Jorge Cuadra
Académico
Universidad Adolfo Ibánez
Viña del Mar, Chile
Numerical Astrophysics; Galactic Centre; Massive Black Hole Binaries; Proto-planetary Discs
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Astronomy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Alemania, 2006
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Astronomy, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Chile, 2001
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Profesor Asociado Full Time
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Chile
2010 - 2020
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Postdoc Full Time
University of Colorado at Boulder
Estados Unidos
2006 - 2008
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Postdoc Full Time
Shanghai Astronomical Observatory
China
2008 - 2009
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Postdoc Full Time
Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik
Alemania
2009 - 2010
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Académico Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD ADOLFO IBANEZ
Viña del Mar, Chile
2020 - At present
Theses supervised
• Infalling clouds onto supermassive black hole binaries. PhD thesis by Felipe G. Goicovic (PUC, Aug. 2017).
• The role of interacting stellar winds on the feeding of Sgr A*. PhD thesis by Diego Calderón (PUC, Sep. 2019).
• Coevolution of binary systems surrounded by accretion discs. PhD thesis by Camilo Fontecilla (PUC, expected 2021).
• Very-High-Energy gamma-rays from the Galactic Center Generated by Cosmic Rays. PhD thesis by Andrés Scherer (PUC, expected 2021).
• 3D distribution of molecular clouds in the Galactic Centre. PhD thesis by Camila Órdenes (PUC, expected 2022).
• Thin-shell instabilities and clump formation due to colliding stellar winds in the Galactic Centre. MSc thesis by Diego Calderón (PUC, March 2015).
• Evolution of circumbinary discs at decoupling. MSc thesis by Camilo Fontecilla (PUC, Aug. 2017).
• Feedback and migration of accreting planets in discs. MSc thesis by Matías Gárate (PUC, July 2017).
• Dusty clumps in circumbinary discs. MSc thesis by Pedro Poblete
(PUC, Nov. 2019; with N. Cuello).
• Satellite infall and mass deposition on the Galactic Centre. BSc thesis by Sofía Gallego (PUC, Aug. 2012).
• One-dimensional hydrodynamical models of circumbinary discs. BSc thesis by Camilo Fontecilla (PUC, Aug. 2014).
• Proto-planetary discs: effect of an accretion-dependent feedback. BSc thesis by Matías Gárate (PUC, Aug. 2015).
• Hydrodynamical simulations of the binary proto-star HD142527. BSc thesis by Pedro Poblete (PUC, July 2017; with N. Cuello).
• Effects of the luminosity of a proto-planet on the proto-planetay disc’s dust. BSc thesis by Juan Garrido (PUC, July 2019).
Additional mentoring
• Advisor of postdoctoral researchers Matías Montesinos (2011–14,2017), Alex Dunhill (2013–15), Virginie Faramaz (2014–17), Xian Chen (2015– 16), Nicolás Cuello (2016–20), Christopher Russell (2017–20), M. Paula Ronco (2018–), Luciano del Valle (2019–), Francisco Castillo (2019–) and Laura Becerra (2019–).
• Local supervisor of U Antioquia PhD student Mario Sucerquia (advisor J. Zuluaga; 2018).
• Local supervisor of Heidelberg–PUC joint PhD student Sebastian Stammler (advisor C.P. Dullemond, ITA; 2016).
• Advisor of several summer and part-time research projects for under- and graduate students at PUC (2011–).
• Member of the PhD thesis committees of Luciano del Valle (advisor A. Escala; 2011–16) and Francisco Castillo (advisor A. Valdivia; 2014–17) at Universidad de Chile, and of the MSc thesis committee of Cristián Maureira at UTFSM (advisor P. Amaro-Seoane, AEI; 2012–13).
• Member of several BSc and MSc thesis evaluation committees at PUC and U de Chile (2010–).
• Development of 360º and Virtual Reality animations of Galactic centre simulations (led by postdoc Chris Russell). More than 1.7 million views in social media.
• Columnist for “Tendencias de la Astronomía” series, in the online version of the Chilean newspaper “El Mercurio” (2016–2019).
• Lecture to high school teachers on the Solar System (Heidelberg Centre, Santiago, Jan. 2018, and Universidad de Valparaíso, Jan. 2020)
• Participated in ESA’s online broadcast of Mercury’s transit (2016).
• Outreach talks at different venues in Santiago and Valparaíso (2010–).
• Interviews for TV, radio, online, and written media.
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Head of a Max Planck Partner Group
MAX PLANCK SOCIETY
Alemania, 2016
The Max Planck Society (MPG) has appointed Professor Jorge Cuadra as Head of a Partner Group of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE) at PUC. The partner group programme aims to support Max Planck alumni of proven scientific excellence to carry out promising and innovative research in collaboration with a Max Planck institute. Cuadra’s group at PUC will receive 20,000 € per year to fund their research activities on Galactic Centre Astrophysics.
DUST EVOLUTION IN PROTOPLANETARY DISKS WITH COMPLEX MORPHOLOGIES |
Núcleo Milenio en Formación Planetaria |
THE INNER PARSEC OF THE GALACTIC CENTER |
Max Planck Partner Group on Galactic Centre Astrophysics |
Núcleo Milenio de Discos Protoplanetarios |
EPISODIC FEEDING OF ACCRETING OBJECTS=> FROM MASSIVE BLACK HOLE GROWTH TO PLANET FORMATION |
EXOPLANETARY SYSTEMS DYNAMICS |
Magneto-hydrodynamical simulations of a molecular cloud falling onto single and binary super-massive black holes |
Chile--Max Planck Network on Super-Massive Black Hole Binaries |
Postdoctoral position on ALMA-related Numerical Astrophysics |
Establishing the Role of Mergers in Black Hole Growth and Galaxy Evolution |
Centro de Cómputo Nacional para Astrofísica |
DYNAMICS OF ASTROPHYSICAL ACCRETION DISKS |
BLACK HOLE MERGERS AND KICKS IN GAS-RICH GALAXIES |
Massive black holes, stars and gas in the central pasecs of galaxies |
Centro de Astrofísica y Tecnologías Afines (CATA) |
NSF Teragrid Projects=> Gas dynamics of binary-disc interactions, Self-gravity and fragmentation in eccentric accretion discs, and Gas dynamics of binary-disc interactions including star formation |
THE GALAXY POPULATION IN A YOUNG UNIVERSE |