Astronomy in Chile

Contact Name: Prof. Médéric Boquien

Email address:  mederic.boquien@uantof.cl

Chile has a vibrant, dynamic and rapidly-growing scientific community, currently consisting of 274 professional astronomers spread over 24 institutions and covering all active research fields. All LSSTC Catalysts Fellows hosted by a Chilean institution will be eligible to apply for the 10% guaranteed time on all telescopes installed in Chile such as ALMA, VLT, Gemini-S, Magellan, etc. There are currently 60+ astronomers based in Chile who are members of LSST science collaborations, spread over all scientific topics from cosmology to solar system. Particularly relevant for potential postdoctoral fellows is the Alerce project, recently selected as one of the LSST event brokers, led by researchers in Chile.

Postdoctoral fellows hosted by Chilean institutions will be eligible to apply for the 10% guaranteed time on all telescopes installed in Chile. Chile has a very active and lively community of astronomy and data science researchers, including all fields of research associated with LSST. 

Potential LSSTC Fellow candidates interested in having a Chilean institution as host are encourage either to establish contact directly with relevant faculty members or alternatively can email Prof. Médéric Boquien at mederic.boquien@uantof.cl for guidance in selecting a suitable sponsoring institution and general information about Chilean institutions.

Contacts

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC) Felipe Barrientos barrientos@astro.puc.cl
Universidad de Antofagasta (UA) Eduardo Unda-Sanzana astro.director@uantof.cl
Universidad Adolfo Ibañez (UAI) Andrés Jordán andres.jordan@uai.cl
Universidad Autónoma de Chile (UAUTONOMA) Natalia Inostroza natalia.inostroza@uautonoma.cl
Universidad de Chile (UCH) Patricio Rojo pato@das.uchile.cl
Universidad Católica del Norte (UCN) Max Moyano mmoyano@ucn.cl
Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción (UCSC) Nicola Astudillo nastudillo@ucsc.cl
Universidad de Atacama (UDA) Mario Soto mario.soto@uda.cl
Universidad del Desarrollo (UDD) Mauricio Herrera mherrera@ingenieros.udd.cl
Universidad de Concepción (UDEC) Neil Nagar nagar@astro-udec.cl
Universidad Diego Portales (UDP) Manuel Aravena manuel.aravenaa@mail.udp.cl
Universidad de La Serena (ULS) Hector Cuevas hcuevas@dfuls.cl
Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación (UMCE) Luis Barrera luis.barrera@umce.cl
Universidad Andrés Bello (UNAB) Giuliano Pignata pignago@gmail.com
Universidad de Valparaíso (UV) Radostin Kurtev rudy@ifa.uv.cl
Pontifícia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (PUCV) Germán Varas german.varas@pucv.cl
Universidad Austral (UACH) José Mardones jmardones@uach.cl
Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins (UBO) Maria José Acuña mjose.acuna@ubo.cl
Universidad Central (UCEN) Christian Nicolai christian.nicolai@ucentral.cl

Universidad Mayor (UMAYOR) Raúl Coto raul.coto@umayor.cl

Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH) Roberto Bernal roberto.bernal@usach.cl

Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria (UTFSM) Mónica Pacheco monica.pacheco@usm.cl

Universidad de Tarapacá (UTA) David Laroze dlarozen@uta.cl

Universidad de Talca (UTAL) Gonzalo Pincheira gpincheira@utalca.cl

 

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