Astronomers and Astronomical Institutes in Chile

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Astronomical Institutions

Astronomers In Chile

Name Post Scientific Interests Email
Abbott, Timothy Associate Scientist
CTIO, La Serena
 Late stages of binary stellar evolution; Instrumentation; Detectors tabbott@noao.edu

Altmann, Martin

Post-Doc,
U. de Chile

BHB stars, sdB stars, white dwarfs, brown dwarfs, dwarf galaxies; Galactic structure (especially Thick Disk and Halo)

 martin@das.uchile.cl

Álvarez, Héctor

Full Professor,
U. de Chile

Galactic structure

 halvarez@das.uchile.cl
Anderson, Joseph Staff Astronomer, 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 Núcleo de Astronomía, Facultad de Ingeniería, 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

 

 Massive stars; Star Forming Regions; Magellanic Clouds;
Herbig-Haro objects		 jarias@dfuls.cl
Barbá, Rodolfo H. Full Professor,
U. de La Serena		 Massive star forming regions; Local starbursts; Young clusters
Barrera, Luis Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación,
Depto. de Física		 Variable stars, Be, and cataclysmic; Solar system TNOs

lbarrera@umce.cl
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
Berg, Trystyn Fellow,
ESO/Chile		 Galaxy Evolution; Quasar Absorption Lines; Chemical Evolution tberg@eso.org
Bergmann, Marcel Research Associate, NGSC
CTIO, La Serena
 Galaxy Evolution; Stellar Populations; Galaxy Dynamics; Field vs. Cluster Evolutionary Effects
Bian, Fuyan Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile Galaxy Formation and Evolution; High Redshift Galaxies & quasars; Cosmic Reionization Fuyan.Bian@eso.org 

Blum, Robert

Associate Astronomer,
CTIO, La Serena

The Galactic Center; Stellar kinematics and mass distribution in the central Milky Way

rblum@noao.edu
Borissova, Jordanka Full Professor,
U. de Valparaíso		 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

sbrillan@eso.org

Bronfman, Leonardo

Full Professor,
U. de Chile

Molecular Clouds; Galactic structures

leo@das.uchile.cl

Campusano, Luis

Full Professor,
U. de Chile

Superclustering at redshift 0.4-2.0; Quasar surveys; Search for high-z clusters of galaxies and evolution of distant galaxies

luis@arka.das.uchile.cl
Cardenas, Victor Professor, U. de Valparaiso Cosmology, General Relativity, Dark Matter, Dark Energy victor.cardenas@uv.cl
Casassus, Simon Assistant Professor,
U. de Chile		 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,
PUC		 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

aclocchi@astro.puc.cl
Corral-Santana, Jesus M. Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile Stellar-mass black holes; X-ray binaries; Accretion disks jcorral@eso.org

Costa, Edgardo

Associate Professor,
U. de Chile

Astrometry; Giant Reds

costa@das.uchile.cl
Cuevas, Héctor 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

Curé, Michel

Full Professor,
U. de Valparaíso

Stellar rotation; Wind of Be and B[e] stars; Radiation driven wind theory

michel.cure@uv.cl
De Buizer, James

Research Associate
CTIO, La Serena

 Masers emission in star forming regions; Circumstellar disks and environments
De Gregorio-Monsalvo, Itziar ALMA Staff Astronomer,
ESO/Chile		  

idegrego@alma.cl

idegrego@eso.org
De Propris, Roberto Assistant Astronomer
CTIO, La Serena
 Infrared astronomy; Clusters of Galaxies; Galaxy luminosity function Redshift surveys
De Rosa, Robert Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile Extrasolar planets; High-contrast imanging; Adaptative Optics rderosa@eso.org
De Wit, Willem-Jan Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile Interferometry; Star formation

wdewit@eso.org
Dent, Bill ALMA Staff Astronomer,
ESO/Chile

Star & planet formation, particularly debris disks; Protoplanetary disks and IR/submm spectroscopy

 wdent@alma.cl
Duran, Carlos Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile Submm and far infrared instrumentation; Radio Astronomy cduran@eso.org

Escala, Andrés

Post-Doc,
U. de Chile

Black holes in Galaxies; SPH

aescala@das.uchile.cl
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

Garay, Guido

Full Professor,
U. de Chile

Compact HII regions, hot ammonia cores, bipolar outflows, disks, and masers; Chemistry of bipolar outflows; Physical properties of molecular clouds

guido@das.uchile.cl

Geisler, Douglas

Full Professor,
U. de Concepción

Composition, age and content of stellar populations; Globular clusters as probes of galaxy formation

dgeisler@astro-udec.cl
Gendron-Marsolais, Marie-Lou Fellow,
ESO/Chile		 Galaxy clusters & groups; X-ray/Optical/Radio wavelength Astronomy; AGN feedback Marie-Lou.Gendron-Marsolais@eso.org

Gieren, Wolfgang

Full Professor,
U. de Concepción

Extragalactic distance scale; Planetary companions to solar type stars

wgieren@astro-udec.cl
Gran, Felipe Student,
ESO, Chile		 Galactic bulge; Star clusters; Proper motions fgran@eso.org

Gregory, Brooke

Scientist,
NIO/GSMT
CTIO

IR Instrumentation: development and operations

bgregory@noao.edu
Häußler, Boris Staff Astronomer,
ESO/Chile		 Galaxy formation and evolution; Galaxy transformation from blue, star-forming disks to red, "dead" ellipticals; Build-up of the red sequence; Bulge/Disc decomposition of galaxies both at low and high redshift (redshift, not km/s); Evolution of galaxies. bhaeussl@eso.org
Hamuy, Mario Associate Professor, U. de Chile Supernovae; Cosmology; GRBs

Hardy, Eduardo

Head, NRAO/AUI-Chile / Adjoint Professor,
U. de Chile

Galaxies; Stellar Populations; Cosmology; ALMA

ehardy@nrao.edu
Haubois, Xavier Staff Astronomer,
ESO/Chile		 Infrared interferometric imaging of evolved stars; design phase of GRAVITY xhaubois@eso.org

Heathcote, Steve

Director SOAR, Astronomer
CTIO, La Serena

Star formation; Herbig-Haro objects; Novae and SN

sheathcote@noao.edu
Herenz, E. Christian Fellow,
ESO, Chile		 High-redshift galaxies; Galaxy formation; Integral-field spectroscopy eherenz@eso.org
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

rhills@alma.cl
Humphreys, Elizabeth  Head of the DSO Alma Central Parsecs of AGN; High-Mass Star Formation
Evolved Star Mass Loss; Millimetre and Submillimetre Astronomy; Cosmology and the Early Universe		 elizabeth.humphreys@alma.cl
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,
CTIO, La Serena

Optics; Instrumentation

tingerson@noao.edu
Jones, Matias Staff Astronomer,
ESO/Chile
 Extrasolar planets, precision radial velocities; Planetary systems orbiting evolved stars; Transiting systems and detection of companion-induced astrometric signals mjones@eso.org
Juin, Jean-Baptiste Post-Doc,
U. de Concepción		 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
Kara, Jan
 Student,
ESO/Chile		 Photometry of variable stars; Cataclysmic variables jkara@partner.eso.org
Kaufer, Andreas

Staff Astronomer,
ESO/Chile

Chemical evolution of Local Group galaxies; Variability of hot luminous stars; Optical Instrumentation

akaufer@eso.org
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
Klein, Thomas Staff Astronomer,
ESO/Chile		 Deputy Director of La Silla Paranal Observatory Thomas.Klein@eso.org
Kneissl, Ruediger

ALMA Science Operations Astronomer

Cosmic Microwave Background; Clusters of Galaxies; Cosmology

rkneissl@eso.org
Korhonen, Heidi Helena
 Staff Astronomer,
ESO/Chile		 Stellar magnetic fields; Exoplanet detection; Astronomical instrumentation

 

 Heidi.Korhonen@eso.org
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

Ledoux, Cédric

Staff Astronomer,
ESO/Chile

Quasar absorption line systems; Galaxy formation and evolution; Large-scale structure of the Universe

cledoux@eso.org
Leon, Stéphane 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

Lira, Paulina

Assistant Professor,
U. de Chile

AGN; X-rays

plt@das.uchile.cl
Lo Curto, Gaspare Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile   glocurto@eso.org

López, Sebastián

Assistant Professor
U. de Chile

QSO absorption lines as a probe of the IGM; Gravitational lensing

slopez@das.uchile.cl
Macias, Enrique Fellow,
ESO/ALMA, Chile		 Star and planet formation; Structure and evolution of protoplanetary disks, dust grain growth, protoplanetary disk dispersal; Sub-mm/mm/cm interferometry Enrique.Macias@eso.org

Marconi, Gianni

Commissioning Scientist of the ALMA Observatory (Array Group lead)

Dwarf galaxies; Globular and open clusters; O and B stars in Magellanic Clouds clusters

gmarconi@eso.org

Mardones, Diego

Assistant Professor, U. de Chile

Stellar formation

dmardones@das.uchile.cl

Martayan, Christophe

Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile

Massive stars: O, B, Be, LBV, GRB; Metallicity effects, stellar rotation and evolution; Galaxies, Magellanic Clouds

cmartaya@eso.org
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

Mathys, Gautier

ALMA Staff Astronomer,
ESO/Chile

Stellar magnetic fields; Abundance anomalies in main-sequence A and B stars; Spectropolarimetry

gmathys@eso.org

Maza, José

Full Professor,
U. de Chile

SN; Seyfert galaxies; Quasars

jose@das.uchile.cl
Mazzucchelli, Chiara Fellow,
ESO/Chile		 High Redshift Quasars; Protoclusters cmazzucc@eso.org
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

jmelnick@eso.org

Méndez, René

 

 

 Assistant Professor, U. de Chile

 

Stellar populations; Galactic structure; Stellar dynamics and kinematics

rmendez@das.uchile.cl

Mennickent, Ronald

Full Professor, U. de Concepción

Stellar variability; Variable stars: cataclysmic variables, symbiotic stars, Be stars

rmennick@astro-udec.cl
Messias, Hugo Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile Extra-galactic astronomy: galaxy and super-massive black-hole (co-)evolution; gas content and dynamics in galaxies; galaxy growth mechanisms; IR-selected AGN; distant (sub-)millimeter/radio-selected galaxies. hugo.messias@alma.cl

Mieske, Steffen

Staff astronomer,
ESO/Chile

Ultra-compact dwarf galaxies; Internal dynamics of star clusters; the Galaxy luminosity function

smieske@eso.org

Minniti, Dante

 UNAB

Optical-IR astronomy; Galactic structure; Open and Globular clusters; Stellar populations and evolution; Variable stars; Microlensing; Dwarf galaxies

 vvvdante@gmail.com
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

 
Morelli, Lorenzo Post-Doc,
PUC		 Galaxy kinematics;
Stellar population in nearby galaxies;
Microlensing with SuperMACHOS project.
Morrell, Nidia Astronomer,
LCO		 Massive stars; Binaries, stars in star forming regions; Supernovae

Motta, Verónica

Full Professor,
U. de Valparaíso

Gravitational lenses; Galaxy evolution

veronica.motta@uv.cl
Moyano, Maximiliano Post-doc, UCN Extrasolar planets mmoyano@ucn.cl
Murphy, Miguel Director, UCN   mmurphy@ucn.cl
Nagar, Neil Associate Professor,
U. de Concepción		 Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN): demography and accretion mechanisms; AGN evolution over z = 6 to z = 0
Navarrete, Camila Fellow,
ESO/Chile		 Stellar Streams; Structure and Formation of the Milky Way; Globular Clusters and Variable Stars Camila.Navarrete@eso.org
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,
U. de Chile

Reference systems; Solar astrometry

fnoel@das.uchile.cl

Norman, Dara

NSF Postdoctoral Fellow,
CTIO, La Serena

Weak gravitational lensing; Large-scale structure; Quasars

dnorman@ctios2.ctio.noao.edu
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,
CTIO, La Serena

Bubbles; Interstellar reddening; Stellar clusters

kolsen@noao.edu
Otarola, Angel Staff Astronomer,
ESO/Chile

Atmospheric water vapour (PWV); Atmospheric turbulence (seeing); Use of Machine Learning methods for the modelling of atmospheric seeing and PWV; Active remote sensing of the Earth's atmosphere; Imaging and characterization of satellites in low-earth orbits

 angel.otarola@eso.org
Padilla, Nelson Assistant Professor,
PUC		 Galaxy formation; Large scale structure; CMB;
Cosmological parameters
Paladini, Claudia Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile Evolved Stars; Stellar Atmospheres, Mass Loss; Long Baseline Optical Interferometry cpaladin@eso.org
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

parrar@eso.org

Peck, Alison

Deputy Project Scientist, ALMA

Radio and (sub)mm interferometers; AGN; Molecular gas and dust in galaxies

apeck@alma.cl

Pedreros, Mario

Full Professor,
U. de Tarapacá

Open clusters: main sequence fitting; Cepheids and other objects in clusters;Young clusters and spiral structure; Local group galaxies: proper motions and velocities

mpedrero@uta.cl
Peixinho, Nuno Staff Astronomer,
Astronomia, Univ. Antofagasta		 Trans-Neptunian Objects; Minor bodies of the Solar System nuno.peixinho@uantof.cl
Pessi, Priscila J. Student,
ESO/Chile		 Photometry; Spectroscopy; Supernovae, supernova progenitors ppessi@eso.org

Phillips, Mark

Associate Director,
LCO

SN; Extragalactic Astronomy; Cosmic Distance Scale; Cosmology

mmp@lco.cl

Points, Sean

Assistant Scientist,
CTIO, La Serena

Large-scale structure and evolution of the interstellar medium

spoints@ctio.noao.edu

Pompei, Emanuela

Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile

Dynamics of gas and stars in spirals; Compact groups of galaxies; Spectroscopy and photometry

epompei@eso.org

Quintana, Hernan

Full Professor,
PUC

Observational astrophysics; Clusters of galaxies; Interacting galaxies; Large scale structures

hquintan@astro.puc.cl

Ramírez, Amelia Assistant Professor,
U. de La Serena		 Clusters of galaxies; Interacting elliptical galaxies; Brightest Clusters Members

aramirez@dfuls.cl
Reisenegger, Andreas Associate Professor,
PUC		 Theoretical astrophysics: neutron stars; stellar magnetic fields; clusters and superclusters of galaxies
Ribas, Alvaro Fellow,
ESO/Chile		 Protoplanetary disks; Planet formation; Statistics and machine learning aribas@eso.org

Richtler, Tom

Full Professor,
U. de Concepción

Globular clusters; Dynamics in the outer haloes of galaxies

tom@astro-udec.cl

Rivinius, Thomas

Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile

Hot Stars; Circumstellar Environment; Stellar Pulsations

triviniu@eso.org
Rodler, Florian
 Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile Exoplanet Atmospheres; Astrobiology; Pulsating Stars; Public Outreach
 frodler@eso.org
Rodon, Javier Fellow,
ESO/ALMA, Chile		 4th year at ESO/Garching jrodon@eso.org

Rodríguez C., Manuel

Part-time Assistant Professor,
U. de La Serena

Variable stars; Magnetic stars; RS CVn; Peculiar ringed galaxies

mrc@dfuls.cl
manrod@elqui.cic.userena.cl
Romanowsky, Aaron Post-Doc,
U. de Concepción		 Dynamics of halos of elliptical galaxies; Observation and theory of galaxies and stellar systems

Roth, Miguel

Director,
LCO

Regions of star formation; Stellar evolution; Very-low-mass stars

mroth@lco.cl

Rubio, Mónica

Full Professor,
U. de Chile

Molecular clouds; Magellanic clouds

monica@das.uchile.cl

Ruiz, María Teresa

Full Professor,
U. de Chile

Star clusters; Low-mass stars; White dwarfs

mtruiz@das.uchile.cl
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
Santamaría Miranda, Alejandro
 Fellow,
ESO/Chile		 Very low mass stars and brown dwarfs formation; Jets and molecular outflows; Accretion in protoplanetary disks; Sub-mm/mm interferometry asantama@eso.org

Saviane, Ivo

Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile

Globular clusters; Dwarf galaxies; Stellar populations and chemical evolution of galaxies

isaviane@eso.org
Sbordone, Luca Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile Chemical analysis of cool stars in the Milky Way and Local Group (LG) galaxies; Modeling of cool stars atmospheres; Chemical composition of LG dwarf Spheroidal galaxies and associated tidal streams; Characterization of multiple populations in globular clusters; Evolution of Lithium; Search and characterization of extremely metal-poor stars lsbordon@eso.org

Schmidtobreick, Linda

Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile

Stellar populations of our galaxy; Cataclysmic variables; Structure of galactic disks

lschmidt@eso.org
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

sschuler@ctio.noao.edu

Scicluna, Peter Fellow,
ESO/Chile		 Interstellar & Circumstellar dust; Evolved stars; Astrostatistics psciclun@eso.org
Sedaghati, Elyar
 Fellow,
ESO/Chile		 Exoplanets Atmospheres; Multi-Object Spectroscopy Techniques; Transiting Exoplanets esedagha@eso.org

Selman, Fernando

 Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile

 

Young star clusters in 30 Doradus; Super-associations in galaxies; Extinction laws

fselman@eso.org

Siringo, Giorgio

 Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile

 

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

gsiringo@eso.org
Slumstrup, Ditte Fellow,
ESO/Chile		 Fundamental parameters and chemical abundances of red giant stars; Galactic Archaeology; Optical high-resolution spectroscopy dslumstr@eso.org
Smette, Alain Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile Gravitational Lenses; Qso Absorption Lines; Gamma-Ray Bursts

Smith, Robert Chris

CTIO Director

SN; SN remnants; Interstellar medium

csmith@noao.edu

Smoker, Jonathan

Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile

Interstellar medium; High-Latitude early-type stars; PAGB stars

jsmoker@eso.org
Solarz, Aleksandra Fellow,
ESO/Chile		 dusty star-forming galaxies; active galactic nuclei; machine learning techniques Aleksandra.Solarz@eso.org
Steenbrugge, Katrien Professor, UCN AGN; X-ray spectroscopy ksteenbrugge@ucn.cl

Suntzeff, Nicholas

Astronomer Tenure,
CTIO, La Serena

Stellar populations; Globular clusters

nsuntzeff@noao.edu

Szeifert, Thomas

Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile

Physics of luminous hot stars; Chemical evolution of the Milky Way; Polarized light from astronomical objects

tszeifer@eso.org
Szewczyk, Olaf Post-Doc, U. de Concepción 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
Thomas, Romain Staff Astronomer,
ESO/Chile		 High Redshift Galaxies; Intergalactic medium; SED fitting rthomas@eso.org

Tokovinin, Andrei

Associate Astronomer, GMST
CTIO, La Serena

Binary and multiple stars (formation, statistics, orbits); Site testing; Adaptive optics

atokovinin@ctio.noao.edu
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
Univ. Antofagasta

Cataclysmic variables; Transiting exoplanets; Minor bodies of the Solar System; Astroengineering

eduardo.unda@uantof.cl

Van der Bliek, Nicole

Associate scientist,
CTIO, La Serena

AGB stars in the Galactic Bulge; Colours of (cool) stars; IMF in star forming regions; IR instrumentation and IR standard stars

nvdbliek@noao.edu

Van Holstein, Rob Student,
ESO, Chile		   rvanhols@eso.org
Vila Vilaro, Baltasar Staff Astronomer,
ESO/Chile

Nuclear activity in galaxies, lenticular and elliptical galaxies, molecular and atomic gas properties along the Hubble Sequence, Milky Way structure; Technical interests: mm/submm. interferometry, calibration.

 Baltasar.Vila-Vilaro@alma.cl
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, Nikolaus

Full Professor,
U. de Valparaíso

Cataclysmic and other variables; Open star clusters

nikolaus.vogt@uv.cl

Vuckovic, Maja

Professor,
U. de Valparaíso

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
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
Yang, Chentao Fellow
ESO/Chile		 Galaxy formation and evolution; Dusty star-forming galaxies at high-redshift; Physical conditions of molecular gas cyang@eso.org
Zoccali, Manuela Assistant Professor,
PUC		 Galactic globular clusters; the Galactic Bulge; the Initial Mass Function mzoccali@astro.puc.cl
Zúñiga F., Sebastian Student,
ESO, Chile		 Young binaries; Young moving groups; High Resolution techniques szunigaf@eso.org

Astronomical Institutions

Institutions Telephone Numbers Address Web sites
Centro de Estudios Cientificos (CECS)
Theoretical Physics Research Lab.		 +56 632234500 Casilla 1469, Valdivia http://www.cecs.cl/
Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory (CTIO) +56 512205200 Casilla 603, La Serena http://www.ctio.noao.edu/
European Southern Observatory (ESO)/Chile +56 224633000 Casilla 19001, Santiago 19 http://www.eso.org/sci/activities/santiago/
Gemini Observatory +56 512205600 Casilla 603, La Serena http://www.gemini.edu/
Las Campanas Observatory (LCO) +56 512207301 Casilla 601, La Serena http://www.lco.cl
National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) +56 222109600 Av. Nueva Costanera 4091, Suite 502, Vitacura, Santiago
 https://science.nrao.edu/about/chile
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (PUC) +56 226864940 Casilla 306, Santiago 22 http://www.astro.puc.cl/
Universidad Andres Bello - Depto. de Ciencias Fisicas (DCF)
+56 227703128		 Av. República 220, piso 3, Santiago http://fisica.unab.cl/
Universidad Catolica del Norte (UCN) +56 552355480
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Universidad de Antofagasta +56 552637596 Avda. U. de Antofagasta 02800, Antofagasta http://www.astro.uantof.cl
Universidad de Atacama - Instituto de Astrofisica (IAA) +56 9 9611 6590
contact.astrouda(AT)gmail.com		 Copayapu 485, Copiapó https://sites.google.com/site/grupoastrouda/home
Universidad de Chile +56 229771091 Casilla 36-D, Santiago http://www.das.uchile.cl/
Universidad de Concepcion +56 412204500 Avda. Esteban S. Iturra s/n Barrio Universitario, Concepcion http://www.astro-udec.cl/
Universidad de la Frontera +56 452325000 Casilla 54-D, Temuco http://www.ufro.cl/
Universidad de La Serena +56 512204128 Benavente 980, La Serena http://www.dfuls.cl/
Universidad de Tarapaca +56 582205436

 

 Avda.Gral Velasquez 1775/ Casilla 7-D, Arica http://www.uta.cl
Universidad de Valparaíso +56 322508426 Casilla 5030, Valparaíso http://www.dfa.uv.cl
Universidad Diego Portales - Nucleo de Astronomia +56 226762440
+56 226762401		  Av. Ejército 441, Santiago http://astronomia.udp.cl/
Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación +56 222412496 - 97 Avda. José Pedro Alessandri 774, Ñuñoa, Santiago http://www.umce.cl