{"id":8877,"date":"2026-07-13T17:53:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T17:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/?post_type=researcher&#038;p=8877"},"modified":"2026-07-13T17:54:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T17:54:57","slug":"alessandro-peca","status":"publish","type":"researcher","link":"https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/es\/researcher\/alessandro-peca\/","title":{"rendered":"Alessandro Peca"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-3\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column profile-column is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border is-style-rounded profile-photo\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"775\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_0679-1-775x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8880\" style=\"border-radius:10px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_0679-1-775x1024.jpeg 775w, https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_0679-1-227x300.jpeg 227w, https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_0679-1-768x1015.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_0679-1-1162x1536.jpeg 1162w, https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_0679-1-1550x2048.jpeg 1550w, https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_0679-1-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_0679-1-454x600.jpeg 454w, https:\/\/astronomia.udp.cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_0679-1-scaled.jpeg 1937w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:55%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alessandro Peca<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Investigador posdoctoral<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>I am a Fondecyt Fellow at Universidad Diego Portales, working with the group of Prof. Roberto Assef. My research focuses on active galactic nuclei (AGN) and their evolution across cosmic time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Proyectos<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>I use X-ray and multiwavelength observations, large astronomical catalogs, and statistical methods to study the physical properties and environments of AGN. A central part of my work explores how obscuration, variability, and transient phenomena shape the observed properties of AGN.<br>In addition, I investigate the host galaxies of obscured AGN using ALMA and optical\/infrared data, tracing their evolution from the nearby Universe to high redshift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Puntos destacados<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Published a paper showing how obscuration in AGN increases with redshift (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/search\/fq=%7B!type%3Daqp%20v%3D%24fq_database%7D&amp;fq_database=(database%3Aastronomy%20OR%20database%3Aphysics)&amp;p_=0&amp;q=%20author%3A%22peca%22&amp;sort=date%20desc%2C%20bibcode%20desc\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">link<\/a>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Discovered the first ultra-fast inflow in an obscured AGN (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2025ApJ...989...84P\/abstract\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">link<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Active member of the LSST, BASS, and AHA collaborations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Outstanding Graduate Research or Scholarship Award 2023-2024, University of Miami.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publicaciones<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/search\/fq=%7B!type%3Daqp%20v%3D%24fq_database%7D&amp;fq_database=(database%3Aastronomy%20OR%20database%3Aphysics)&amp;p_=0&amp;q=%20author%3A%22peca%22&amp;sort=date%20desc%2C%20bibcode%20desc\">NASA ADS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Actividades extracurriculares<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon Trainer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cont\u00e1cteme<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:alessandro.peca@mail.udp.cl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">alessandro.peca@mail.udp.cl<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fondecyt Fellow at Universidad Diego Portales, working with the group of Prof. Roberto Assef. 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