CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS: STRUCTURAL, DYNAMICAL, MECHANICAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS. GLASSES. MATERIALS AT EXTREME CONDITIONS; THERMODYNAMIC AND STATISTICAL MECHANICS; COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS: CLASSICAL AND AB INITIO MOLECULAR DYNAMICS.

Thesis advisor of 15 undergraduate projects, 2 Physical Engineer thesis, 3 master and 6 PhD thesis. Also, 5 postdoctoral fellows:

Master thesis advisor of
-Fernando Cuturrufo, Univ. La Serena
-Yasmin Navarrete, U Chile (co-advisor with Dr. Sergio Davis)
-Nicolas Amigo, U. Chile

PhD thesis advisor of
– Joaquin Peralta (Depto. Fisica, Fac. Ciencias. U. Chile), entitled Propiedades físicas de materiales complejos mediante simulación computacional (Study of physical properties of complex materials by means of computer simulation, Becario Mecesup, graduated May 2010, and
– Claudia Loyola (Depto. Fisica, Fac. Ciencias, U. Chile), entitled Estudio atómico de materiales mediante simulación computacional (Atomistic study of material by means of computer simulation, Becaria Conicyt, graduated June 2010, both then postdoctoral fellow at Iowa State University and now professors at Universidad Andres Bello.
– Felipe Gonzalez (Depto. Fisica, Fac. Ciencias, U. Chile), Materials under extreme conditions. Graduated January 2016, currently postdoctoral fellow at U California Berkeley, EE. UU.
- Javier Wachter (Dept. Materiales, FCFM, U. Chile), Metallics Glasses. Graduated on march 2016. Currently, professor at UTEM.
- Matías Sepúlveda (co-advisor with Dr. Fernando Lund), Relación estructura-propiedad en vidrios metálicos, graduated Octuber 2018.
- Diego Gonzalez (co-advisor with Dr. Sergio Davis), Mecánica Estadística fuera del equilibrio a partir del principio de máximo calibre,
graduated January 2019.
- Currently: Fernando Corvacho, Ignacio Tapia.

Postdoctoral advisor of
– Dr. Eduardo Menéndez-Proupin, fellowship from Thirld World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Trieste, Italy, April-December 2003, at Universidad de Santiago;
– Dr. Pablo Encina, fellowship from Fondecyt-Chile 2008-2010;
– Dr. Sergio Davis, fellowship from Fondecyt-Chile 2010-2011,
– Dr. German Mino, fellowship from Fondecyt-Chile 2010-2013.
– Dr. Emilio Figueroa, supported by Conicyt (Chile)–ANPCyT(Argentina), 2012-2014.

Teaching experience: more than 25 year of experience, lecturing at under- and post-graduate level several courses, including Mechanics, Optics, Thermodynamics, Modern Physics, Mathematical Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Statistical Mechanics, Solid State Physics Computational physics, among others, in different universities in Chile and abroad.

Several interviews (newspaper, TV, radio), opinion articles, talk to students and public at large: see
http://www.gnm.cl/gonzalo/pmwiki.php/Site/ArticulosCharlasVideosEntrevistas