
Cristóbal Manuel Espinoza Romo
Profesor Asistente
Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Pulsar timing. Pulsar glitches and pulsar spin evolution. Pulsar populations. Neutron star physics. Space physics. Earth's Magnetosphere.
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Astrophysics, UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER. Reino Unido, 2010
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Astronomy, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2005
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Physics, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2003
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Profesor Asistente Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE
Chile
2021 - At present
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Teacher Part Time
Saint Gerorge's College
Santiago, Chile
2005 - 2005
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Postdoc Full Time
Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Chile
2019 - 2021
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Postdoc en proyecto Anillo Full Time
Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Chile
2016 - 2018
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Postdoctorado FONDECYT Full Time
Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile
Chile
2013 - 2015
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Postdoctoral research associate Full Time
The University of Manchester
Chile
2010 - 2013
# Mentoring
- Research project: Engineering Physics student A. Barra (Universidad de Santiago de Chile, 2023-present).
- Research project: Engineering Physics student C. Atenas (Universidad de Santiago de Chile, 2023-present).
- Engineering Physics thesis: S. Sánchez (Universidad de Santiago de Chile, 2020).
- Research project: Engineering Physics student S. Sánchez (Universidad de Santiago de Chile, 2018-2019).
- MSc thesis: José Rafael Fuentes (co-supervised, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2018).
- Judge at the 3rd International Young Physicists Tournament (Universidad de Santiago de Chile, 2017).
- Mentor at the 2nd International Young Physicists Tournament (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2016)
- Research project and Bachelor thesis: J. R. Fuentes (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2015).
# Teaching
- Lecturer for the undergraduate Astrophysics and Data Science degree (Universidad de Santiago de Chile; 2022-present).
- Lecturer of Physics I, Physics II, and Electromagnetism for Engineering students (Universidad de Santiago de Chile; 2016-2017).
- Course on compact objects (Fundación AstroManía, Santiago de Chile 2015).
- Physics in Spanish (The University of Manchester; 2009).
- Astronomy for 10 years old children (Saint George’s College, Santiago de Chile, 2005)
- Assistant teacher at for Physics students (Universidad de Chile; 2001-2002)
- Assistant teacher at for Biology and Chemistry students (Universidad de Chile; 1999-2000)
# Talks to kids or the general public
- 2024: "Objetos compactos en astrofísica", Winter School for school teachers, USACH.
- 2024: Interview about comet fragments that fell over Spain and Portugal, for Chilevisión central news.
- 2023: "Objetos compactos en astrofísica", Winter School for school teachers, USACH.
- 2023: "Pulsares, una historia atómica de gravedad", Ciclo Space is the Place, at Thelonius, lugar de Jazz, Santiago de Chile.
- 2023: "Pulsares: propiedades básicas y cómo los descubrimos", Colegio San Ignacio, Providencia, Santiago de Chile.
- 2022: "AstroPulso, un sitio para aprender sobre pulsares", II Congreso Nacional de Educación astron\'omica, La Serena, Chile.
- 2022: Biweekly guest panelist during the whole year in the radio show "All you Need is Lab", Radio USACH.
- 2022: "Pulsares. Propiedades básicas y cómo los descubrimos", Liceo de Aplicación, Santiago, Chile.
- 2021: Interview about a near-Earth objects warning system (ATLAS) in the radio show "Palabra que es noticia", Radio Futuro.
- 2021: "La posible metamorfosis del pulsar J1734-3333", talk at the VI Workshop de Ciencia, USACH, Chile
- 2021: "Estrellas y ondas gravitacionales", talk and forum during the 100 Hours of Astronomy, IAU Outreach Global Project.
- 2021: "¿Qué son y cómo rotan los pulsares?", webinar during the webpage launch of the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Astrophysics and Space Sciences (CIRAS), USACH.
- 2019: "La vida de las estrellas", Fundación Las Rosas, Santiago Centro, Chile.
- 2019: Scientific advisor for the "Ciencia Ciudadana" initiative during the total solar eclipse in Chile, hagociencia.cl, USACH.
- 2019: TV appearance in"Futuro 360" as expert on Fast Radio Bursts, ChileVisión & CNN Chile.
- 2019: "Enanas blancas, agujeros negros y pulsares", Escuela de Verano de Ciencia, USACH.
- 2018: Interview at the Explora-CONICYT radio show "Explorados", Universidad de Antofagasta radio.
- 2018: "Un pulsar demente en la Gran Nube de Magallanes", Liceo Juan José Latorre, Mejillones, Chile.
- 2018: "Un pulsar demente en la Gran Nube de Magallanes", Liceo de Aplicación, Santiago, Chile.
- 2018: "Pulsares en la Galaxia", Colegio San Lorenzo, Coquimbo, Chile.
- 2018: "Naturaleza y evolución de pulsares en la Galaxia", Complejo educacional Consolidada, Puente Alto, Chile.
- 2018: "Naturaleza y evolución de pulsares en la Galaxia", Ciclo de coloquios de Física 2018, Planetario USACH, Santiago, Chile.
- 2017: "Pulsares: rotación y evolución", Ciclo de coloquios de Física 2017, Planetario USACH, Santiago, Chile.
- 2016: Talk for school kids during the Día de la Astronomía, organized by Conicyt- Explora. Colegio Balmaceda, Peñaflor, Chile.
- 2015: Talk (charla magistral) at the 4th meeting of school astronomy groups (4to Encuentro de academias de astronomía), organized by fundación AstroManía, Chile.
- 2014: Talk (charla magistral) at the 3rd meeting of school astronomy groups (3er Encuentro de academias de astronomía), organized by fundación AstroManía, Chile.
# Press releases
- 2015: Associated with paper "Pinning down the superfluid and measuring masses using pulsar glitches". It appeared on several science-news webpages (for instance phys.org and sci-new.com) and in Nature Physics Research highlights.
- 2014: Associated with paper "Neutron star glitches can have a minimum size". It appeared on various science-news webpages, like astronomy.com and universetoday.com. A version in spanish appeared in the PUC's institute and university web pages and also in dicyt.com.
# Invited conference talks
- 2024: Searches for gravitational waves from pulsars (invited); Seventeenth Marcel Grossmann Meeting, Pescara, Italia.
- 2019: Observations of glitches (invited); PHAROS Conference 2019: the multi-messenger physics and astrophysics of neutron stars, Barcelona, Spain.
- 2016: Glitch observations (invited); COSPAR 41st Scientiffic Aseembly 2016, Istanbul, Turkey. –Event cancelled by COSPAR president due to terrorist attacks at Istanbul airport.
- 2014: Glitches and timing noise (invited); Physics of Neutron Stars 2014, Ioffe Physical Technical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia.
# Invited talks at research groups (selected from last 9 years)
- 2023: Rotational glitches: two different mechanisms?, Astro-lunch (online) The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
- 2022: The possible metamorphosis of the pulsar PSR J1734?3333 ; Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile.
- 2020: Scarcity of small glitches in the Crab and Vela pulsars; Astronomy Seminars, McGill Space Institute (MSI), Canada.
- 2020: Pulsar timing and gravitational waves; Online INCT, University of Atacama colloquium, Chile.
- 2020: Small glitches and other rotational irregularities of the Vela pulsar; Online Astrophysical Seminar, Ioffe Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia.
- 2019: The repercussions of pulsar glitches; Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Warsaw, Poland.
- 2018: The insane young pulsar PSR J0537-6910; ALMA/JAO Coloquium, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile.
- 2018: Pulsar timing; Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Warsaw, Poland.
- 2016: Pulsar braking indices and neutron star superfluids; Talk at the astro/Grav lunch, University of Southampton.
- 2016: The rotational history of pulsars; Colloquium at the IA-PUC, Santiago, Chile.
- 2015: The evolution of young pulsars; Anton Pannekoek Institute, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- 2014: The rotation of pulsars; Seminar at the Centro de Astrofísica de Valparaiso, Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile.
- 2012: Braking indices; Invited talk at the LIGO/Virgo weekly meeting (tele conference).
- 2011: Glitches; Internal seminar at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
# Experience as Reviewer
- Reviewer for FONDECYT projects. (2022-2023)
- Reviewer for ALMA observing proposals in panel-5 (Stellar evolution and the Sun, 2018, 2019).
- Reviewer for observing proposals submitted to the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT, India, 2018).
- Reviewer since 2011 for more than 20 articles submitted to high impact astronomy journals (see publons.com/researcher/2008188 for verification).
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PPARC-Gemini studentship
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
Reino Unido, 2006
Studentship to do a PhD on Astronomy in the UK (3 years; PPA/S/G/2006/04449)
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First prize on european astronomy poster competition
UNIVERSITY OF HERTFODSHIRE
Reino Unido, 2009
First prize on the Astronomy section of the Poster competition organised during the NAM- JENAM 2009 (the UK’s National Astronomy Meeting / Joint European and National As- tronomy Meeting).
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Scholarship
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
Chile, 2003
Scholarship for postgraduate studies in Astronomy (Mecesup project UCH 0118, Expansión del Universo Astronómico en Chile).
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FONDECYT Regular
UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE
Chile, 2017
Neutron stars physics through the study of rotation irregularities
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FONDECYT postdoctorado
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Chile, 2013
Physics under extreme conditions via observations of neutron stars.
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Associated Researcher for Anillo project
UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE
Chile, 2017
Fundamental processes in space plasmas, combining instrumentation, observation, theory and simulations (PIA-ACT 1405).
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FONDECYT Regular
UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE
Chile, 2021
Nº 1211964
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Astronomy Funds 2020
UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAISO
Chile, 2021
Nº astro20-0066, Scientific advisor.
Probing the neutron star interior and the Equation of State of cold dense matter with the SKA |
The evolution of Kappa distribution functions and Magnetic field fluctuations in the Plasma Sheet |
Characterizing glitches and timing irregularities in pulsars and magnetars |
The glitch activity of neutron stars (vol 608, A131, 2017) |
Neutron star Physics through the study of Glitches and rotation irregularities |
Fundamental processes in space plasmas physics, combining instrumentation, observations, theory and simulations |
PHYSICS UNDER EXTREME CONDITIONS VIA OBSERVATIONS OF NEUTRON STARS |

Juan Valdivia
Full Professor
Fisica
DEPARTAMENTO DE FISICA, FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
Santiago, Chile

Tassilo Reisenegger
Profesor Titular
Physics
Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación
Santiago, Chile

Marina Stepanova
Full Professor, Permanent staff
Physics
Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Santiago, Chile

Roberto Navarro
Profesor Asistente
Departamento de Física
Universidad de Concepcion
Concepción, Chile