Astronomers and Astronomical Institutes in Chile

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Astronomical Institutions

Astronomers In Chile

Name Post Scientific Interests Email
Abbott, Timothy Associate Scientist
CTIO		 Late stages of binary stellar evolution; Instrumentation; Detectors tabbott@noao.edu

Albrecht, Marcus

Professor,
UCN

 Extragalactic submm astronomy; Molecular gas and dust in galaxies;
Galaxy evolution; Observational cosmology		 malbrecht@ucn.cl
Alcaíno, Gonzalo

 

 Director,
Instituto Isaac
Newton

 

 Galactic and
extragalactic globular
clusters; Galactic
structure; Magellanic
Clouds		 inewton@terra.cl

Altmann, Martin

Post-Doc,
U. de Chile

BHB stars, sdB stars, white dwarfs, brown dwarfs, dwarf galaxies; Galactic structure (especially Thick Disk and Halo)

 martin@das.uchile.cl

Alvarado, Franklin

Instituto Isaac Newton

Galactic and extragalactic globular clusters; Galactic structure; Magellanic Clouds

 falvarad@eso.org

Álvarez, Héctor

Full Professor,
U. de Chile

Galactic structure

 halvarez@das.uchile.cl
Aravena, Manuel Fellow,
ESO/Chile		 Formation and evolution of high redshift galaxies(star-formation and AGN); Radio and submillimeter extra-galatic astronomy; Multiwavelength galaxy evolution surveys (COSMOS) maravena@eso.org
Arias, Julia Post-Doc,
U. de La Serena

 

 Massive stars; Star Forming Regions; Magellanic Clouds;
Herbig-Haro objects		 jarias@dfuls.cl
Barbá, Rodolfo H. Full Professor,
U. de La Serena		 Massive star forming regions; Local starbursts; Young clusters
Barrera, Luis Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación,
Depto. de Física		 Variable stars, Be, and cataclysmic; Solar system TNOs

lbarrera@umce.cl
Barria, Daniela Student,
ESO/Chile		 Close binaries dbarria@eso.org
Barrientos, Felipe Associate Professor,
PUC
Elliptical galaxies; Cluster of galaxies; Observational cosmology
Bayo, Amelia Fellow,
ESO/Chile
 Brown dwarfs; Low mass star formation; Class II and Class III evolutionary phase in low mass stars and BDs
Berger, Jean-Philippe Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile Star and planetary formation; Optical aperture synthesis; High angular resolution instrumentation
Bergmann, Marcel Research Associate, NGSC
CTIO		 Galaxy Evolution; Stellar Populations; Galaxy Dynamics; Field vs. Cluster Evolutionary Effects

Blum, Robert

Associate Astronomer,
CTIO

The Galactic Center; Stellar kinematics and mass distribution in the central Milky Way

rblum@noao.edu
Borissova, Jordanka Full Professor,
U. de Valparaíso		 Resolved stellar populations of nearby galaxies Young stellar groups; open and globular clusters; variable stars Stellar photometry and spectroscopy; radial velocities

Brillant, Stephane

Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile

Magnetic fields in Ap and Bp stars: modeling; Radial velocity searches for extra-solar planets; Planet-transit searches

sbrillan@eso.org

Bronfman, Leonardo

Full Professor,
U. de Chile

Molecular Clouds; Galactic structures

leo@das.uchile.cl

Campusano, Luis

Full Professor,
U. de Chile

Superclustering at redshift 0.4-2.0; Quasar surveys; Search for high-z clusters of galaxies and evolution of distant galaxies

luis@arka.das.uchile.cl
Carraro, Giovanni Operations Staff Astronomer
ESO/Chile		 Open Star Clusters and Galactic Structure; Kuiper Belt Objects
Carter, John Fellow,
ESO/Chile		   jcarter@eso.org
Casassus, Simon

Assistant Professor,
U. de Chile

 

 Planetary nebulae; Star formation
Catelan, Marcio

Associate Professor,
PUC

 

 Stellar evolution; Globular clusters; RR-Lyrae variable stars

Clochiatti, Alejandro

 Director Astronomy & Astrophysics Dept., Associate Professor,
PUC

 

SN; Extensive studies of well observed bright events and usage of more distant events as distance estimators

aclocchi@astro.puc.cl

Cortés, Juan

Student,
U. de Chile

Galaxy evolution; Galactic dynamics; Clusters of galaxies

jcortes@das.uchile.cl

Costa, Edgardo

Associate Professor,
U. de Chile

Astrometry; Giant Reds

costa@das.uchile.cl
Cuevas, Héctor A. Part-time Associate Professor,
U. de La Serena		 Superclusters of galaxies; Spectral classification of galaxies; Cluster of galaxies

Curé, Michel

Full Professor,
U. de Valparaíso

Stellar rotation; Wind of Be and B[e] stars; Radiation driven wind theory

michel.cure@uv.cl
De Buizer, James

Research Associate
CTIO

 Masers emission in star forming regions; Circumstellar disks and environments
De Gregorio Monsalvo, Itziar ALMA Staff Astronomer,
ESO/Chile		 Star formation;
Instrumentation and technics in radioastronomy: single dish and interferometry;
Evolved objets
De Propris, Roberto Assistant Astronomer
CTIO		 Infrared astronomy; Clusters of Galaxies; Galaxy luminosity function Redshift surveys
De Wit, Willem-Jan Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile Interferometry; Star formation

wdewit@eso.org
Dent, Bill ALMA Staff Astronomer,
ESO/Chile

Star & planet formation, particularly debris disks; Protoplanetary disks and IR/submm spectroscopy

 wdent@alma.cl

Dumas, Christophe

Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile

Small solar system bodies;
Near-infrared spectroscopy and adaptive optics imaging

cdumas@eso.org

Dumke, Michael

Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile

Molecular gas in galaxies; Cold dust; Extragalactic magnetic fields

mdumke@eso.org
Dünner, Rolando Ph.D. Student,
PUC		 Astronomical Instrumentation: Submillimeter

Escala, Andrés

Post-Doc,
U. de Chile

Black holes in Galaxies; SPH

aescala@das.uchile.cl
Espinoza, Pablo Student,
PUC		 Young star clusters; the Initial Mass Function; Extrasolar planets

Faúndez, Santiago

Student,
U. de Chile

Molecular clouds

sfaundez@das.uchile.cl
Fernandez, Jose M. Ph.D. Student PUC & SAO-CfA Predoc Fellow Extrasolar Planets; Low Mass Stars; Supernovae

jfernand@astro.puc.cl

jfernand@cfa.harvard.edu
Foster, Caroline Fellow,
ESO/Chile		 Abundances and kinematics of globular clusters and stars in nearby galaxies; The mass-metallicity relationship cfoster@eso.org
Gadotti, Dimitri Fellow,
ESO/Chile		 Galaxy Formation and Evolution; Galaxy Structure; Black Holes and AGN Activity dgadotti@eso.org
Galaz, Gaspar Assistant Professor, PUC Stellar content of galaxies; Galaxy evolution; Statistical properties of the galaxy distribution ggalaz@astro.puc.cl

Garay, Guido

Full Professor,
U. de Chile

Compact HII regions, hot ammonia cores, bipolar outflows, disks, and masers; Chemistry of bipolar outflows; Physical properties of molecular clouds

guido@das.uchile.cl
García A., Diego Fellow,
ESO/Chile		 Radioastronomy; Gas in galaxies; Nearby and LSB galaxies
 dgarcia@eso.org
García Varela, Alejandro José Ph.D. Student, U. de Concepción Extragalactic distance scale; Period-Luminosity relation for Cepheid variables
Garrido, Hernán Student,
ESO/Chile		 Double Periodic Variable Stars; Emission line stars; Stellar evolution; Metallicity effects hgarrido@eso.org

Geisler, Douglas

Full Professor,
U. de Concepción

Composition, age and content of stellar populations; Globular clusters as probes of galaxy formation

dgeisler@astro-udec.cl

Gieren, Wolfgang

Full Professor,
U. de Concepción

Extragalactic distance scale; Planetary companions to solar type stars

wgieren@astro-udec.cl
Girard, Julien Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile Adaptive optics; High-angular resolution applications; Active Galactic Nuclei jgirard@eso.org

Gómez, Matías

Post-Doc,
U. de Concepción

Globular clusters in early-type galaxies; type Ia supernovae; Space Interferometry Mission (SIM)s

matias@astro-udec.cl
Gourgeot, Florian Student,
ESO/Chile		 Planetary Science; TransNeptunian objects and icy bodies;
NIR spectrography

fgourgeo@eso.org

Gregory, Brooke

Scientist,
NIO/GSMT
CTIO

IR Instrumentation: development and operations

bgregory@noao.edu
Guieu, Sylvain Fellow,
ESO/Chile		 Star formation; Brown dwarfs and Initial Mass Function sguieu@eso.org
Hamuy, Mario Associate Professor, U. de Chile Supernovae; Cosmology; GRBs

Hardy, Eduardo

Head, NRAO/AUI-Chile / Adjoint Professor,
U. de Chile

Galaxies; Stellar Populations; Cosmology; ALMA

ehardy@nrao.edu

Heathcote, Steve

Director SOAR, Astronomer
CTIO

Star formation; Herbig-Haro objects; Novae and SN

sheathcote@noao.edu

Hills, Richard

ALMA Project Scientist

Millimetre-wave telescopes

rhills@alma.cl
Infante, Leopoldo Full Professor,
PUC 		Galaxy evolution; Pairs, groups and clusters of galaxies; LSB, dwarf and Star forming galaxies in relation to environment; High-z QSOs linfante@astro.puc.cl

Ingerson, Tom

Senior Support Scientist,
CTIO

Optics; Instrumentation

tingerson@noao.edu

Ivanov, Valentin

Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile

Starburst galaxies; Active galactic nuclei; IR spectroscopy

vivanov@eso.org
Jones, David Fellow,
ESO, Chile		 Planetary nebulae; 
Post-common-envelope binary stars		 djones@eso.org
Jones, Matias Student,
ESO/Chile		 Exoplanets; Supernovas mjones@eso.org
Juin, Jean-Baptiste Post-Doc,
U. de Concepción		 Cosmology; Large-scale structure; Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect jbjuin@astro-udec.cl
Kabath, Petr Fellow,
ESO/Chile		 Extrasolar planets; Variable stars pkabath@eso.org
Kaufer, Andreas

Staff Astronomer,
ESO/Chile

Chemical evolution of Local Group galaxies; Variability of hot luminous stars; Optical Instrumentation

akaufer@eso.org
Kim, Taehyun Student,
ESO/Chile		 Tidal debris of early type galaxies; Properties of barred spirals tkim@eso.org
Kneissl, Ruediger

ALMA Science Operations Astronomer

Cosmic Microwave Background; Clusters of Galaxies; Cosmology

rkneissl@eso.org
Kolaczkowski, Zbigniew Post-Doc,
U. de Concepción		 Variable stars (pulsating, binary systems)
in Local Group galaxies; open clusters and Galactic Bulge

Kravtsov, Valery

Associate Professor
UCN

Globular clusters and their systems; Evolution of low-mass stars; Variable
stars in globular clusters

vkravtsov@ucn.cl

Kumar, Brijesh Post-Doc,
U. de Concepción		 Star Clusters; Dark halos of galaxies, astronomical
instrumentation.

Kunkel, William

Retired,
LCO

Environments of galaxies; Dwarf stellar systems; Kinematics of Local Group galaxies

kunkel@lco.cl
Lacerna, Ivan Student,
PUC		 Galaxy Evolution; Galactic Dynamics; Groups and
clusters of galaxies

Ledoux, Cédric

Staff Astronomer,
ESO/Chile

Quasar absorption line systems; Galaxy formation and evolution; Large-scale structure of the Universe

cledoux@eso.org
Leon, Stéphane ALMA Staff Astronomer,
ESO/Chile		 Effects of the environment on stellar systems; ISM content of radio galaxies, barred and isolated galaxies sleon@alma.cl
Leyton, Juan Part-time Assistant Professor,
U. de La Serena		 Stellar seismology (Helioseismology); Morphological segregation of galaxy groups; Cosmology
Lieder, Stefan Student,
ESO, Chile		 Galaxy Evolution slieder@eso.org

Liller, William

Instituto Isaac Newton

Galactic and extragalactic globular clusters; Galactic structure; Magellanic Clouds; Novae search; Comets; Archeoastronomy

willer@compuserve.com

Lindgren, Harri

PhD astronomy

Galactic structure; Kinematics and abundances of Pop II stars; Pop II binaries; Interstellar lines

hlindgre@eso.org

Lira, Paulina

Assistant Professor,
U. de Chile

AGN; X-rays

plt@das.uchile.cl

Lombardi, Gianluca

Paid Associate,
ESO/Chile

Site testing; Astronomical instrumentation; Adaptive optics

glombard@eso.org

López, Sebastián

Assistant Professor
U. de Chile

QSO absorption lines as a probe of the IGM; Gravitational lensing

slopez@das.uchile.cl

Lucas, Robert

ALMA Commissioning Scientist

Circumstellar envelopes; molecular and diffuse interstellar clouds (radiative transfer, chemistry, observations)

rlucas@alma.cl
Lundgren, Andreas Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile Molecular gas in galaxies;
Star formation and Submillimeter astronomy
Manjarrez, Guillermo
 Student,
ESO/Chile		 Star formation; Molecular clouds gmanjarr@eso.org

Marconi, Gianni

Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile

Dwarf galaxies; Globular and open clusters; O and B stars in Magellanic Clouds clusters

gmarconi@eso.org

Mardones, Diego

Assistant Professor, U. de Chile

Stellar formation

dmardones@das.uchile.cl

Martayan, Christophe

Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile

Massive stars: O, B, Be, LBV, GRB; Metallicity effects, stellar rotation and evolution; Galaxies, Magellanic Clouds

cmartaya@eso.org

Martin, Sergio

Fellow ALMA OSF,
ESO/Chile

Astrochemistry; Galaxy nuclei and activity; Galactic center

smartin@eso.org

Mathys, Gautier

ALMA Staff Astronomer,
ESO/Chile

Stellar magnetic fields; Abundance anomalies in main-sequence A and B stars; Spectropolarimetry

gmathys@eso.org

Mauersberger, Rainer

ALMA Project Commisioning Scientist

Galactic and extragalactic cold interstellar medium

rmauersb@alma.cl
Mawet, Dimitri Staff astronomer,
ESO/Chile		 Exoplanet science; High contrast imaging; Coronagraphy dmawet@eso.org

Maza, José

Full Professor,
U. de Chile

SN; Seyfert galaxies; Quasars

jose@das.uchile.cl
Mehner, Andrea Fellow,
ESO/Chile		 Eta Carinae (end stages of massive stars, variable massive stars)
 amehner@eso.org

Melnick, Jorge

 Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile / Garching

 

Violent star formation; Galactic and extragalactic starbursts; Evolution of massive stars

jmelnick@eso.org

Méndez, René

 

 

 Assistant Professor, U. de Chile

 

Stellar populations; Galactic structure; Stellar dynamics and kinematics

rmendez@das.uchile.cl

Mennickent, Ronald

Full Professor, U. de Concepción

Stellar variability; Variable stars: cataclysmic variables, symbiotic stars, Be stars

rmennick@astro-udec.cl

Merand, Antoine

Staff astronomer,
ESO/Chile

Stellar interferometry; Cepheids; Stellar environment

 amerand@eso.org

Mieske, Steffen

Staff astronomer,
ESO/Chile

Ultra-compact dwarf galaxies; Internal dynamics of star clusters; the Galaxy luminosity function

smieske@eso.org

Minniti, Dante

 Full Professor,
PUC

Optical-IR astronomy; Galactic structure; Open and Globular clusters; Stellar populations and evolution; Variable stars; Microlensing; Dwarf galaxies

dminniti@astro.puc.cl
Momany, Yazan Al Staff Astronomer,
ESO/Chile		 Resolved stellar populations; Milky Way structure; Dwarf galaxies and globular clusters ymomany@eso.org
Monaco, Lorenzo Staff Astronomer,
ESO/Chile		 Study of resolved stellar populatios in the Local Group lmonaco@eso.org

Montagnier, Guillaume

Fellow,
ESO/Chile

Research of very low mass companions with huge contrast imaging

gmontagn@eso.org
Montenegro, Francisco APEX High-redshift quasars; Multi-wavelength characterisation
of galaxies and quasars		 fmontene@eso.org

 
Morelli, Lorenzo Post-Doc,
PUC		 Galaxy kinematics;
Stellar population in nearby galaxies;
Microlensing with SuperMACHOS project.
Morrell, Nidia Astronomer,
LCO		 Massive stars; Binaries, stars in star forming regions; Supernovae

Motta, Verónica

Full Professor,
U. de Valparaíso

Gravitational lenses; Galaxy evolution

veronica.motta@uv.cl
Muzic, Koraljka/Kora Fellow,
ESO/Chile		 Brown dwarfs and low-mass stars; Star forming regions; Galactic center kmuzic@eso.org
Nagar, Neil Associate Professor,
U. de Concepción		 Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN): demography and accretion mechanisms; AGN evolution over z = 6 to z = 0

Nikolic, Silvana

FONDAP Post-doc,
U. de Chile

Star formation; Physics and Chemistry of Galactic and Extragalactic Molecular Clouds

silvana@das.uchile.cl

Noel, Fernando

Full Professor,
U. de Chile

Reference systems; Solar astrometry

fnoel@das.uchile.cl

Norman, Dara

NSF Postdoctoral Fellow,
CTIO

Weak gravitational lensing; Large-scale structure; Quasars

dnorman@ctios2.ctio.noao.edu

Nyman, Lars-Åke

Head of Science Operations
ALMA

Envelopes around AGB and post-AGB stars; Large scale structure of the Galaxy; Molecular clouds in relation to star formation

lnyman@alma.cl
Olsen, Knut

Assistant Astronomer,
CTIO

Bubbles; Interstellar reddening; Stellar clusters

kolsen@noao.edu

Padilla, Nelson Assistant Professor,
PUC		 Galaxy formation; Large scale structure; CMB;
Cosmological parameters
Parra, Rodrigo Fellow,
ESO/Chile		 Continuum and spectral line cm and mm wave interferometric techniques particularly VLBI; Interstellar Masers; Dense molecular gas in star-forming regions

rparra@eso.org
Patru, Fabien Fellow,
ESO/Chile		 Interferometric instrumentation; Direct Imaging - Hypertelescope; Stellar physics fpatru@eso.org

Peck, Alison

Deputy Project Scientist, ALMA

Radio and (sub)mm interferometers; AGN; Molecular gas and dust in galaxies

apeck@alma.cl

Pedreros, Mario

Full Professor,
U. de Tarapacá

Open clusters: main sequence fitting; Cepheids and other objects in clusters;Young clusters and spiral structure; Local group galaxies: proper motions and velocities

mpedrero@uta.cl

Phillips, Mark

Associate Director,
LCO

SN; Extragalactic Astronomy; Cosmic Distance Scale; Cosmology

mmp@lco.cl

Pietrzynski, Grzegorz

Post-Doc,
U. de Concepción

Extragalactic distance scale; Stellar clusters

pietrzyn@astro-udec.cl

Points, Sean

Assistant Scientist,
CTIO

Large-scale structure and evolution of the interstellar medium

spoints@ctio.noao.edu

Pompei, Emanuela

Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile

Dynamics of gas and stars in spirals; Compact groups of galaxies; Spectroscopy and photometry

epompei@eso.org

Quintana, Hernan

Full Professor,
PUC

Observational astrophysics; Clusters of galaxies; Interacting galaxies; Large scale structures

hquintan@astro.puc.cl

Rabanus, David Head of APEX Submillimetre Astronomy;
Star Formation
Ramírez, Amelia Assistant Professor,
U. de La Serena		 Clusters of galaxies; Interacting elliptical galaxies; Brightest Clusters Members

aramirez@dfuls.cl
Reisenegger, Andreas Associate Professor,
PUC		 Theoretical astrophysics: neutron stars; stellar magnetic fields; clusters and superclusters of galaxies

Rengaswamy, Sridharan

Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile

Interferometric imaging: optical / IR / radio interferometry; Astrometry in crowded fields; Circumstellar environments, solar physics

srengasw@eso.org

Richtler, Tom

Full Professor,
U. de Concepción

Globular clusters; Dynamics in the outer haloes of galaxies

tom@astro-udec.cl

Rivinius, Thomas

Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile

Hot Stars; Circumstellar Environment; Stellar Pulsations

triviniu@eso.org
Rodon, Javier Fellow,
ESO/ALMA, Chile		   jrodon@eso.org
Rodrigues, Myriam A. Fellow,
ESO/Chile		 Galaxy formation; Chemical evolution and stellar populations of distant galaxies; Properties of SN Ia host

marodrig@eso.org

Rodríguez C., Manuel

Part-time Assistant Professor,
U. de La Serena

Variable stars; Magnetic stars; RS CVn; Peculiar ringed galaxies

mrc@dfuls.cl
manrod@elqui.cic.userena.cl
Romanowsky, Aaron Post-Doc,
U. de Concepción		 Dynamics of halos of elliptical galaxies; Observation and theory of galaxies and stellar systems

Roth, Miguel

Director,
LCO

Regions of star formation; Stellar evolution; Very-low-mass stars

mroth@lco.cl

Rubio, Mónica

Full Professor,
U. de Chile

Molecular clouds; Magellanic clouds

monica@das.uchile.cl

Ruiz, María Teresa

Full Professor,
U. de Chile

Star clusters; Low-mass stars; White dwarfs

mtruiz@das.uchile.cl
Sabogal, Beatriz Ph.D. Student,
U. de Concepción		 Variable stars: eruptive blue stars in the Magellanic clouds; Brown dwarfs

Sánchez Janssen, Rubén

Fellow,
ESO/Chile

Galaxy clusters; Galaxy groups; Dwarf galaxies

rsanchez@eso.org
Saulder, Christoph Student,
ESO/Chile		 Extragalactic astronomy; Cosmology csaulder@eso.org

Saviane, Ivo

Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile

Globular clusters; Dwarf galaxies; Stellar populations and chemical evolution of galaxies

isaviane@eso.org

Schmidtobreick, Linda

Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile

Stellar populations of our galaxy; Cataclysmic variables; Structure of galactic disks

lschmidt@eso.org

Schuler, Simon

 Research Associate, NOAO/CTIO

High-resolution spectroscopy and the chemical abundances of various stellar populations; including open cluster stars, metal-poor stars, and planetary hosts

sschuler@ctio.noao.edu

Selman, Fernando

 Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile

 

Young star clusters in 30 Doradus; Super-associations in galaxies; Extinction laws

fselman@eso.org

Siringo, Giorgio

 Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile

 

Millimeter and submillimeter astronomy; Magnetic fields and polarization in star forming regions; AGN variability and polarization at mm/submm wavelengths; Anisotropies and polarization of the Cosmic Background Radiation

gsiringo@eso.org
Smette, Alain Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile Gravitational Lenses; Qso Absorption Lines; Gamma-Ray Bursts

Smith, Robert Chris

CTIO Director

SN; SN remnants; Interstellar medium

csmith@noao.edu

Smoker, Jonathan

Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile

Interstellar medium; High-Latitude early-type stars; PAGB stars

jsmoker@eso.org
Solis, Basilio Ph.D. Student,
PUC		 Cosmology; Galaxies and Clusters of galaxies; Extragalactic Submm Astronomy

Stefl, Stan

Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile

Active OB, Be Stars;
Circumstellar Disks;
Stellar Interferometry

sstefl@eso.org

Sterzik, Michael

Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile

Star and planetary system formation; Accretion discs; Stellar dynamics; N-body simulations

msterzik@eso.org

Suntzeff, Nicholas

Astronomer Tenure,
CTIO

Stellar populations; Globular clusters

nsuntzeff@noao.edu

Szeifert, Thomas

Staff Astronomer, ESO/Chile

Physics of luminous hot stars; Chemical evolution of the Milky Way; Polarized light from astronomical objects

tszeifer@eso.org
Szewczyk, Olaf Post-Doc, U. de Concepción Extragalactic distance scale; Stellar clusters; Solar System Objects

Tarenghi, Massimo

ESO Representative in Chile

Clusters of galaxies; large scale distribution; active nuclei

mtarengh@eso.org

Tokovinin, Andrei

Associate Astronomer, GMST
CTIO

Binary and multiple stars (formation, statistics, orbits); Site testing; Adaptive optics

atokovinin@ctio.noao.edu
Tyndall, Amy Student,
ESO/Chile		 Influence of central star binarity on the formation, morphology and kinematics of planetary nebulae atyndall@eso.org
Unda, Eduardo Post-Doc,
Institute of Astronomy, UCN		 Cataclysmic variable stars;
Accretion discs;
Doppler tomography
Vaduvescu, Ovidiu Post-Doc,
Institute of Astronomy, UCN		 Dwarf Galaxies; Near Earth Asteroids; Astronomy Software
Valcarce, Aldo Student,
PUC		 Stellar Evolution, Globular Clusters

Van der Bliek, Nicole

Associate scientist,
CTIO

AGB stars in the Galactic Bulge; Colours of (cool) stars; IMF in star forming regions; IR instrumentation and IR standard stars

nvdbliek@noao.edu

Vanderbeke, Joachim Student,
ESO/Chile		 Early-type galaxies: dust, fundamental plane; Globular clusters

jvanderb@eso.org

Vogt, Nikolaus

Full Professor,
U. de Valparaíso

Cataclysmic and other variables; Open star clusters

nikolaus.vogt@uv.cl

Vuckovic, Maja

Fellow,
ESO/Chile

Origin and evolution of hot subdwarf B stars; Asteroseismology of compact pulsators; Binary stars - post common envelope ejection systems

mvuckovi@eso.org
Wagg, Jeff Fellow,
ESO/Chile		 Radio observation of molecular gas at high-redshift; Massive galaxy formation at millimeter wavelength jwagg@eso.org
Walker, Alistair Astronomer,
CTIO		 Stellar populations; Magellanic clouds; Distance scale; Astronomical instrumentation and CCDs awalker@noao.edu
Wenderoth, Erich System Support Associate,
Gemini Observatory		 Globular clusters; Peculiar ring galaxies ewendero@gemini.edu
Wesson, Roger Fellow,
ESO/Chile		 Dust formation by supernovae; Chemical abundances in ionised nebulae; Light echoes from novae and supernovae rwesson@eso.org
West, Michael Head of the ESO Office for Science in Chile Globular Cluster Systems and their evolution; Galaxy Evolution; Cluster of Galaxies mwest@eso.org
Whiting, Alan B. Research Associate,
CTIO		 Galaxies in/near the Local Group; Dynamics of the Local Volume; Low surface brightness objects whiting@noao.ctio.edu

Wiklind, Tommy

 ALMA Staff Astronomer,
ESO/Chile

Observational cosmology; Galaxy formation & evolution

 twiklind@alma.cl
Yegorova, Irina Fellow,
ESO/Chile		 Dark matter in galaxies; Galaxies formation and evolution
Zoccali, Manuela Assistant Professor,
PUC		 Galactic globular clusters; the Galactic Bulge; the Initial Mass Function mzoccali@astro.puc.cl

Astronomical Institutions

Institutions Telephone Numbers Fax Numbers Address Web sites
Centro de Estudios Cientificos (CECS)
Theoretical Physics Research Lab.		 (56 63) 234-500 (56 63) 234-517 or 234-518 Casilla 1469, Valdivia http://www.cecs.cl/
Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory (CTIO) (56 51) 205-200 (56 51) 205-212 Casilla 603, La Serena http://www.ctio.noao.edu/
European Southern Observatory (ESO)/Chile (56 2) 463-3000 (56 2) 463-3101 Casilla 19001, Santiago 19 http://www.eso.org/sci/activities/santiago/
Gemini Observatory (56 51) 205-600 (56 51) 205-650 Casilla 603, La Serena http://www.gemini.edu/
Grupo de Astrofisica, Cosmologia y Gravitacion (56 32) 273- 136 (56 32) 273-529 Casilla 4059, Valparaíso http://www.gagc.cl/
Isaac Newton Institute (56 2) 217-2013 (56 2) 217-2352 Fernandez Concha 472, Santiago http://www.ini.cl/ inewton@terra.cl
Las Campanas Observatory (LCO) (56 51) 207-301 (56 51) 207-308 Casilla 601, La Serena http://www.lco.cl
National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) (56 2) 224-8083 (56 2) 224-8087 Camino del Observatorio 1515, Santiago http://www.nrao.edu/
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (PUC) (56 2) 686-4940 (56 2) 686-4948 Casilla 306, Santiago 22 http://www.astro.puc.cl/
Universidad Catolica del Norte (UCN) (56 55) 355-481 (56 55) 355-480 (56 55) 355-497 Avda. Angamos 0610, Antofagasta http://www.ucn.cl/instituto_astronomia
Universidad de Chile (56 2) 977-1091 (56 2) 977-1095 Casilla 36-D, Santiago http://www.das.uchile.cl/
Universidad de Concepcion (56 41) 204-500 (56 41) 224-520 Avda. Esteban S. Iturra s/n Barrio Universitario, Concepcion http://www.astro-udec.cl/
Universidad de la Frontera (56 45) 325-000 (56 45) 325-950 Casilla 54-D, Temuco http://www.ufro.cl/
Universidad de La Serena (56 51) 204-128 (56 51) 226-662 Benavente 980, La Serena http://www.dfuls.cl/
Universidad de Tarapaca (56 58) 205-436

 

 (56 58) 205-435 Avda.Gral Velasquez 1775/ Casilla 7-D, Arica http://www.uta.cl
Universidad de Valparaíso (56 32) 508-426 (56 32) 508-279 Casilla 5030, Valparaíso http://www.dfa.uv.cl
Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación (56 2) 241- 2496 (97)   Avda. José Pedro Alessandri 774, Ñuñoa, Santiago http://www.umce.cl