Benjamin Koch
Associate Professor
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Santiago, Chile
Particle Physics; Gravitation; Functional Renormalisation; Altas Energias; Gravitacion; Fisica de Particulas
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Physics, JOHANN WOLFGANG GOETHE UNIVERSITAT FRANK. Alemania, 2007
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Diplom Physiker, Technische Universität München. Alemania, 2003
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Associate Professor Full Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Physics
Santiago, Chile
2015 - At present
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Assistant Professor Full Time
Pontificia Universidad Catolica
Santiago de Chile, Chile
2011 - 2015
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Postdoc Full Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Physics
Chile
2008 - 2011
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Profesor asistente
Pontificia Universidad Catolica
Santiago de Chile, Chile
2012 - 2014
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Profesor asociado Full Time
Pontificia Universidad Catolica
Chile
2014 - At present
Supervision of students/thesis:
PhD thesis:
Angel Rincon ongoing on “Scale dependence in gravitational theories”
Cristopher Gonzalez ongoing on “Hidden photons in cosmology”
Ignacio Reyes ongoing on “Higher spin black holes”
Nicolas Zalaquett graduated 2016 on “Spinning particles in general relativity”
Magister thesis:
Rene Araneda ongoing on “Gravitational Stern Gerlach experiments”
Cristobal Laporte ongoing on “Variational Parameter Setting in Asymptotic Safety”
Christian Diaz graduated 2016 on “Hidden photons in the Casimir effect”
Paola Rioseco graduated 2015 on “Black holes and running couplings”
Esteban Castillo Rojas Titulado magister 2014 QFT in time-dependent backgrounds
Ignacio Reyes Titulado magister 2014 Differentiable paths in quantum mechanics
Licenciatura thesis:
Cristobal Laporte graduated 2016 on “Variational parameter setting in QED”
Juan Antonio Paredes graduated 2016 on “Dark matter annihilation in the galactic center”
Javier Felipe Nunez graduated 2015 on “Spinning massive particles in cosmology”
Jose Taulis Licenciado 2014 Black holes as cosmic particle accelerators
Hernán Cabrera Licenciado 2014 Geoneutrinos at the ANDES underground laboratory
Regular Courses:
• 2017-I
o General physics for College
• 2016-II
o Electromagnetism
o Thermodynamics for Engineers
• 2016-I
o Introduction to renormalization group
• 2015-II
o Electromagnetism for Engineers
• 2015-I
o Quantum Field Theory 2
• 2014-II
o Electromagnetism
o Thermodynamics for Engineers
• 2014-I
o Mecánica cuántica avanzada I. Info. 5 alumnos, pre & postgrado,
o Física de particulas. Info. 10 alumnos, pregrado
o LHC Masterclass. Info. 35 alumnos, colegio
• 2013-II
o Física moderna. Info. 20 alumnos, pregrado
• 2013-I
o Física moderna. Info. 20 alumnos, pregrado, 1 ayudante
o Física general. Info. 60 alumnos, pregrado, 1 ayudante
• 2012-II
o Eléctricidad y magnetismo. Info. 60 alumnos, pregrado, 1 ayudante
o Mini course on "Dark Energy". Info
• 2017
o Lead Organizer of "LHC masterclasses" in Chile
o Lead Organizer of "graviticulas" seminar series
• 2016
o Lead Organizer of "LHC masterclasses" in Chile
o Lead Organizer of "graviticulas" seminar series
• 2015
o Lead Organizer of "LHC masterclasses" in Chile
o Lead Organizer of "graviticulas" seminar series
Heavy-ion collisions at the LHC-Last call for predictions |