- Brown dwarfs: A variety of formation scenarios of Brown Dwarfs exist and so far the collected observations are not conclusive. I am conducting and involved in a number of spectroscopic surveys of the stellar and brown dwarf census (to 10MJup) in star formation regions in order to derive the properties of the lowest mass population as a whole. - Disk evolution: The formation, evolution and final dissipation of disks around solar-type stars brings crucial insights in the formation of our own solar system. I am actively contributing to understanding the differences between disks as function of the host star (/ BD) mass - Virtual Observatory and astrostatistics: The current data avalanche is pushing astronomy towards a change of paradigm where small groups need to analyze large multi-wavelength data sets on daily basis. The Virtual Observa- tory (VO), as a common frame to exchange observational and theoretical data, plays a very important role. I am the PI of VOSA (http://svo2.cab.inta-csic.es/svo/theory/vosa), one of the very first successful attempts to use the advantages of the VO in the analysis of large coeval populations.

- Oct 2012 - present: Co-supervision with Prof I. Baraffe and Dr. C. Melo of PhD student P. Elliot. “Is multi- plicity Universal?" (joint PhD Exeter-ESO).

- Oct 2014: Invited Professor at VI Reunio?n de Astronomi?a Dina?mica en Latinoamerica (ADeLA), Santiago. http://adela2014.das.uchile.cl/

- August 2014: Invited Professor at Second La Serena School for Data Science (organized at the CTIO recinto), La Serena. http://aurao.ctio.noao.edu/winter_school/content/2014laserena- schooldatascience

- Apr-Jul 2014: Co-lecturer on "Seminar on Ultracool objects”. Master student seminar series taught with Dr. V. Joergens at the University of Heidelberg. Heidelberg, Germany http://www.mpia.de/homes/joergens/mvsem_ws14.html

- August 2013: Invited Professor at La Serena School for Data Science (organized at the CTIO recinto), La Serena. http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/content/La-Serena-School-Data-Science

- June 2013: Member of the PhD committee of D. Pablo Riviere Marichalar, Universidad Autonoma, Madrid, Spain.

- May 2013: Invited speaker and Prof. at the IMAV2013 (International Meeting of AstroStatistics in Valparaiso), Valparaiso. http://imav2013.cimfav.cl/

- Jun-Sept 2012: Co-Supervisor of summer student (M. J, Jime?nez Donaire) at the IAC (Canary Islands) with V. Luridiana, M. Cervin?o and C. Roma?n-Zun?iga: “Unveiling the relationship be- tween the total cluster mass and the maximum stellar mass"

- March 2012: Organization and teaching of one-week mini-course on Virtual Observatory at Univer- sidad Cato?lica del Norte, Antofagasta.

- 2011: Fellow mentor of a PhD student at ESO-Chile (H. Drass).

- Nov 2011: External referee at Universidad Cato?lica del Norte for the master-thesis: "Mili- magnitude precision photometry for the detection of transiting planets" (JP Colque Saavedra).

- August 2011: Summer student supervisor at ESO-Chile: "Looking for extremely high proper motion objects in the Pleiades field"; a publication in preparation (P. Elliott).

- June 2011: President of a Master Thesis Committee in the Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain (J. Lillo).

Outreach (selection)

Carcajada Científica
(Puerto de Ideas Antofagasta)

Día de la Astronomía en Valparaíso
(Three edtions)

Educación Futuro
(Schools and the jail of Valparaiso)

Inclusive Astronomy
(developer of multi-sensorial activities)

co-Chair of the IAU working group for the visually impaired