
Dominik Reinhold Georg Schleicher
Associate Professor
UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION
Concepcion, Chile
formation of the first supermassive black holes; black hole accretion; accretion disks; formation of the first cosmological objects; origin of magnetic fields; magneto-hydrodynamical simulations
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PhD in Astronomy, HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY, RUPERTO CAROLA. Alemania, 2009
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Diploma in Physics, HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY, RUPERTO CAROLA. Alemania, 2007
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Professor (tenure-track) Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION
Ciencias Fisicas y Matematicas
Concepcion, Chile
2015 - 2017
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ESO-ALMA fellow at Leiden Observatory Full Time
EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY
Leiden, Holanda
2009 - 2011
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Postdoctoral researcher Full Time
HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY, RUPERTO CAROLA
Physics and Astronomy
Heidelberg, Alemania
2009 - 2009
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Associate Professor Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION
Ciencias Fisicas y Matematicas
Concepcion, Chile
2017 - At present
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Profesor Asociado Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION
Ciencias Fisicas y Matematicas
Concepcion, Chile
2017 - At present
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Tenure-track professor Full Time
Universidad de Concepción
Concepcion, Chile
2015 - 2017
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Junior professor
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Alemania
2011 - 2015
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ESO-ALMA fellow at Leiden Observatory
European Southern Observatory (ESO)
Alemania
2009 - 2011
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Postdoctoral researcher
HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY, RUPERTO CAROLA
Alemania
2009 - 2009
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PhD student
HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY, RUPERTO CAROLA
Alemania
2007 - 2009
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Associate professor Full Time
Universidad de Concepcion
Concepciono, Chile
2017 - At present
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Profesor Asociado Full Time
Universidad de Concepcion
Concepcion, Chile
2017 - At present
6 postdocs (2 already received permanent positions in astronomy)
1 PhD student
10 estudiantes de Magister
11 estudiantes de pregrado
Prizes and achievements of former students:
- Philipp Grete received the Best PhD prize from the German Astronomical Society in 2017.
- Philipp Grete received the prestigious Marie-Curie fellowship of the European Union.
- Felipe Navarrete received the “Premio UdeC” as the best undergraduate student from his generation in 2019.
- Patricio Alister received the “Premio UdeC” as the best undergraduate student from his generation in 2020.
- Patricio Alister, Vanesa Díaz, Felipe Navarrete, Bastian Reinoso, Joaquín Zamponi received offers to pursue their PhD at German Universities (Munich, Heidelberg, Hamburg).
- Bastian Reinoso, Vanesa Díaz and Felipe Navarrete received the "Beca ANID de Magister".
International conferences (main organization):
- Supermassive Black Holes. Online conference, December 07-11 2020. ~ 180 participants. Chair of the SOC/LOC. http://www.astro.udec.cl/smbh_conf/
- First Stars VI. Concepción, March 02-06 2020. ~120 participants. Chair of the SOC/LOC. http://www.astro.udec.cl/FirstStarsVI/
- The low-metallicity ISM: Chemistry, Turbulence and Magnetic Fields. Goettingen, October 8-12 2012. ~100 participants. Chair of the SOC/LOC. http://low-met.uni-goettingen.de/
Public talks:
10/2020: Public talk (German) with the "Foerderkreis Planetarium Goettingen": "Vom Urknall zur beschleunigten Expansion des Universums
08/2020: Online talk UAPPU, UdeC: "El Universo del Principito: Un Canal para Actividades Inclusivas"
07/2020: Public online talk "Oumuamua: Un visitante interestelar" en la serie "Astronomía en tu casa", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rimockH-iWI,
04/2020: Inaguration of the audiobook "El Universo del Principito", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXNGisJEqo8
04/2020: Public online talk "Desde el Big Bang hasta la Expansión Acelerada del Univierso" en la serie "Astronomía en tu casa", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KolVuFrLeY
01/2020: Welcome talk, Escuela de Astronomía para Profesores, Universidad de Concepción
09/2019: Book presentation “El Universo del Principito“, city library of Concepción
05/2019: Book presentation “El Universo del Principito“, Talentos UdeC, Universidad de Concepción
01/2019: Welcome talk and book presentation “El Universo del Principito“, Escuela de Astronomía para Profesores, Universidad de Valparaiso
01/2019: Book presentation “El Universo del Principito“, Escuela de Astronomía para Profesores, Universidad de Concepción
01/2019: Public talk at the “Cartelera de Verano 2019“, Universidad de Concepción
12/2019: Public talk at Universidad Santo Tomás, Concepción
10/2018: Public talk at the Museum of Natural History, Concepción
01/2018: Public talk at the "Cartelera de Verano 2018", Universidad de Concepción
10/2017: Public talk in the series “Viernes estelares“, Universidad de Concepción
03/2017: Public talk in the series "Viernes estelares", Universidad de Concepción
05/2016: Public talk in the ''Curso basico de Astronomia, Astronomia Extragaláctica'', Universidad de Concepció
02/2016: Public talk at ACUPARI, Cusco, Peru
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Distinguished Scientist
SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE
Italia, 2014
Invitation for a one-month visit at the SNS Pisa as Distinguished Scientist (including salary and travel expenses)
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ALMA-ESO Fellow
EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY
Alemania, 2009
prestigious fellowship from ESO; carried out at Leiden Observatory
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Junior Professor
University of Göttingen
Alemania, 2011
time-limited junior faculty position
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PhD in astronomy with summa cum laude
UNIVERSITAT HEIDELBERG
Alemania, 2009
PhD in astronomy obtained with excellence
Millennium Nucleus on Transversal Research and Technology to explore Supermassive Black Holes |
First Stars VI conference in Concepción |
Formation and Growth of Supermassive Black Holes |
Accretion physics of nearby AGN=> Preparation for the Event Horizon Telescope |
First Computational Astrochemistry Laboratory Using the Largest Shared Memory Machine in Chile |
The formation and evolution of the first stellar clusters |
The formation of the first metal poor stars in the Universe |
Planets beyond the main sequence => theory and observations |
MHD turbulence and the origin of supermassive black holes |
The low-metallicity ISM=> Metal enrichment, chemistry, feedback and magnetic fields |
Predicting star formation and metal enrichment in quasars for high-redshift ALMA observations |

Javier Alonso
Associate Professor
Centro de Astronomía (CITEVA)
Universidad de Antofagasta
Antofagasta, Chile

Michael Fellhauer
profesor titular
Departamento de Astronomia
Universidad de Concepción
Concepcion, Chile

Sandro Villanova
Associate Profesor
Astronomy
UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION, DEPTO DE ASTRONOMIA
Concepcion, Chile

Douglas Geisler
Full Professor
Astronomy
UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION, DEPTO DE ASTRONOMIA
Concepcion, Chile

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

Alvaro Rojas
Postdoctoral MAS researcher (area Milky Way and Local Group)
Millenium Institute of Astrophysics (working at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
Santiago, Chile

Stefano Bovino
Associate Professor
Department of Astronomy
Universidad de Concepción
Concepción, Chile

Bastián Reinoso
Master Student / Personal Técnico
Departamento de Astronomía
Universidad de Concepción
Concepción, Chile

Jaime Rosales
Technical Staff
Departamento de Astronomía
Universidad de Concepción
Concepción, Chile

Rosa Vieira
Académico
Instituto de Astronomía y Ciencias Planetarias
Universidad de Atacama
Copiapó, Chile