaxies; Observational cosmology | |
Bayo, Amelia | Professor, U. de Valparaiso |
Brown dwarfs, low-mass star formation, astro-statistics | amelia.bayo at uv.cl |
Bellhouse, Callum | Student, ESO/Chile |
Galaxies & their environment; Jellyfish galaxies/RAM pressure stripping; MUSE/IFU | cbellhou@eso.org |
Bergmann, Marcel | Research Associate, NGSC CTIO, La Serena |
Galaxy Evolution; Stellar Populations; Galaxy Dynamics; Field vs. Cluster Evolutionary Effects | |
Blum, Robert |
Associate Astronomer, |
The Galactic Center; Stellar kinematics and mass distribution in the central Milky Way |
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Borissova, Jordanka | Full Professor, U. de Valparaso |
Resolved stellar populations of nearby galaxies Young stellar groups; open and globular clusters; variable stars Stellar photometry and spectroscopy; radial velocities | |
Brillant, Stephane |
Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile |
Magnetic fields in Ap and Bp stars: modeling; Radial velocity searches for extra-solar planets; Planet-transit searches |
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Bronfman, Leonardo |
Full Professor, |
Molecular Clouds; Galactic structures |
Full Professor, |
Superclustering at redshift 0.4-2.0; Quasar surveys; Search for high-z clusters of galaxies and evolution of distant galaxies |
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Cardenas, Victor | Professor, U. de Valparaiso | Cosmology, General Relativity, Dark Matter, Dark Energy | victor.cardenas@uv.cl |
Carraro, Giovanni | Operations Staff Astronomer ESO/Chile |
Open Star Clusters and Galactic Structure; Kuiper Belt Objects | |
Casassus, Simon | Assistant Professor,
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Planetary nebulae; Star formation | |
Cassata, Paolo | Professor, U. de Valparaiso | Galaxy evolution, observational cosmology, morphological properties and spectroscopy of high-redshift galaxies | paolo.cassata@uv.cl |
Catelan, Marcio | Associate Professor,
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Stellar evolution; Globular clusters; RR-Lyrae variable stars | |
Chini, Rolf | Science Director, UCN Chile | Star formation; Exoplanets; AGN | rchini@ucn.cl |
Clochiatti, Alejandro |
Director Astronomy & Astrophysics Dept., Associate Professor, PUC |
SN; Extensive studies of well observed bright events and usage of more distant events as distance estimators |
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Comern, Fernando | ESO Representative in Chile | Young stellar objects at both ends of the stellar and substellar mass function; the study of manifestations of stellar youth at low masses such as accretion and outflows; the dynamics of the interstellar medium. | fcomeron@eso.org |
Corts, Juan |
Student, |
Galaxy evolution; Galactic dynamics; Clusters of galaxies |
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Costa, Edgardo |
Associate Professor, |
Astrometry; Giant Reds |
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Cuevas, Hctor A. | Part-time Associate Professor, U. de La Serena |
Superclusters of galaxies; Spectral classification of galaxies; Cluster of galaxies | |
Cuevas, Omar | Professor, U. de Valparaiso | Meteorology, Astrometeorology, Atmospheric simulations | omar.cuevas@uv.cl |
Cur, Michel |
Full Professor, |
Stellar rotation; Wind of Be and B[e] stars; Radiation driven wind theory |
De Buizer, James | Research Associate |
Masers emission in star forming regions; Circumstellar disks and environments | |
De Gregorio-Monsalvo, Itziar | ALMA Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile |
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De Propris, Roberto | Assistant Astronomer CTIO, La Serena |
Infrared astronomy; Clusters of Galaxies; Galaxy luminosity function Redshift surveys | |
De Wit, Willem-Jan | Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile | Interferometry; Star formation | |
Dent, Bill | ALMA Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile |
Star & planet formation, particularly debris disks; rotoplanetary disks and IR/submm spectroscopy |
wdent@alma.cl |
Dias, Bruno |
Fellow, ESO/Chile |
Star clusters in the Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds; Dynamical interactions in the Magellanic Clouds; Multiple populations in globular clusters | bdias@eso.org |
Dumke, Michael |
Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile |
Molecular gas in galaxies; Cold dust; Extragalactic magnetic fields |
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Dnner, Rolando | Ph.D. Student, PUC |
Astronomical Instrumentation: Submillimeter |
Post-Doc, |
Black holes in Galaxies; SPH |
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Espinoza, Pablo | Student, PUC |
Young star clusters; the Initial Mass Function; Extrasolar planets |
Student, |
Molecular clouds |
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Fernandez, Jose M. | Ph.D. Student PUC & SAO-CfA Predoc Fellow | Extrasolar Planets; Low Mass Stars; Supernovae | |
Gadotti, Dimitri | Fellow, ESO/Chile |
Galaxy Formation and Evolution; Galaxy Structure; Black Holes and AGN Activity | dgadotti@eso.org |
Galaz, Gaspar | Assistant Professor, PUC | Stellar content of galaxies; Galaxy evolution; Statistical properties of the galaxy distribution | ggalaz@astro.puc.cl |
Galazutdinov, Gazinur | Associate Professor, UCN | Interstellar medium | ggalazutdinov@ucn.cl |
Gallenne, Alexandre | Fellow, ESO/Chile |
High angular resolution techniques: long-baseline interferometry, Adaptive optics; Cepheid stars: angular diameters, distances, binarity, circumstellar envelopes; Extragalactic distance scale | agallenn@eso.org |
Garay, Guido |
Full Professor, |
Compact HII regions, hot ammonia cores, bipolar outflows, disks, and masers; Chemistry of bipolar outflows; Physical properties of molecular clouds |
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Garca A., Diego | Fellow, ESO/Chile |
Radioastronomy; Gas in galaxies; Nearby and LSB galaxies |
dgarcia@eso.org |
Garca Varela, Alejandro Jos | Ph.D. Student, U. de Concepcin | Extragalactic distance scale; Period-Luminosity relation for Cepheid variables | |
Geisler, Douglas |
Full Professor, |
Composition, age and content of stellar populations; Globular clusters as probes of galaxy formation |
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Gieren, Wolfgang |
Full Professor, |
Extragalactic distance scale; Planetary companions to solar type stars |
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Girard, Julien | Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile | Adaptive optics; High-angular resolution applications; Active Galactic Nuclei | jgirard@eso.org |
Gregory, Brooke |
Scientist, |
IR Instrumentation: development and operations |
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Gutierrez, Claudia | Student ESO/Chile |
Spectral analysis of Type II Supernovae; Spectral diversity and correlations with photometric properties; Metallicity estimation from SNII and SN Progenitors | cgutierr@eso.org |
Hamuy, Mario | Associate Professor, U. de Chile | Supernovae; Cosmology; GRBs | |
Hardy, Eduardo |
Head, NRAO/AUI-Chile / Adjoint Professor, |
Galaxies; Stellar Populations; Cosmology; ALMA |
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Haubois, Xavier | Fellow, ESO/Chile |
Infrared interferometric imaging of evolved stars; design phase of GRAVITY | xhaubois@eso.org |
Heathcote, Steve |
Director SOAR, Astronomer |
Star formation; Herbig-Haro objects; Novae and SN |
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Hibon, Pascale | Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile |
High redshift galaxies; Galaxy evolution & formation; Galaxy clusters |
phibon@eso.org |
Hills, Richard |
ALMA Project Scientist |
Millimetre-wave telescopes |
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Ibar, Eduardo | Professor, U de Valparaiso | Observational Cosmology, Galaxy Formation and Evolution, Active Galactic Nuclei, Deep Radio, Infrared y Submillimetre surveys. | eduardo.ibar@uv.cl |
Infante, Leopoldo | Full Professor, PUC |
Galaxy evolution; Pairs, groups and clusters of galaxies; LSB, dwarf and Star forming galaxies in relation to environment; High-z QSOs | linfante@astro.puc.cl |
Ingerson, Tom |
Senior Support Scientist, |
Optics; Instrumentation |
Jaffe, Yara | Fellow, ESO, Chile |
The effect of environment on the evolution of galaxies; Multi-wavelength observations; Simulations of cluster and group galaxies in the local and distant Universe | yjaffe@eso.org |
Johnston, Evelyn |
Fellow, ESO, Chile |
Galaxy evolution; Star formation; Formation of counter rotating discs | ejohnsto@eso.org |
Juin, Jean-Baptiste | Post-Doc, U. de Concepcin |
Cosmology; Large-scale structure; Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect | jbjuin@astro-udec.cl |
Kanaan, Samer | Professsor, U. de Valparaiso | Massive stars, Be and B[e] stars, stellar interferometry, radiative transfer | samer.kanaan@uv.cl |
Kaminski, Thomas | Fellow, ESO/ALMA, Chile |
tomkam@ncac.torun.pl | |
Kaufer, Andreas | Staff Astronomer, |
Chemical evolution of Local Group galaxies; Variability of hot luminous stars; Optical Instrumentation |
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Kimeswenger, Stefan | (Full) Professor, UCN |
Late Stages of Stellar Evolution and Planetary Nebulae; Atmospheric Research with Astronomical Facilities; Star formation; Numerical Modeling in Astrophysics | skimeswenger@ucn.cl |
Kneissl, Ruediger | ALMA Science Operations Astronomer |
Cosmic Microwave Background; Clusters of Galaxies; Cosmology |
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Kolaczkowski, Zbigniew | Post-Doc, U. de Concepcin |
Variable stars (pulsating, binary systems) in Local Group galaxies; open clusters and Galactic Bulge |
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Kumar, Brijesh | Post-Doc, U. de Concepcin |
Star Clusters; Dark halos of galaxies, astronomical instrumentation. |
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Kunkel, William |
Retired, |
Environments of galaxies; Dwarf stellar systems; Kinematics of Local Group galaxies |
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Kurtev, Radostin | Professor, U. de Valparaiso | stellar formation, stellar clusters, Milky Way galaxy, infrared astronomy, very low mass stars, brown dwarfs, cool atmospheres | radostin.kurtev@uv.cl |
Lacerna, Ivan | Student, PUC |
Galaxy Evolution; Galactic Dynamics; Groups and clusters of galaxies |
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Ledoux, Cdric |
Staff Astronomer, |
Quasar absorption line systems; Galaxy formation and evolution; Large-scale structure of the Universe |
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Leon, Stphane | ALMA Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile |
Effects of the environment on stellar systems; ISM content of radio galaxies, barred and isolated galaxies | sleon@alma.cl |
Leyton, Juan | Part-time Assistant Professor, U. de La Serena |
Stellar seismology (Helioseismology); Morphological segregation of galaxy groups; Cosmology | |
Liller, William |
Instituto Isaac Newton |
Galactic and extragalactic globular clusters; Galactic structure; Magellanic Clouds; Novae search; Comets; Archeoastronomy |
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Lillo Box, Jorge | Fellow, ESO/Chile |
Exoplanet and minor bodies detection and characterization; Exoplanets around giant stars; High-resolution spectroscopy for radial velocity | jlillobo@eso.org |
Lindgren, Harri |
PhD astronomy |
Galactic structure; Kinematics and abundances of Pop II stars; Pop II binaries; Interstellar lines |
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Lira, Paulina |
Assistant Professor, |
AGN; X-rays |
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Lo Curto, Gaspare | Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile | glocurto@eso.org | |
Lpez, Sebastin |
Assistant Professor |
QSO absorption lines as a probe of the IGM; Gravitational lensing |
Commissioning Scientist of the ALMA Observatory (Array Group lead) |
Dwarf galaxies; Globular and open clusters; O and B stars in Magellanic Clouds clusters |
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Mardones, Diego |
Assistant Professor, U. de Chile |
Stellar formation |
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Martayan, Christophe |
Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile |
Massive stars: O, B, Be, LBV, GRB; Metallicity effects, stellar rotation and evolution; Galaxies, Magellanic Clouds |
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Martin, Sergio | ALMA Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile | Evolution of active galaxies; Molecular spectroscopy of galactic nuclei; The Galactic Center | smartin@eso.org smartin@alma.cl |
Martins, Jorge H. C. |
Student, ESO, Chile |
Detection of reflected light from exoplanets | jmartins@eso.org |
Mathys, Gautier |
ALMA Staff Astronomer, |
Stellar magnetic fields; Abundance anomalies in main-sequence A and B stars; Spectropolarimetry |
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Maza, Jos |
Full Professor, |
SN; Seyfert galaxies; Quasars |
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Mehner, Andrea | Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile | Eta Carinae (end stages of massive stars, variable massive stars) |
amehner@eso.org |
Melnick, Jorge |
ESO Astronomer Emeritus |
Violent star formation; Galactic and extragalactic starbursts; Evolution of massive stars |
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Mndez, Ren
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Assistant Professor, U. de Chile
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Stellar populations; Galactic structure; Stellar dynamics and kinematics |
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Mennickent, Ronald |
Full Professor, U. de Concepcin |
Stellar variability; Variable stars: cataclysmic variables, symbiotic stars, Be stars |
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Merand, Antoine |
Staff astronomer, |
Stellar interferometry; Cepheids; Stellar environment |
amerand@eso.org |
Mieske, Steffen |
Staff astronomer, |
Ultra-compact dwarf galaxies; Internal dynamics of star clusters; the Galaxy luminosity function |
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Milli, Julien | Fellow, ESO/Chile |
Perfomance of SPHERE (high-resolution contrast images); Study of circumstellar disks with high-contrast imaging | jmilli@eso.org |
Minniti, Dante |
Full Professor, PUC |
Optical-IR astronomy; Galactic structure; Open and Globular clusters; Stellar populations and evolution; Variable stars; Microlensing; Dwarf galaxies |
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Moni Bidin, Christian | Asistant Professor, UCN |
Galactic stellar populations and clusters; Galactic dynamics; Hot horizontal branch stars | cmoni@ucn.cl |
Montenegro, Francisco | Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile |
High-redshift quasars; Multi-wavelength characterisation of galaxies and quasars |
fmontene@eso.org
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Morelli, Lorenzo | Post-Doc, PUC |
Galaxy kinematics; Stellar population in nearby galaxies; Microlensing with SuperMACHOS project. |
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Morrell, Nidia | Astronomer, LCO |
Massive stars; Binaries, stars in star forming regions; Supernovae | |
Motta, Vernica |
Full Professor, |
Gravitational lenses; Galaxy evolution |
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Moyano, Maximiliano | Post-doc, UCN | Extrasolar planets | mmoyano@ucn.cl |
Muoz Mateos, Juan Carlos | Fellow, ESO/Chile |
Galaxy formation and evolution; Interstellar medium | jmunoz@eso.org |
Murphy, Miguel | Director, UCN | mmurphy@ucn.cl |
Nagar, Neil | Associate Professor, U. de Concepcin |
Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN): demography and accretion mechanisms; AGN evolution over z = 6 to z = 0 | |
Neumann, Justus | Student, ESO, Chile |
jneumann@eso.org | |
Nikolic, Silvana |
FONDAP Post-doc, |
Star formation; Physics and Chemistry of Galactic and Extragalactic Molecular Clouds |
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Nitschelm, Christian | Staff Astronomer, Astronomia, Univ. Antofagasta |
Binary stars; Spectroscopic binaries; Sco-Cen Complex; Variable stars, Minor bodies of the Solar System | christian.nitschelm@uantof.cl |
Noel, Fernando |
Full Professor, |
Reference systems; Solar astrometry |
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Norman, Dara |
NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, |
Weak gravitational lensing; Large-scale structure; Quasars |
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Nyman, Lars-ke |
Head of Science Operations |
Envelopes around AGB and post-AGB stars; Large scale structure of the Galaxy; Molecular clouds in relation to star formation |
Ohnaka, Keiichi |
Associate Professor, UCN |
Late stages of stellar evolution; High angular resolution observation; Optical and infrared interferometry; Stellar atmospheres; Radiative transfer modeling of dusty media | konaka@ucn.cl |
Olsen, Knut | Assistant Astronomer, |
Bubbles; Interstellar reddening; Stellar clusters |
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Padilla, Nelson | Assistant Professor, PUC |
Galaxy formation; Large scale structure; CMB; Cosmological parameters |
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Parra, Rodrigo | Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile | Continuum and spectral line cm and mm wave interferometric techniques particularly VLBI; Interstellar Masers; Dense molecular gas in star-forming regions | |
Peck, Alison |
Deputy Project Scientist, ALMA |
Radio and (sub)mm interferometers; AGN; Molecular gas and dust in galaxies |
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Pedreros, Mario |
Full Professor, |
Open clusters: main sequence fitting; Cepheids and other objects in clusters;Young clusters and spiral structure; Local group galaxies: proper motions and velocities |
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Peixinho, Nuno | Staff Astronomer, Astronomia, Univ. Antofagasta |
Trans-Neptunian Objects; Minor bodies of the Solar System | nuno.peixinho@uantof.cl |
Pfuhl, Oliver | Fellow, ESO/Chile |
The Galactic Center (star formation and dynamics close to the SMBH); Infrared/optical instrumentation; Long baseline interferometry | opfuhl@eso.org |
Phillips, Mark |
Associate Director, |
SN; Extragalactic Astronomy; Cosmic Distance Scale; Cosmology |
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Phillips, Neil | Test Scientist, ALMA |
Far-IR to radio wavelength observing techniques and instrumentation, calibration; Data reduction algorithms; Astronomical databases and the Virtual Observatory | nphillip@alma.cl |
Pietrzynski, Grzegorz |
Post-Doc, |
Extragalactic distance scale; Stellar clusters |
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Plunkett, Adele | Fellow, ESO/Chile |
Star formation; Molecular outflows; Sub-mm astronomy | aplunket@eso.org |
Points, Sean |
Assistant Scientist, |
Large-scale structure and evolution of the interstellar medium |
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Pompei, Emanuela |
Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile |
Dynamics of gas and stars in spirals; Compact groups of galaxies; Spectroscopy and photometry |
Full Professor, |
Observational astrophysics; Clusters of galaxies; Interacting galaxies; Large scale structures |
Rabanus, David | Instrument Specialist, ALMA |
Submillimetre Astronomy; Star Formation | |
Ramrez, Amelia | Assistant Professor, U. de La Serena |
Clusters of galaxies; Interacting elliptical galaxies; Brightest Clusters Members | |
Reisenegger, Andreas | Associate Professor, PUC |
Theoretical astrophysics: neutron stars; stellar magnetic fields; clusters and superclusters of galaxies | |
Richtler, Tom |
Full Professor, |
Globular clusters; Dynamics in the outer haloes of galaxies |
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Rivinius, Thomas |
Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile |
Hot Stars; Circumstellar Environment; Stellar Pulsations |
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Rodon, Javier | Fellow, ESO/ALMA, Chile |
4th year at ESO/Garching | jrodon@eso.org |
Rodrguez C., Manuel |
Part-time Assistant Professor, |
Variable stars; Magnetic stars; RS CVn; Peculiar ringed galaxies |
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Romanowsky, Aaron | Post-Doc, U. de Concepcin |
Dynamics of halos of elliptical galaxies; Observation and theory of galaxies and stellar systems | |
Roth, Miguel |
Director, |
Regions of star formation; Stellar evolution; Very-low-mass stars |
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Rubio, Mnica |
Full Professor, |
Molecular clouds; Magellanic clouds |
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Ruiz, Mara Teresa |
Full Professor, |
Star clusters; Low-mass stars; White dwarfs |
Sabogal, Beatriz | Ph.D. Student, U. de Concepcin |
Variable stars: eruptive blue stars in the Magellanic clouds; Brown dwarfs | |
Sani, Eleonora | Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile | AGN-Star Formation connection in high luminous galaxies; Black Hole host galaxy co-evolution; scaling relations; Black Hole feeding and accretion processes in AGNs |
esani@eso.org |
Saviane, Ivo |
Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile |
Globular clusters; Dwarf galaxies; Stellar populations and chemical evolution of galaxies |
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Schmidtobreick, Linda |
Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile |
Stellar populations of our galaxy; Cataclysmic variables; Structure of galactic disks |
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Schreiber, Matthias | Professor, U. de Valparaiso | compact binary evolution, white dwarfs, protoplanetary disks, planet formation | matthias.schreiber@uv.cl |
Schuler, Simon |
Research Associate, NOAO/CTIO | High-resolution spectroscopy and the chemical abundances of various stellar populations; including open cluster stars, metal-poor stars, and planetary hosts |
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Sedaghati, Elyar | Student, ESO, Chile |
Exoplanet transmission spectroscopy; Characterising the atmospheres of mini-Neptunes & beyond | esedagha@eso.org |
Selman, Fernando |
Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile
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Young star clusters in 30 Doradus; Super-associations in galaxies; Extinction laws |
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Siringo, Giorgio |
Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile
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Millimeter and submillimeter astronomy; Magnetic fields and polarization in star forming regions; AGN variability and polarization at mm/submm wavelengths; Anisotropies and polarization of the Cosmic Background Radiation |
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Smette, Alain | Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile | Gravitational Lenses; Qso Absorption Lines; Gamma-Ray Bursts | |
Smith, Robert Chris |
CTIO Director |
SN; SN remnants; Interstellar medium |
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Smoker, Jonathan |
Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile |
Interstellar medium; High-Latitude early-type stars; PAGB stars |
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Solis, Basilio | Ph.D. Student, PUC |
Cosmology; Galaxies and Clusters of galaxies; Extragalactic Submm Astronomy | |
Steenbrugge, Katrien | Professor, UCN | AGN; X-ray spectroscopy | ksteenbrugge@ucn.cl |
Suntzeff, Nicholas |
Astronomer Tenure, |
Stellar populations; Globular clusters |
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Szeifert, Thomas |
Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile |
Physics of luminous hot stars; Chemical evolution of the Milky Way; Polarized light from astronomical objects |
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Szewczyk, Olaf | Post-Doc, U. de Concepcin | Extragalactic distance scale; Stellar clusters; Solar System Objects |
Tappert, Claus | Professor, U. de Valparaiso |
Cataclysmic Variables, Binary Stars, Novae | claus.tappert@uv.cl |
Taylor, Matthew |
Student, ESO, Chile |
Massive compact stellar systems (GCs, UCDs, etc.); GC systems of galaxies and groups; Formation history of Centaurus A | taylorm@eso.org |
Tokovinin, Andrei |
Associate Astronomer, GMST |
Binary and multiple stars (formation, statistics, orbits); Site testing; Adaptive optics |
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Torstensson, Karl | Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile |
High-mass star formation; ISM; Centimetre, millimetre and submillimetre Astronomy; Interferometry; VLBI | ktorsten@eso.org |
Tristram, Konrad | Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile |
Dust and gas in active galactic nuclei; Variability of active galactic nuclei, reverberation mapping; High angular resolution imaging and spectroscopy, infrared & submm interferometry | ktristra@eso.org |
Unda-Sanzana, Eduardo |
Director Astronomia |
Cataclysmic variables; Transiting exoplanets; Minor bodies of the Solar System; Astroengineering |
Valcarce, Aldo | Student, PUC |
Stellar Evolution, Globular Clusters | |
Vasquez, Sergio | Student, PUC |
Galactic Astronomy, Globular Clusters | svasquez@astro.puc.cl |
Van der Bliek, Nicole |
Associate scientist, |
AGB stars in the Galactic Bulge; Colours of (cool) stars; IMF in star forming regions; IR instrumentation and IR standard stars |
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Vigan, Arthur | Fellow, ESO/Chile |
High-contrast instrumentation; Direct imaging of exoplanets | avigan@eso.org |
Villanueva, Jose | Professor, U. de Valparaiso |
Inflation; reheating; dark energy (DE); dark matter (DM); DE-DM interaction; geodesics; tests of general relativity; exact solutions | jose.villanuevalob@uv.cl |
Vogt, Frederic | Fellow, ESO/Chile |
Compact group of galaxies; Gas flows, star formation, galaxy evolution; Data visualization & integral field spectroscopy | fvogt@eso.org |
Vogt, Nikolaus |
Full Professor, |
Cataclysmic and other variables; Open star clusters |
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Vuckovic, Maja |
Professor, |
Origin and evolution of hot subdwarf B stars; Asteroseismology of compact pulsators; Binary stars - post common envelope ejection systems |
maja.vuckovic@uv.cl |
Wahhaj, Zahed |
Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile |
Exoplanets; Brown dwarfs; Circumstellar disks | zwahhaj@eso.org |
Walker, Alistair | Astronomer, CTIO, La Serena |
Stellar populations; Magellanic clouds; Distance scale; Astronomical instrumentation and CCDs | awalker@noao.edu |
Watson, Linda |
ALMA Fellow, ESO/Chile |
Star formation and the interstellar medium in nearby galaxies; Extended ultraviolet disk galaxies; Active galactic nuclei on the M-sigma relation | lwatson@eso.org |
Wenderoth, Erich | System Support Associate, Gemini Observatory |
Globular clusters; Peculiar ring galaxies | ewendero@gemini.edu |
Whiting, Alan B. | Research Associate, CTIO, La Serena |
Galaxies in/near the Local Group; Dynamics of the Local Volume; Low surface brightness objects | whiting@noao.ctio.edu |
Yang, Bin | Fellow ESO/Chile |
Small solar bodies; Planet formation; Astrobiology |
byang@eso.org |
Zoccali, Manuela | Assistant Professor, PUC |
Galactic globular clusters; the Galactic Bulge; the Initial Mass Function | mzoccali@astro.puc.cl |
Institutions | Telephone Numbers | Fax Numbers | Address | Web sites |
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Centro de Estudios Cientificos (CECS) Theoretical Physics Research Lab. |
(56 63) 234-500 | (56 63) 234-517 or 234-518 | Casilla 1469, Valdivia | http://www.cecs.cl/ |
Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory (CTIO) | (56 51) 205-200 | (56 51) 205-212 | Casilla 603, La Serena | http://www.ctio.noao.edu/ |
European Southern Observatory (ESO)/Chile | (56 2) 463-3000 | (56 2) 463-3101 | Casilla 19001, Santiago 19 | http://www.eso.org/sci/activities/santiago/ |
Gemini Observatory | (56 51) 205-600 | (56 51) 205-650 | Casilla 603, La Serena | http://www.gemini.edu/ |
Las Campanas Observatory (LCO) | (56 51) 207-301 | (56 51) 207-308 | Casilla 601, La Serena | http://www.lco.cl |
National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) | (56 2) 210-9600 | (56 2) 210-9650 | Av. Nueva Costanera 4091, Suite 502, Vitacura, Santiago |
https://science.nrao.edu/about/chile |
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (PUC) | (56 2) 686-4940 | (56 2) 686-4948 | Casilla 306, Santiago 22 | http://www.astro.puc.cl/ |
Universidad Catolica del Norte (UCN) | +56-55-235 5480 | Avda. Angamos 0610, Antofagasta | http://www.iaucn.cl/en/ email: sec.astronomia[AT]ucn.cl |
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Universidad de Antofagasta | (56 55) 2637596 | --- | Avda. U. de Antofagasta 02800, Antofagasta | http://www.astro.uantof.cl |
Universidad de Chile | (56 2) 977-1091 | (56 2) 977-1095 | Casilla 36-D, Santiago | http://www.das.uchile.cl/ |
Universidad de Concepcion | (56 41) 204-500 | (56 41) 224-520 | Avda. Esteban S. Iturra s/n Barrio Universitario, Concepcion | http://www.astro-udec.cl/ |
Universidad de la Frontera | (56 45) 325-000 | (56 45) 325-950 | Casilla 54-D, Temuco | http://www.ufro.cl/ |
Universidad de La Serena | (56 51) 204-128 | (56 51) 226-662 | Benavente 980, La Serena | http://www.dfuls.cl/ |
Universidad de Tarapaca | (56 58) 205-436
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(56 58) 205-435 | Avda.Gral Velasquez 1775/ Casilla 7-D, Arica | http://www.uta.cl |
Universidad de Valparaso | (56 32) 508-426 | (56 32) 508-279 | Casilla 5030, Valparaso | http://www.dfa.uv.cl |
Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educacin | (56 2) 241- 2496 (97) | Avda. Jos Pedro Alessandri 774, uoa, Santiago | http://www.umce.cl |