
Patricia Marcela Arevalo Noordam
Profesor Adjunto (Associate Professor)
Universidad de Valparaíso
Valparaíso, Chile
Structure of AGN central engine mapped through X-ray/optical variability. AGN torus reverberation studies. Obscured accretors studied in the hard X-ray band with NuSTAR satellite. Intra-cluster medium structure and AGN feedback.
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Astronomy, LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITAT MUNCHEN. Alemania, 2006
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Astronomy, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2002
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Profesor adjunto Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAISO
Ciencias
Valparaíso, Chile
2014 - 2022
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Postdoc Full Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Fisica
Santiago, Chile
2013 - 2014
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Profesor asistente Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO
Santiago, Chile
2010 - 2013
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Postdoc Full Time
MAX-PLANCK INSTITUT FUR ASTROPHYSIK
Garching, Alemania
2009 - 2010
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Postdoc Full Time
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON
Southampton, Reino Unido
2006 - 2008
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Postdoc Full Time
Shanghai Astronomical Observatory
Shanghai, China
2008 - 2009
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Profesor titular (full professor) Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAISO
Valparaiso, Chile
2022 - At present
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President Other
Sociedad Chilena de Astronomía (SOCHIAS)
Chile
2011 - 2013
• Student and postdoc supervision:
Postdoc supervision: Dr. Robert Nikutta (2012–2014) at Universidad Andres Bello, Dr. Santanu Modal (2016--present) at Universidad de Valparaiso, Dr. Lorena Hernandez (2017-2020) at Universidad de Valparaíso.
PhD thesis supervisor: Rosamaria Carraro (from 2018), Yaherlyn Díaz (from 2018), Elena López Navas (from 2019).
Master thesis supervisor: Santiago Bernal (from 2020).
Co-supervision of PhD thesis of Regis Cartier at Universidad de Chile (2010-2014) and Paula Sánchez Sáez at Universidad de Chile (2014-2019) .
Supervision of physics/astronomy undergraduate projects by Yordanka Apostolovski (2012) at Universidad Andres Bello.
• Lecturer at Universidad de Valparaiso of the following courses:
AGN: the X-ray view: for astronomy graduate students (2014),
Research techniques (Practical statistics for astronomers): for astronomy PhD students (2015),
Extragalactic Astrophysics, for astronomy undergraduate students (2015, 2018),
Advanced Extragalactic Astrophysics: for astronomy graduate students (2017, 2018),
Waves and Optics: for physics undergraduate students (2015, 2019),
X-ray data analysis: for astronomy graduate students (2016),
Galaxy evolution: elective course for astronomy undergraduate students (2017),
Thesis Project: PhD pre-thesis coursework (2018),
Graduate Seminar (from 2018),
Graduate research Project (2019, 2020),
Programming in C and numerical methods (2019, 2020).
• Lecturer at Universidad Andres Bello of the following courses:
Astronomy Laboratory I including syllabus preparation, for astronomy students (2011, 2012),
Electricity and Magnetism for physics, astronomy and engineering students (2011, 2012),
Electromagnetism for students of other majors (2012)
Evaluator in the "Congreso Astronómico Escolar", organized by the Anillo Formation and growth of Supermassive Black Holes, ACT 172033, October 2019.
UV Public lecture series co-organizer, 2016-2018, Valparaíso.
Co-authored a science outreach book ``Agujeros Negros en el Universo" ISBN13 9789561124530, together with Drs. P. Lira and N. Padilla, 1st edition 2014.
Organized and participated in the Astronomy Workshops for School Teachers, Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile, January 2015, 2016, 2019 and 2020.
Public lectures, lecture series organized by Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile, November 2012 and September 2015 and Universidad de Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile, April 2014.
Outreach talks for high-school students, Conicyt-EXPLORA initiative, October 2013.
Lecturer of the 2nd EMBIGGEN Astronomy Summer School for School Teachers, Universidad de Concepción, Chile, January 2014.
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Premio Excelencia Académica Investigadora jóven
ACADEMIA CHILENA DE CIENCIAS
Chile, 2012
Prize awarded to one female reasercher under 40 years of age working in Chile in any branch of exact or natural sciences.
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Fellowship for International Young Researchers
CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
China, 2008
Postdoctoral Fellowship awarded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences for International Young Researchers.
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IMPRS PhD fellowship
MAX PLANCK SOCIETY
Alemania, 2002
Grant covering 3 years of PhD studies in the framework of the International Max-Planck Research School on Astrophysics (2002-2005)
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Head of a Max Planck Partner Group
MAX PLANCK SOCIETY
Alemania, 2018
The Max Planck Society (MPG) has appointed Professor Jorge Cuadra as Head of a Partner Group of the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA) at Universidad de Valparaíso. The partner group programme aims to support Max Planck alumni of proven scientific excellence to carry out promising and innovative research in collaboration with a Max Planck Institute. Arevalo's group at UV will receive 20,000 € per year to fund their research activities on AGN feedback in Galaxy Clusters.
Accretion disc variability in AGN |
X-ray, optical, and near-IR long-term monitoring of AGN |
NuSTAR UNVEILS A COMPTON-THICK TYPE 2 QUASAR IN MrK 34 (vol 792, pg 117, 2014) |
Max Planck Partner Group for AGN feedback in Galaxy Clusters |
Formation and Growth of Supermassive Black Holes |
UNVEILING THE PHYSICS OF AGN THROUGH MULTIWAVELENGTH VARIABILITY |
ACCRETION AND EJECTION AROUND COMPACT OBJECTS |
GROWING BLACK HOLES=> THE X-RAY VIEW |
GROWING BLACK HOLES=> THE X-RAY VIEW |
THE ROLE OF SMBHS IN GALAXY EVOLUTION |
THE ROLE OF SMBHS IN GALAXY EVOLUTION |
DUST OBSCURATION IN ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI |
DUST OBSCURATION IN ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI |
Fondo ALMA-Conicyt: Integrating Universidad Andrés bello to the ALMA network |
ACCRETION ONTO SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES=> DISENTANGLING THE ACCRETION-FLOW STRUCTURES THROUGH CORRELATED MULTIWAVELENGTH MONITORING OF THE FLUX VARIABILITY |
ACCRETION ONTO SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES=> DISENTANGLING THE ACCRETION-FLOW STRUCTURES THROUGH CORRELATED MULTIWAVELENGTH MONITORING OF THE FLUX VARIABILITY |
DISTANT SUPERNOVAE AND THEIR PARENT GALAXIES=> STUDYING THE EVOLUTIONARY TRENDS OF TYPE Ia SUPERNOVAE WITH REDSHIFT AND OUR ACCELERATING UNIVERSE |
Anillo Conicyt. Establishing the Role of Mergers in Black Hole Growth and Galaxy Evolution |
Fondecyt Iniciación. Accretion onto supermassive black holes: disentangling the accretion-flow structures through correlated multiwavelength monitoring of the flux variability |
Fondecyt regular. Growing black holes: the X-ray view |
Formation and Growth of Supermassive Black Holes |

Radostin Kurtev
Titular
Instituto de Física y Astronomía
UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO
Valparaíso, Chile

Pablo Estevez
Profesor Titular
Departamento de Ingenieria Eléctrica
DEPTO. INGENIERÍA ELÉCTRICA, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
Santiago, Chile
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Márcio Catelan
Full Professor
Instituto de Astrofísica
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE
Santiago, Chile

Franz Bauer
Associate Professor
Instituto de Astrofisica
PONTIFICÍA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE, DEPARTAMENTO DE ASTRONOMÍA Y ASTROFÍSICA
Santiago, Chile

Patricia Arevalo
Profesor Adjunto (Associate Professor)
Instituto de Fisica y Astronomia
Universidad de Valparaíso
Valparaíso, Chile

Roberto Assef
Profesor Titular
Núcleo de Astronomía de la Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias
Universidad Diego Portales
Santiago, Chile

Guillermo Cabrera
Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science
Universidad de Concepción
Concepción, Chile

Ezequiel Treister
Associate Professor
Institute of Astrophysics
Pontificia Universidad Catolica
Santiago, Chile

Lorenzo Morelli
Profesor
Instituto de astronomia y ciencias planetarias
Universidad de Atacama
Copiapo, Chile