Instituto de Física y Astronomía

November 4, 2015  IFA News.

With the aim to contributing to the furthering of science in the country and incentivating investigators in science, the  Academia Chilena de Ciencias created the Prize for Academic Excellency "ACADEMIA CHILENA DE CIENCIAS" for young investigators under 40 years of age. The investigator, Dra. Amelia Bayo, Licenciada en Matemáticas, Doctor en Astrofísica y Cosmología of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, and member of IFA has been selected by the jury for the Premio Excelencia Científica Adelina Gutiérrez, 2015" awarded by the Academy. The prize will be given to Dr. Bayo in a ceremony to be held next November 18 at the Academia de Ciencias, Santiago de Chile. In the image, Dr. Bayo under the Desert of Atacama's night sky, while working at  ESO/Paranal. (Image credits: ESO/Max Alexander)