Instituto de Física y Astronomía

PhD: Universidad de Santiago de Chile (2001)
Research Area: Cosmology, General Relativity, Dark Matter, Dark Energy
Publications: ADS -  INSPIRE
Telephone: (+56 32) 299 5554
email: victor.cardenas at uv.cl

About my research:  My work is focused on the theoretical description of the observed Universe, both at early times (in the inflationary era) and in recent times (where dark energy dominates). I make use of general relativity, as well as alternative theories of gravitation, I propose cosmological models, and I test them against the available observational data.

See my research in: Cosmology - Gravitation

PhD en Physics: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, 2009
Research Area: Brown dwarfs, low-mass star formation, astro-statistics
Publications: ADS (full) - ADS(refereed)
Telephone: (+56 32) 250 5555
email: amelia.bayo at uv.cl
Webpage: http://ameliabayo.wix.com/astronomer

About my research: My main research interest deals with understanding how brown dwarfs (astronomical objects with masses between those of planets and those of stars) form by comparing their observational properties with those of the higher mass siblings in the stellar nurseries. To conduct this research I naturally need to deal with large data-sets and data-bases, so in parallel I contribute to the field of astro-statistics by improving and developing new techniques and tools in the framework of the Virtual Observatory (in particular I am the PI of VOSA: http://svo2.cab.inta-csic.es/svo/theory/vosa/)

See my research in: Substellar Objects - Planet and Star Formation - Clusters and Associations - Variability (Astrostatistics) - Data Bases, Surveys and Virtual Observatory

PhD: University of Sofia, Bulgaria (1990)
Research Area: stellar formation, stellar clusters, Milky Way galaxy, infrared astronomy, massive stars, variable stars
Publications: ADS
Telephone: (+56 32) 250 8312
email: jura.borissova at uv.cl
webpage:www.dfa.uv.cl/~jura

About my research: My research is focused on the study of resolved stellar populations in our Galaxy and the Local group. Currently I am working on several projects with the aim to better understand the processes of the formation and evolution of open and globular Galactic star clusters. Other lines of my research interest are variable stars in star clusters and proper motion. I am using mainly Vista Variables in Via Lactea ESO Large Survey, which scan the disk and bulge of the Galaxy in the near-infrared for 5 years.  The obtained from this survey photometry is complemented with follow-up spectroscopy. Recently, I was also involved in APOGEE 2 spectroscopic survey, as well as I am member of Millennium Institute of Astrophysics, MAS

Teaching: General astronomy – undergraduate, Advanced stellar astrophysics , Stellar astrophysics, Topics in astronomy: star clusters, Early investigation for Master and PhD student: stellar photometry.

See my research in: Massive Stars - Planet and Star Formation - Clusters and Associations - Variability

PhD: Ludwig Maximilians Universitaet, Munich, Max-Planck-Institut fuer extraterrestrische Physik
Research Area:  Black holes, accretion, Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN)
Publications: ADS
Telephone: (+56 32) 250 8305
email: patricia.arevalo at uv.cl

About my research: My main research interests deal with accretion onto supermassive black holes and the study of the entire central engine of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN). I use X-ray data, mainly from XMM-Newton, Chandra and NuSTAR space observatories, as well as optical and IR data taken with telescopes in northern Chile to map the structure of the accretion disc, X_ray corona and the molecular dusty obscurer. I also study accretion behind thick layers of gas, to better understand the spectrum of this important phase of black hole growth and better interpret the cosmic X-ray background

Teaching: Graduate course “Active Galactic Nuclei: the X-ray view”

See my research at : Active Galactic Nuclei - Variability (Astrostatistics)