Astronomia UDP

Faculty

Lucas Cieza

I am a full professor working on the study of protoplanetary disks, and the characterization of their properties. I am currently focused on the ODISEA (Ophiuchus DIsk Survey Employing ALMA) project. Current Position: Full professor (Titular) Projects The ODISEA project is a demographic study of the entire population of protoplanetary disks in the Ophiuchus molecular …

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Evelyn Johnston

Evelyn Johnston

I am an assistant professor at UDP. My research focuses on understanding the formation and evolution of nearby galaxies, in particular, understanding how they change their morphology through the star formation histories of their components, such as their bulges, discs and star clusters. I have developed several tools to model the different components in a …

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Alice Zurlo

Alice Zurlo

I am an astrophysicist, associate professor at Universidad Diego Portales (UDP, Chile), and director of the YEMS Nucleo Milenio. my main field of research is the detection Current Position: Associate professor Projects: I work mainly on planet formation. This comprehends the study and characterization of exoplanets via high-contrast imaging, the study of their close surroundings …

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Claudio Ricci

Claudio Ricci

I am an associate professor studying accreting supermassive black holes at the center of galaxies, and I am particularly interested in how they accrete and how they interact with their close environments. At UDP I am leading the High-Energy Research on Obscuration and Emission in Supermassive black holes (HEROES) team. Current Position: Associate professor Projects …

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Jose Prieto

I am part of faculty since 2014 and full professor at IEA. I am currently the Director of IEA since January 2023. My research focuses on the study of astrophysical transients and their characterization. Current Position: Full professor (Titular) and Director at IEA Projects: I work on supernova explosions and other astrophysical transient sources using …

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Bin Yang

I am an assistant professor at IEA. The primary focus of my research has been the characterization of primitive small bodies (i.e. asteroids and comets), over a wide range of wavelengths, using diverse observing techniques. Current Position: Assistant Professor Projects Highlights Minor planet (9723) named BinYang Publications https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=HpgziLUAAAAJ&authuser=1&scilu=&scisig=AEDxBGwAAAAAZLCpvbH36u-c2SyIdJFEB87esqg&gmla=AMpAcmSWUCBF7pKJ5uoxzL_iQBn9NPcOMZjoVssdUbxu6rCaYRCHMzHhlVxZv3AQCLqgQN_yHVV3nwle4FElXirKffbi17Ftu5zdAXG3-gQ&sciund=9520175635159125314 Extracurricular activities I like hiking, badminton, reading …

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Paula Jofre

I am an Associate Professor at the IEA, currently Director of the astrophysics doctoral program and Director of the ERIS Millennium Nucleus. I study the evolution of the Milky Way by analyzing the chemical abundances of stars, and I am a member of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey V. Current Position: Associate Professor and Director …

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Manuel Aravena

Manuel Aravena

I am a full professor at IEA. My expertise focuses on studying the interstellar and circumgalactic medium (ISM and CGM) of galaxies to understand how they form, grow and evolve, using a variety of facilities including ALMA, JWST, VLA, etc. I am involved in some forthcoming submm survey telescopes like CCAT and CMB-S4. Current Position: …

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Chiara Mazzucchelli

I am an assistant professor working in extra-galactic astrophysics, focusing on very luminous active galactic nuclei (quasars) in the epoch of reionization. Current Position: Assistant Professor Projects My current research focuses on the discovery and characterization of the first luminous quasars in the very early universe (i.e. ~800 Myr old). These objects host very massive …

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James Jenkins

I am a full professor working on the search and characterization of planets orbiting stars other than the Sun, so-called exoplanets, with a focus on using the radial-velocity method of planet detection to uncover new planets orbiting nearby stars. I also use this method to confirm planet candidates detected by transiting surveys like TESS and …

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