Erick Omar Burgos Parra
Postdoctoral researcher
Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Santaigo, Chile
Durante los ultimos tres años me he especializado en medidas magenticas con radiación sincrotró, X-ray resonant scattering y holografía magnítica de rayos X, ademas de caracterizaciones y fabricación de películas delgadas magnéticas y skyrmions
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Physics, UNIVERSITY OF EXETER. Reino Unido, 2018
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Física, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2014
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Física, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2011
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Ayudante - Metodos Experimentales 1 Part Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
Facultad de Ciencias
Chile
2008 - 2008
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Ayudante - Metodos Experimentales 2 Part Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
Facultad de Ciencias
Chile
2010 - 2010
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Ayudante - Metodos Experimentales 1 Part Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
Facultad de Ciencias
Chile
2010 - 2010
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Ayudante - Metodos Experimentales 4 Part Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
Facultad de Ciencias
Chile
2011 - 2011
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Ayudante - Fisica experimental Part Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
Facultad de Ciencias
Chile
2011 - 2011
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Ayudante - Metodos Experimentales 1 Part Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
Facultad de Ciencias
Chile
2011 - 2012
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Ayudante - Mecanica 1 Part Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
Facultad de Ciencias
Chile
2012 - 2012
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Ayudante - Metodos Experimentales 1 Part Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
Facultad de Ciencias
Chile
2012 - 2012
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Ayudante - Mecánica Estadística Part Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
Facultad de Ciencias
Chile
2012 - 2012
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Ayudante - Fisica experimental Part Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
Facultad de Ciencias
Chile
2013 - 2013
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Ayudante - Materia condensada Y Electromagnetismo Part Time
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
Reino Unido
2015 - 2016
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Ayudante - Mecanica Cuantica y Termodinamica Part Time
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
Reino Unido
2015 - 2016
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Ayudante - Laboratorio de física Part Time
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
Reino Unido
2015 - 2016
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Ayudante - Laboratorio de física 2 Part Time
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
Reino Unido
2016 - 2017
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Ayudante - IT skills (octave and python) Part Time
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
Reino Unido
2016 - 2017
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Ayudante - Laboratorio de física 2 Part Time
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
Reino Unido
2017 - 2018
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Ayudante - IT skills (octave and python) Part Time
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
Reino Unido
2017 - 2018
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Profesor de Laboratorio de Electromagnetismo Part Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE
Facultad de Ciencias
Santiago, Chile
2022 - At present
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Analista de sismogramas Full Time
Centro sismológico Nacional
Santiago, Chile
2013 - 2014
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Postdoctoral Researcher Other
CNRS
Palaiseau, Francia
2018 - 2021
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Postdoctoral Researcher Other
Synchrotron SOLEIL
Saint-Aubin, Francia
2018 - 2021
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Post-doctoral researcher Full Time
Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Santiago, Chile
2018 - At present
I have accumulated a multidisciplinary training since my first years of training. After finishing my degree, I co-authored a paper on experimental nuclear physics at the University of Chile, where I worked with UHV and alpha particle radiation. The same year I participated in a select group of candidates attending the Summer School of the "Instituto Balseiro" in Argentina, where I did my first work on FMR and thin magnetic films, being published in Physical Review B. During my Master's thesis at the University of Chile, I collaborated closely with the Center for Development of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (CEDENNA), where I gained experience working with thin film manufacturing systems (sputtering and chemical vapor deposition), porous alumina cathodic anodization, magnetic and electrical characterization of metallic films in antidote (MFM, AGFM, VSM, SQUID, FMR, four contact technique) and surface characterization (AFM, and STM) and XPS. During my PhD at the University of Exeter in the UK, I was part of the first cohort of the Metamaterials Doctoral Training Centre. In addition to the scientific experience gained in magneto-optical characterization (MOKE, TRSKM), synchrotron radiation techniques (XRD, XMCD, XAS, XRMS, XRR) and new knowledge gained by working on SEM and FIB, I was part of an intensive soft skills training containing, among other things, cognitive-behavioral training, leadership training, project management, public participation and learning and teaching in higher education training (LETH). Finally, during my current postdoc I have acquired knowledge in the field of spintronics and skyrmions, performing several time beams in synchrotron facilities all over Europe to characterize chiral magnetic systems in an external magnetic field and in a time-sensitive manner.
Grants and funding
- CONICYT Scholarship for National Teachers (2011-2013)
- Beca Chile for PhD abroad (2014 -2018)
- Scholarship "Center for doctoral training in metamaterials" - 11000 GBP for 4 years for doctoral execution expenses
I strongly believe in the importance of informing and reaching out to society to show the benefits of my research. Ultimately, it is our society that should receive the benefits and retribution of our work.
I have a strong interest in promoting science to non-specialist audiences. I believe it is important to motivate critical thinking with simple explanations of how we scientists understand our world through science. I also want to encourage the younger generation to become scientists. In this sense, I have participated in several initiatives of scientific popularization since my first days as a physics student, such as the science fairs organized by the University of Chile and the initiative "1000 classrooms, 1000 scientists" organized by CONICYT. These events were aimed at children from low-income families. Once I moved to Europe, I quickly started working as an outreach officer for the SPIE student chapter at Exeter University during 2014-2015 and then as president of the newly formed Optics and Photonics Society of Exeter University (EUOPS) from 2015 to 2016. During this period, we organised and participated in various outreach events, including the annual Sidmouth Science Festival (2016-2017), Big Bang Fair South West (2015-2018), the Honiton Festival of Imagination (2018), International Day of Light (2018) and regular visits throughout Exeter University's laboratories and facilities for children from nearby schools. In 2017 I won first place in the "Optical Outreach Games" held in San Diego with an outreach activity to create a spectrometer with recycling materials, a CD-ROM and a guide with activities and examples for teachers and the general public.
Funding for conferences, outreach and awards
- Outreach Officer travel grant, scholarship to attend the SPIE Student Chapter Leadership Workshop at the Optics + Photonics 2017 conference in San Diego, USA - 2000 USD
- Research led inititiave - University of Exeter 2017 - used for the workshop "Scientists and Engineers Can Do Anything: How to Create Your Dream Career" - 1000 GBP
- First place for "Home-made spectrometre using a CD-DVD" at "Optics Outreach Games 2017" within the framework of the Optics + Photonics 2017 conference.
- Organization of the IONS 2019 conference in Exeter, UK. - 8000GBP
Scientific conferences
1.- IONS2019, Exeter, UK. 8th-12th Jul, 2019 (organizator and invited talk)
2.- Resonant Elastic X-ray Scattering (REXS 2019), Long Island, USA, 17th-21th June, 2019 (talk)
3.- Colloque Neél 2019, Toulouse, France, 14th -17th May, 2019 (poster)
4.- SPIE Optics + Photonics- Optics education and Outreach V, San Diego, USA. Aug 5th – 10th, 2018 (talk)
5.- ICM 2018 , San Francisco, USA, Jul. 15th – 20th, 2018 (poster)
6.- Spin waves 2018, Saint Petersburg, Russia, Jun. 3rd -8th , 2018 (poster)
7.- Magnetism 2018, Manchester, Apr. 9th – 10th , 2018 (poster)
8.- X Nanostructures school, Valparaíso, Chile. Jan. 14th - 18th , 2018 (invited talk)
9.- SPIE Optics + Photonics, San Diego, USA. Aug 5th – 10th, 2017 (student workshop and 1st place in the Optics Outreach Games)
10.- Magnetism 2017, York, UK. Apr. 3rd and 4th, 2017 (talk)
11.- MMM 2016, New Orleans, USA. Oct. 31th - Nov. 7th, 2016 (talk)
12.- Joint European Magnetism Symposia 2016, Glasgow, UK. Aug. 21th - 26th, 2016 (poster)
13.- International School on Magnonics, Exeter, UK. Jun. 19th and 24st, 2016 (poster)
14.- Magnetism 2016 - Sheffield, UK. Apr. 4th and 5st, 2016 (talk)
15.- 13th Joint conference MMM-Intermag, San Diego, United States of America. Jan 11th to Jan 15th, 2016 (talk)
16.- 22nd Latin American Symposium of Solid State Physics, Puerto Varas, Chile. Nov. 30th to Dec. 4th, 2015 (talk)
17.- Optical Polarisation Conversion in the Near Field workshop, Exeter, Uk. Jun. 25th and 26th, 2015. (poster)
18.- Magnetism 2015, Leeds, UK. Mar. 30th and 31st, 2015 (poster)
19.- VI Nanostructures School, Valparaíso, Chile. Dec. 2013 (talk)
20.- II International Conference on Materials Science, Valdivia, Chile. Oct. 2013 (talk)
21.- X Latin American Workshop on Magnetism, Magnetic Materials and their applications, Buenos Aires, Argentina Apr. 2013. (poster)
22.- XVIII Chilean Symposium of Physics, La Serena, Chile. Nov. 2012 (talk)
23.- V Nanostructures School - II National congress of nanotechnology, Valparaíso, Chile, Oct. 2012. (poster)
24.- IV Nanostructures School – I Nanoscience workshop, Antofagasta, Chile, Jul. 2011(poster)
25.- XVII Chilean Symposium of Physics, Pucón, Chile, Nov. 2010(poster)
26.- V South American Encounter of Inelastic Collisions in Matter, Valparaíso, Chile. Nov. 2010. (poster)
27.- Summer School of the Balseiro Institute, Bariloche, Argentina. Feb. 2010.
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First place at the Optics Outreach Games
SPIE
Estados Unidos, 2017
First place — University of Exeter, Homemade CD-DVD Spectrometer. Team member Erick Parra developed the demonstration, creating the kit from scratch including an instruction sheet on using heavy paper or cardboard with an old CD to be able to see the spectra of various things.
Reuse, recycle, and shine: using everyday objects to teach optics |
Time-resolved imaging investigation of the domain walls dynamics in Landau domain pattern |
Programa Interdisciplinario Nanociencia |