Walter Manuel Orellana Muñoz
Associate Professor
UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO
Santiago, Chile
Condensed Matter Physics. Computational Material Science. Electronic structure calculations of solids, surfaces & nanostructures. Ab Initio molecular dynamics simulations. Heterogeneous catalysis & kinetics. Advanced photovoltaic materials.
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BS in Physics, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 1989
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MS in Physics, UNIVERSITY OF SAO PAULO. Brasil, 1992
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PhD in Physics, UNIVERSITY OF SAO PAULO. Brasil, 1997
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Adjunct Professor Part Time
UNIVERSITY OF SAO PAULO
Physics Institute
Sao Paulo, Brasil
1995 - 1996
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Adjunct Professor Part Time
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS
Exact Sciences Institute
Belo Horizonte, Brasil
1998 - 1999
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Profesor Honorarios Part Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
Faculty of Science
Santiago, Chile
2006 - 2007
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Associate Professor Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO
Exact Sciences
Santiago, Chile
2007 - At present
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Postdoctoral Researcher Full Time
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS
Belo Horizonte, Brasil
1998 - 1999
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Postdoctoral Researcher Full Time
UNIVERSITY OF SAO PAULO
Sao Paulo, Brasil
2000 - 2004
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Postdoctoral Researcher Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
Santiago, Chile
2005 - 2006
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Director Master Program in Physical Sciences Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO
Santiago, Chile
2009 - 2017
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Director PhD Program in Physical Sciences Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO
Santiago, Chile
2018 - At present
I. THESIS ADVISOR
(3) Raúl Gerrero Avilés, Hydrogen storage on cation-decorated biphenylene carbon and nitrogenated holey graphene. MS Thesis in Physics, UNAB, 2017
(2) Pía Vásquez Rivera, Porphyrin- and Phthalocyanine-based polymeric nanostructures for photovoltaic applications. Engineering Physics Thesis, UNAB, 2016
(1) Raúl Gerrero Avilés, Water desalination through nanoporous graphene: First-principles molecular dynamic simulations. Engineering Physics Thesis, UNAB, 2015
II. POSTDOC ADVISOR
(1) Dr. Julián Correa Abad, 1D Hybrid Nanostructures as New Candidates for Photovoltaic Systems. Fellowship from FONDECYT-Chile, 2010-2013
I. IDENTIFIERS
(3) WOS ResearcherID F-2068-2014 (https://publons.com/researcher/2534054)
(2) ORCiD 0000-0002-6897-3875 (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6897-3875)
(1) SCOPUS Author ID: 6701747167 (https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=6701747167)
II. LECTURER OF SHORT COURSES
(4) Nanociencia y Nanotecnología: Aportes de la Ciencia de Materiales Computacional. Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Diego Portales, 2010.
(3) Teoría y Modelación en Nanociencia para Catálisis y Conversión de Energía, Departamento de Ciencias Básicas. Universidad de Medellín, Medellín Colombia, 2013.
(2) Curso Práctico de Estado Sólido Usando Quantum Espresso, Departamento de Química, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (Iztapalapa), México DF, 2013.
(1) First Latin American School on Computational Materials Science held at the Universidad Andrés Bello, 2009. http://indico.ictp.it/event/a08192/
III. PRESENTATIONS AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
(33) 33rd Topical Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry (Keynote Speaker), 27-30 November, Chile,2022
(32) XX Brazil Material Research Society Meeting, 24-29 September, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, 2022
(31) 9th International Conference on Low-Dimensional Structures and Devices, Puerto Varas, Chile, 2019
(30) XVIII Brazil Material Research Society Meeting, Camboriú, Brazil, 2019
(29) XVII Brazil Material Research Society Meeting, Natal, Brazil, 2018
(28) 34th European Conference in Surface Science, Aarhus, Denmark, 2018
(27) XXIII Latin American Symposium on Solid State Physics, Bariloche, Argentina, 2018
(26) American Physical Society March Meeting, Los Angeles, USA, 2018
(25) EMN Meeting: 2D Materials, Lyon, France (Invited speaker), 2017
(24) American Physical Society March Meeting, New Orleans, USA, 2017
(23) 2nd Latin-American Workshop on Carbon Materials, Termas de Chillán, Chile, 2016
(22) 1st International Conference on Terahertz Emission, Metamaterials, and Nanophotonics, Cartagena, Colombia (Plenary talk), 2016
(21) American Physical Society March Meeting, Baltimore, USA, 2016
(20) 31st European Conference in Surface Science, Barcelona, España, 2015
(19) 23rd International Material Research Congress, Cancún, México, 2014
(18) 6to Congreso Intl. de Formación y Modelación en Cs. Básicas, Medellín, Colombia (Invited speaker), 2014
(17) 5to Congreso Intl. de Formación y Modelación en Cs. Básicas, Medellín, Colombia (Plenary talk), 2013
(16) 31st International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, Zurich, Switzerland, 2012
(15) XI Brazil Material Research Society Meeting, Florianópolis, Brasil, 2012
(14) X Brazil Material Research Society Meeting, Gramado, Brasil, 2011
(13) 4th Workshop on Novel Methods for Electronic Structure Calculations and 1st South-American Congress on Materials, La Plata, Argentina (Invited speaker), 2011
(12) American Physical Society March Meeting, Portland, USA, 2010
(11) 11th International Conference on Advanced Materials, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Invited speaker), 2009
(10) 17th International Material Research Congress, Cancún, México (Invited speaker), 2008
(9) American Physical Society March Meeting, New Orleans, USA, 2008
(8) 29th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2008
(7) 13th Brazilian Workshop on Semiconductor Physics, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2007
(6) 28th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, Vienna, Austria, 2006
(5) 12th Latin American Congress of Surface Science and its Applications, Angra dos Reis, Brazil, 2005
(4) 23rd European Conference of Surface Science, Berlin, Germany, 2005
(3) International Conference on Superlattice, Nanostructures and Nanodevices, Cancún, Mexico, 2004
(2) 22nd European Conference of Surface Science. Prague, Czech Republic, 2003
(1) 26th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, Edinburgh, UK, 2002
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PhD Scholarship
BRAZILIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT (CNPq)
Brasil, 1992
Four-year doctoral scholarship
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Postdoctoral Fellowship
MINAS GERAIS RESEARCH FOUNDATION
Brasil, 1998
Two-years postdoctoral fellowship
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Postdoctoral Fellowship
SAO PAULO RESEARCH FOUNDATION
Brasil, 2000
Four-years postdoctoral fellowship
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Postdoctoral Fellowship
INICIATIVA CIENTIFICA MILENIO
Chile, 2005
Two-years postdoctoral fellowship
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MS Scholarship
BRAZILIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT (CNPq)
Brasil, 1990
Two-years master scholarship
Electron transition energies of single-walled carbon nanotubes: Hartree - Fock's CNDOL approaches for describing excitations and related properties |
ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE MODULATION OF METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS FOR THE DESIGN OF FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS |
CATALYSTS FOR THE OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTION IN Zn-AIR BATTERIES AND GREEN HYDROGEN PRODUCTION |
FUNCTIONALIZED SURFACES FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL DETECTION (FunSED) |
BIOMIMETIC CATALYSTS FOR THE OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION |
METAL-ORGANIC 2D MATERIALS FOR CLEAN ENERGY CONVERSION=> FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATIONS |
INTEGRATION OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF BIONANOTECHNOLOGY |
STUDY OF IMPURITIES, COMPLEX DEFECTS, AND GRAIN BOUNDARIES IN CDTE THIN FILMS USING COMPUTER SIMULATION AT THE ATOMIC SCALE |
NANOESTRUCTURAS HIBRIDAS 1D COMO NUEVOS CANDIDATOS PARA SISTEMAS FOTOVOLTAICOS |
MOLECULAR ENGINEERING AND SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY FOR CATALYSIS, ELECTROCATALYSIS, REMEDIATION AND ENERGY CONVERSION |
THEORETICAL INVESTIGATION OF NANOSCALE CATALYSTS BASED ON METALLIC NANOPARTICLES AND METALLOMACROCYCLIC COMPLEXES |
COMPUTER SIMULATION LABORATORY OF NANOMATERIALS AND BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS |
THERMOPHYSICAL MODELING OF NOVEL MACHINABLE CERAMIC MATERIALS |
SIMULACION COMPUTACIONAL MOLECULAR DE NANOMATERIALES Y SISTEMAS BIOLOGICOS DE INTERES EXPERIMENTAL |
THE INTERACTION OF CARBON NANOTUBES WITH MOLECULES AND SOLIDS=> A THEORETICAL STUDY. |
THE INTERACTION OF CARBON NANOTUBES WITH MOLECULES AND SOLIDS=> A THEORETICAL STUDY. |