Astronomers, Fellows, Students and Visitors at ESO Chile are engaged in forefront astronomical research. Here you can learn more about some of the exciting science being done in Santiago.

Thematic Research groups

• Compact Binaries Group - Group Coordinator: Linda Schmidtobreick
• Extragalactic Astronomy Research Group - Group Coordinator: Dimitri Gadotti
  
• Hot and Massive Stars Group - Group Coordinator: Thomas Rivinius
• Planetary Sciences Research Group - Group coordinator: Christophe Dumas
• Star Cluster Group - Group coordinators: Steffen Mieske
  

For more information about research activities in Garching please consult the Garching Research Projects pages.

PhD Projects

A number of PhD Thesis Topics are offered by ESO Faculty Members.

Announcement of Opportunity

Announcement  of opportunities for the funding of projects through the Joint Committee ESO-Government of Chile: Applications must be submitted as E-mail attachments to the ESO Representative in Chile, Dr. Fernando Comerón (fcomeron@eso.org), using the application form that can be downloaded here. The deadline for submission is at noon, 30 August 2013.