Galaxy Formation and numerical simulations

Current Students
Brian Tapia (to finish: 2027, supervisor, PhD student PUC)
Isha Shailesh (to finish: 2026, supervisor, PhD student, PUC)
Valentina Miranda (to finish: 2026, supervisor, Msc student, PUC)
Ignacio Muñoz (to finish: 2026, supervisor, Msc student, PUC)

Current Postdocs
Catalina Casanuevas (supervisor, Comite Mixto ESO-ANID, March 2025- Feb 2027)
Maria Luiza Linhares Dantas (supervisor, Fondecyt Fellowship, March 2024- Feb 2027)

Previous Supervisions

Supervised Magister
Msc Francisco Jara (30/01/2025, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
Msc Anell Cornejo (6/July/2023, Modelling of Resolved Scaling Relations in Simulated Galaxies supervisor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
Msc Tracy Catalan (2019, Gradientes de Metalicidad de Poblaciones Estelares en Galaxias, Master student, Universidad Andres Bello)
Msc. Enrique Paillas (2017, Baryons effects on voids statistics in the EAGLE simulation Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)

Supervised PhD Thesis
Jenny Gonzalez (20/10/2025, The origin of stellar haloes and their connection to the formation history of their host galaxies, PUC, director)
Catalina Casanueva (30/05/2025, Primordial Black Holes as Dark Matter Candidates and Source of Feedback, PUC, director)
Silvio Varela (01/12/2023, Disk Galaxies in a Cosmological Context: Linking stellar distributions morphological perturbations and the dark matter halo, Universidad de La Serena, co-director)
Thorold Trorund (6/01/2023, Machine Learning for Galactic Archaeology, Universidad Andrés Bello, director)
Dr. Emanuel Sillero (01/04/2020, Estudio del contenido metálico y molecular en galaxias en interacción, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, director)
Dr Maria Sol Rosito (29/03/2019, Formación y evolución de galaxias elípticas, Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, director)
Dr. Lucas Bignone (30/03/2017, Los efectos del polvo interestelar en la detección de GRBs y su impacto en el estudio de la formación de galaxias, Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, director)
Dr. Celeste Artale (31/03/2015, Feedback de fuentes de alta energia en galaxias, Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, director)
Dr. Tomas Tecce (31/03/2011), Efectos del Entorno sobre la Formación y Evolución de Galaxias, Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, director)
Dr. Maria E. De Rossi, (27/03/2009, Evolución Química de Galaxias ,Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, director)
Dr. Sebastian Nuza (06/11/2008, Los GRBs y su conexión con la Evolución de la Estructura en el Universo,Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, director)
Dr. Cecilia Scannapieco (01/06/2006, Formación de Galaxias, Evolución Química y Vientos Galácticos Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, director)
Dr. Leonardo Pellizza (3/12/2003, Estudio del origen de los sistemas de cúmulos globulares en modelos de agregación jerárquica, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Co-director)

Supervised Licenciaturas in Physics and Astronomy:
Lucas Purcell (Environment Effects on Galaxy Morphology: Using CIELO Simulations, July 2025).
Valentina Miranda (“Supernova Feedback Effect on the Retention of Chemical Elements in Low-Mass Galaxies”,July 2023. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, supervisor)
Ignacio Muñoz (Study of the chemo-dynamical properties of galactic bulges in numerical simulations July 2023, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, supervisor)
Benjamin Silva (Study of the chemo-dynamical properties of galactic disks in numerical simulations , July 2023, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, supervisor)
Daniel Miller (Diferencias de las relaciones de escala entre las observaciones y las simulaciones en los cúmulos de galaxias July 2023, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, co-supervisor)
Lic. Brian Tapia (Insight into the physical processes that shape the metallicity profiles in galaxies, December 2022, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, supervisor).
Gary Fredes (The impact of SN Ia on the evolution of chemical abundances during galaxy-galaxy interactions. December 2022, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, co-supervisor).
Sebastian Tancara (Assembly History and Redshift Evolution of Massive Central Cluster Galaxies in the MultiDark-Universe, December 2022, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, co-supervisor).
Lic. Franscisco Jara (Study of the MZR dependence on the metallicity gradients in MaNGA and EAGLE galaxies, July 2022, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, supervisor)
Lic. Javiera Mesias (Impact of Supernova Ia on galaxy evolution, July 2022, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, supervisor)
Lic. Alain Andrade (December 2020, Universidad Andres Bello, supervisor)
Lic. Martin Solar (December 2018, Universidad Andres Bello, director)
Lic. Ulises Hernandez (December 2018, Universidad Andres Bello, director)
Lic. Silvio Varela (January 2018, Universidad Andres Bello, director)
Lic. Pedro Cataldi (March 2017, Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, co-director)
Lic. M. Celeste Artale (March 2010, Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, co-director)
Lic. Elisa Chisari (July 2009, Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, co-director)
Lic. Emanuel Sillero (December 2009, Universidad Nacional de San Juan, co-director)
Lic. Abigail Ganopol (June 2006, Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, director)
Lic. Maria E. De Rossi (March 2005, Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, director)
Lic. Cecilia Scannapieco (March 2002, Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, co-director)

Supervised PhD Fellowships:
Lic. Alejandro López (PhD grant Consejo de Investigaciones Científicas de Buenos Aires, co-director, 2000)
Lic. Analia Smith Castelli (PhD grant I, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, director 2003 - 2004)
Lic. Analia Smith Castelli (PhD grant I, Conicet, director 2004-2005)
Lic. Cecilia Scannapieco (PhD grant I y II , Conicet, director, 2003-2006)
Lic. M. Alonso (PhD Grant I y II , Conicet, co-director, 2003-2007)
Lic. Abigail Ganopol (PhD grant I, Conicet, director, 2006-2009)
Lic. Maria E. De Rossi (PhD grant I y II, Conicet, director, 2005-2009)
Lic. Tomas Tecce (PhD grant I and II, Conicet, director, 2005-2010)
Lic. M.Sol Rosito (PhD grant Conicet, co-director, 2015-2019)
Lic. Emanuel Sillero (PhD grant Conicet, co-director, 2016-2020)

Supervised Postdoctoral Fellowships:
Daniela Barrientos-Acevedo (supervisor, CATA fellowship, March 2024- Feb 2026)
Dr. Doris Stoppacher (supervisor, Margarita Salas Fellowship of the Ministry of Science of Spain, 2022-2025)
Dr. Emanuel Sillero (supervisor, Fondos ALMA-ANID, Chile, 2021-2024)
Dr. Jose Hernandez (supervisor, Alma-Conicyt Fellowship, 2018 - 2020)
Dr. Lucas Bignone (Fondecyt Postdoctoral Fellowship, supervisor, 2018 - 2020)
Dr. Rubens Machado (Postdoctoral Fellowship FAPESP, supervisor, 2015-2016)
Dr. Celeste Artale, (Postdoctoral Fellowship, Conicet, co-supervisor, 2010-2017)
Dr. Noelia Jimenez, (Postdoctoral Fellowship, Conicet, supervisor, 2013-2014)
Dr. Owain Snaith (Cosmocomp Postdoctoral Fellowship, FP7 EU, supervisor, 2011)
Dr. Tomas Tecce (Postdoctoral Fellowship, Conicet, supervisor, 2011-1013)
Dr. Maria E. De Rossi (Postdoctoral Fellowship, Conicet, supervisor, 2009-2011)
Dr. Josefa Perez (Postdoctoral Fellowship, Conicet, supervisor, 2004)
Dra. Sofia Cora (Postdoctoral Fellowship, Conicet; co-supervisor, 2000-2001)

Some Outreach and Dissemination Activities

Article in El Mercurio, Los Cielos de Chile, 28 January 2026.
Invited talk on Virtual Universes, VI Workshop for Students of Physics and Astronomy in Chile, 17 January 2026
Educational class for girls and young women entitled Virtual Universes, organised by Tremendas Atómicas, 16 January 2026.
Postdcast “Diálogos Cósmicos” on The universe has memory (youtube).
Article in El Mercurio.Columna de Astronomía | El desafío de construir la astronomía del futuro, September 2024.
Contribution to column on science in El Mostrador 6 November 2024, https://www.elmostrador.cl/universoparalelo/2024/11/06/3075686/
Speaker in the Panel on the role of women in HPC/IA, Woman in HPC-IA, CARLA 2024, 1 October, 2024, Santiago, Chile.
Podcast Diálogos Cósmicos: Creando Universos, 13 June 2024 (utube.com/watch?v=iLoeJfwxmEM&list=PLjabuTIbZUK4u0ged0_R7PAX0oWa8F7Ob&index=8).
Visit to schools of the South of Chile as part of the GenUniversal: Escuela Blanco Encalada (Mulchén), Escuela Marina de Chile y Escuela Lautaro de Nonguén (Concepción), 25-26 April, 2024.
An interdisciplinary discussion about trees with applications to astronomy, Panel participation.Moderator. Universidad Diego Portales. 19 April, 2024.
Invited talk for the opening day of cluster "Geryon3" held by the Facultad de Física on the Astronomy day, 21 March 2024.
Scientific Coordinator of Alpha Project of Fundación Leer (ONG, Argentina):  https://www.instagram.com/fundleer/ 2023-2024. Four books were printed and distributed in primary schools in Argentina.
Chapter on the scientific collaboration between Chile and Argentina in the book “Argentina/Chile en camino a una alianza estratégica”, published by RiL Editorial, 2024 (ISBN 978-956-01-1565-2).
Interview for Forbes Magazine: Astrophysics create virtual universes to trace the Milky Way origin (https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucedorminey/2024/02/21/our-milky-way-may-be-two-billion-years-older-than-currently-thought/?sh=38a63bb37853), February 2024.
Article in El Mercurio: “No hay límite para el conocimiento y la creatividad”, 21/12/2003 (https://comentarista.emol.com/2355450/28061577/Patricia-Tissera.html)
Mentor for young academic researchers Proyecto InésGenero (PUC, 2023).
Interview for article in Ciencia Hoy, ‘El valor del trabajo multidisciplinario en la ciencia’, 13 September 2023 ( https://lnkd.in/eCcYZRZw).
Talk on ‘Creando Universos’ for secondary schools at the Cultural Center for Science of the Ministry of Science of Argentina, 28 April 2023.
Article in El Mercurio: Navegando el cosmos con las ideas de Darwin, 15/03/2023 (https://comentarista.emol.com/2355450/25124978/Patricia-Tissera.html)
Interview for Radio Nacional España: ciencia iberoamericana con acento femenino. Week of the International Women Day, 2023 (https://oei.int/oficinas/secretaria-general/podcasts/n-409-patricia-tissera-ciencia-iberoamericana-con-acento-femenino; https://oei.int/oficinas/secretaria-general/podcasts/n-410-los-techos-de-cristal-por-romper-en-la-ciencia).
Invited participant in the panel discussion "Educación superior y ciencia post COVID-19”, organized by the Organization of the Ibero-American States, OEI, Buenos Aires, 20/10/2022.
Outreach activities (talks and rocket shootings) with students from schools in the cities of Puren, Lota and Santiago (Colegio Universitario el Salvador) as co-director of the ERIS Millennium Nucleus (Gen Universal: genuniversal.cl), 26-27/10/2022 and 7/12/2022.
Talk about Galaxy Formation and Numerical Simulations for Physics and Astrophysics students organized by CEFF, PUC, 12/12/2022.
Article in El Mercurio: Un espia en el amanecer cósmico (https://comentarista.emol.com/2355450/22807338), 2022.
Panel about science and the opening of GenUniversal-ERIS program at School Seminario San Rafael in Valparaíso, 13/05/2022.
Invited speaker in the launching of the book ‘Fósiles del Cosmos’ by Paula Jofré at Universidad Diego Portals, 03/2022.
Ambassador for the Week of Astronomy, invited by Par Explora Arica y Parinacota: talks at two high schools in Arica (The International School and Colegio San Marcos de Arica) and at Universidad de Tarapacá for the general public talk, 25/03/2022.
Podcast: Había una vez un universo, Par Explora Arica y Parinacota. 25/03/2022
Video for the Woman and Girl Day in Science sponsored by the Embajada de La República Argentina in Chile, 08/02/2022.
Article in El Mercurio: El tsunami de datos cósmicos y la vida en la Tierra, 16/02/2022 (https://comentarista.emol.com/2355450/19549252/Patricia-Tissera.html).
Video for the promotion of Women and Girls in Science, Embassy of the República Argentina in Chile, 8/02/2022.
Interview for the Sociedad Espacial Astronomia de México: Day of  Girls and Women in Science, 10/02/2022,
Interview in ‘Que pasa’, La Tercera, 31/12/2021.
Article in El Mercurio: ‘Universos virtuales para resolver el rompecabezas cósmico, 10/11/2021 (https://comentarista.emol.com/2355450/19549252/Patricia-Tissera.html).
Talk for High School in Pirque as part of the Ciencia 2030 of PUC, 12/10/2021.
Video Woman and Science as part of the Ciencia 2030 of PUC, 2021.
Talk for Expo Novatos Virtual ‘Erase una vez un universo', Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 21/10/2021.
Talk for 'Ciclo de Charlas' for undergraduate students of Physics and Astronomy at PUC, 06/2021.
Green Astrophysics Leader, permanent exhibition at the Cerro Dominador Solar Thermal Power Plant, Maria Elena, Chile, 2020-2021.
Interdisciplinary Workshop: 'Jornada interdisciplinaria de ciencia de la Red de Científicos Argentinos en Chile, Caminos de la Investigación Científica Regional Postpandemia', President of the organizing committee, 27 /11/2020, jointly organised with the Embassy of the República Argentina (Chair SOC/LOC), Santiago, Chile (virtual).
Cosmos 2019 Workshop for secondary students as part of the Science Fair at Universidad Andres Bello, 2019.
Talk for general public in series 'Una Mirada al Cielo', UNAB, April 2019.
Editing of the astronomy section of a first reader book produced by Fundación Leer, Argentina, 2018.
Cosmos 2018 Workshop for secondary students as part of the Science Fair at Universidad Andres Bello, 2018.
Participation in the program ‘Un dia con un Astrónomo’ of Craighouse College (2016-2017-2018).
Co-coordination of the event Eclipse Anular for general public, Aysen, 2017.
Talk for 4 grade students at Craighouse collage (120 students), La gravedad y el universo,
Public talk: The Universe we live in, Antofagasta, 2016.
Interview for L’Oreal Argentina: Woman in Science, 2016 (youtube product).
Interview for article on the stellar age of the Milky Way Halo, press release Nature Physics, El Mercurio & La Tercera, September 2016.
Talk Explora 2015, Escuela Nuestra Señora del Loreto, Santiago, 2015.
Interview for article The origin of the Universe in El Mercurio July 2015.
Public talk: El universo en que vivimos, Logia Andrés Bello. Santiago, Chile, 2015.
TV interview for Rueda de Noticias 24 Horas, Canal 24 Horas (Daniel Silva), 26/09/2015.
Presentation of Galaxy Zoo in Buenos Aires, Institute of Astronomy and Space, Physics, March 2014.
Organization and participation in the exposition: Espacio y Tiempo, desde el origen de la vida hasta la inmensidad del Universo. Centro Cultural Palacio La Moneda, 2014
Talk in Noche de Los Museos, Buenos Aires, 2012, 2013.
Interview in the series Caminos II dedicated to science (shown in TV and youtube), Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología, Argentina, 2012.
Extended workshops on Galaxies for secondary students, IAFE, Buenos Aires, 2011.

Scientific Organizing Committees:
Workshop 2025 Center for Astrophysics CATA, August, 2025, Santiago de Chile (SOC-LOC, Chair).
Workshop on Women in HPC-IA, CARLA 2024, 1 October, 2024, Santiago de Chile (SOC Chair).
Deciphering the cosmic code for galaxy formation, 9-13 December, 2024, Puerto Varas (SOC Chair).
VI Regional Workshop on Extragalactic Astronomy: The 60 Anniversary of the Sérsic Law, Córdoba, Argentina, 4-7th December, 2023 (SOC member).
ESO Metal Production and Distribution in a Hierarchical Universe – II, ESO Chile, 13-17 November 2023 (SOC member).
MOCK Galaxies, La Serena, to be held in 16-19th October 2023 (SOC member).
The third workshop of the Southern Astrophysics Network, Buenos Aires, 26-27th April, 2023 (SOC member).
ERIS Workshop, Concepción, October 2022, Chile (SOC member).
Workshop Area1, Center for Excellence CATA, La Serena, November 2022, Chile.
IV Workshop on Numerical and Theoretical Astrophysics, 06/05/2022, Santiago, Chile (Chair SOC/LOC).
XVI SOCHIAS Virtual , 9-11 December, 2020, Pucón, Chile (SOC member).
IAU Regional Latin American Meeting of Astronomy, 2019, Antofagasta (SOC Chair and Editor proceedings). Published 2020 Boletín Asociación Argentina de Astronomía, vol. 61C.
Special Astronomy Colloquia, UNAB: Simon White (Cores or cusps in dwarf galaxies?) and Guinevere Kauffmann (AGN and Black Holes throughout the Universe), 18 March, 2019, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile (chair).
Focus meeting on “Galactic Angular Momentum” IAU, 2018, Prague (SOC member and Editor of the proceedings).
IAU Symposium, ‘Challenge in Panchromatic Modelling with Next Generation Facilities’, 2018, Japan (SOC member and Editor of the proceedings)
Workshop “Escape of Lyman radiation from galactic labyrinths" Crete, 2018 (SOC member)
Workshop of the LSST Chile, December 2016, Valparaiso, Chile.
Workshop of the Southern Astrophysics Network, Chile, 21-22 November 2016 (Chair of SOC and LOC).
Workshop on Models and Numerical Simulations, Chile, 14-15 November 2016 (SOC member).
Workshop “Escape of Lyman radiation from galactic labyrinths" Crete, 26-29 April 2016 (SOC member)
Workshop on Models and Numerical Simulations, Chile, May 2015 (Chair of SOC and LOC).
ESO Workshop 'Baryons at Low Density', Garching, February, 2015 (SOC member).
III Workshop on Numerical Astrophysics, Buenos Aires, November, 2014 (SOC Chair).
The formation and evolution of exponential disks in galaxies, Lowell Observatory, October, 2014 (SOC member).
Aspen Winter Conference on Astrophysics: Unveiling the formation of massive galaxies, Aspen Center for Physics, 2014 (SOC member).
56 Scientific meeting of Asociación Argentina de Astronomía, 2013 (SOC Chair).
7 High-Performance Computing Symposium, 52 JaIIO, Argentina, 2013 (SOC member).
6 High-Performance Computing Symposium, 51 JaIIO, Argentina, 2012 (SOC member).
II Buenos Aires Workshop on Numerical and Observational Astrophysics, Institute for Astronomy and Space Physics, 2011 (SOC Chair).
5 High-Performance Computing Symposium, 50 JaIIO, Argentina, 2011 (SOC member).
Mini-Workshop on Galaxy Formation, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 3-4 Marzo 2011(SOC member).
4 High-Performance Computing Symposium, 40 JaIIO, 2010, Córdoba, Argentina(SOC member).
First Buenos Aires Workshop on Numerical and Observational Astrophysics, Institute for Astronomy and Space Physics, 2010 (SOC member).
Workshop on Supercomputing Techniques in Astrophysics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2010 (SOC member).
3rd High-Performance Computing Symposium, 39 JaIIO, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2010.
First National Meeting on HPC for Science, La Falda. Córdoba, 2010 (SOC member)
52 Scientific meeting of Asociación Argentina de Astronomía, 2009 (SOC member).
Symposium IAU 262: Stellar Populations for the next decade, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2009 (SOC member).
2nd High-Performance Computing Symposium, 38 JaIIO, Mar del Plata, Argentina, 2009 (SOC member).
First High-Performance Computing Symposium, 37 JaIIO, Santa Fe, Argentina, 2008 (SOC member).
I Workshop and IV Mini-School on Numerical Astrophysics, Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 2008 (SOC and LOC chairs).
Latinamerican IAU Regional Meeting, October 2007, Venezuela (SOC member).
Lenac Latin-American Workshop, Foz de Iguazu, 29 October- 1 November 2006 (SOC member).
45th Scientific Meeting of Asociación Argentina de Astronomía, Buenos Aires, 2002 (LOC member)
Latinoamerican American Meeting, Córdoba, Argentina, September, 2001(LOC member)
The Princeton-PUC Joint Workshop: ´Dark Matter and Lensing´, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile, Julio, 2000 (LOC member).

Invited and Contributed Talks in scientific conferences and schools
Challenging in Galactic Phylogenetic, II ERIS Workshop, 13-14 January 2025, Chile (invited talk).
Chemical abundances as DNA of galaxy formation, Symposium IAU 395,Paraty, Brazil, 17-22 November 2024 (contributed talk).
Chemical Abundances as Fingerprints of Galaxy Formation, 2024 Ringberg Workshop on ‘Computational Galaxy Formation’, 20-25 October 2024, Germany (invited talk).
The link between the chemical abundances relations and the history of formation of galaxies”, Workshop Cosmic Chemical Evolution, Palinuro, Italy, June 24–28, 2024 (invited talk).
Chemical evolution of galaxies, “1st Padova-Buenos Aires Workshop on Massive Stars and Interacting Binaries", Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 29th to May 3rd, 2024 (invited talk).
Abundance gradientes in star-forming regions in galaxies, Abundance gradients in the Local Universe Workshop at MIAPbP, Germany, 02-12 Abril 2024 (invited talk).
Chemical evolution of the Universe, IV Regional Meeting on Extragalactic Astronomy: the 60th Anniversary of the Sérsic Law, Observatorio de Córdoba, Argentina, 4-7 December 2023 (invited talk).
The mass-metallicity relations and the metallicity gradients, Workshop: Metal Production and Distribution in a Hierarchical Universe, ESO-Santiago, Chile, 13-17 November, 2023 (contributed talk).
Abundance gradients in early discs, Workshop Milky-Way: connecting the near to far field, Observatory of Paris, 9-12 October, 2023 (invited speaker).
Investigating the interplay between metallicity, stellar mass and metallicity gradients, Mock La Serena, 15-19 October 2023 (contributed talk).
Chemical evolution of galaxies within the cosmic web, Southern Astrophysics Network, 26-27 April 2023, Buenos Aires, Argentina (invited talk).
Computational galaxy formation, Mini workshop on Halo-Galaxy Connection for LatinAmerica, Universidad Técnica Santa María, 5-7 December 2022 (invited talk).
Chemical Abundances as fingerprints of galaxy evolution, Charting the metallicity evolution history of the Universe, 19-23 September, 2022, Catania, Italy (contributed talk).
Chemical evolution of galaxies, 11th Friends-of-Friends Meeting (FOF), 18-22 April, 2022, Córdoba, Argentina (invited talk).
Galaxy Formation and Chemical Evolution, Astro 3D ARC Centre of Excellence for All Sky Astrophysics in 3D Summit meeting, 21-23 July, 2021, Australia (virtual contributed talk).
Updates on Galaxy Formation and Chemical Evolution, The First Light Reunion workshop (virtual), University of Sao Paulo, 27-29 May 2020 (invited talk).
Lectures on Galaxy formation at the International School of Sao Paulo (First Light), June July 28- August 7, 2019, IAG-USP, Sa?o Paulo, Brazil (three invited lectures).
The evolution of metallicity gradients in EAGLE simulations, Feedback 2019 Workshop, Spetses, 25-29 June 2019, Greece (contributed talk).
Evolution of the metallicity gradients, MPA-ULS Workshop, 11-15 March 2019, La Serena, Chile (contributed talk).
The assembly history of the Milky-Way inner halo inferred from the alpha-abundance patterns, Near-Field Cosmology in the Era of Large Surveys Workshop, December 2018, Santiago, Chile (contributed talk).
Galaxy evolution in the context of radial metallicity gradients, IAU focus meeting Metallicity gradients of galaxies, August 2018, Vienna (invited review).
Metallicity gradients of disc galaxies in the EAGLE simulations, MPA- Ringberg Workshop, March 2018, Germany (invited talk).
Chemical evolution of Milky Way-type galaxies, Stellar populations in stellar clusters and dwarf galaxies–new astronomical and astrophysical challenges, 2-3 March 2017, ESO (invited talk).
The evolution of the metallicity profiles of disc galaxies, Mocking galaxies, Santiago, April 2016, Chile (invited talk).
Chemical Evolution: The metallicity gradients of disc galaxies, The interplay between the Local and the Global Processes in Galaxies, April 2016 Cozumel, Mexico (invited talk).
The transition between the bulge and stellar haloes, 7 VVV Meeting March 2016, Antofagasta, Chile (contributed talk).
The stellar haloes of Milky-Way mass-like galaxies, the Annual Meeting of the Chilean Society, Chile, March 2015, Puerto Varas, Chile (invited talk).
Metallicity gradients in disc galaxies, Workshop on Disc Formation, Flagstaff, October, 2014, USA (invited talk).
The Milky Way and the current status of galaxy formation modeling, IAUS 298, May 2013, Lijiang, China (invited talk).
Galaxy Formation, 55ª Annual meeting of the Argentine Astronomical Society, September 2012, Mar del Plata, Argentina (invited talk).
Chemical evolution during galaxy interactions, Workshop organized by ITCP, April 2012,Trieste, Italy (invited talk).
Chemical patterns in hierarchical clustering scenarios. Assembling the puzzle of the Milky Way, April 2011, Le Grand, Bournard, France (invited talk).
Chemical patterns in Milky Way mass galaxies. The Ringberg Workshop on Galaxy Formation, April 2011, Ringberg, Germany (invited talk).
Current status of star formation modeling in numerical simulations, Workshop on H-Metallicity, September 2010, El Escorial, España (invited talk).
Chemical Evolution and Galaxy Formation, workshop on Supercomputing Techniques in Astrophysics, March 2010, Santiago, Chile (invited talk).
Main Successes and Open Problems of Current Galaxy Formation models, Workshop 'Galaxies in isolation: Exploring Nature vs. Nurture, May 2009, Granada, Spain (review talk).
Current Status of Galaxy Formation Models, Simposium IAU 262, Rio de Janeiro, August 2009 (review talk).
Supernova Feedback in Numerical Simulations of Galaxy Formation, Workshop The Cosmic Odyssey of Elements, 23-27 June 2008, Aegina, Greece (invited review).
Chemical Evolution in Numerical Simulations, Foz de Iguazú Lena Workshop, November, 2006, Foz de Iguazu, Brazil (invited lecture).
Chemical Evolution in Numerical Simulations, Guaruja Lenac Lenac Workshop, September, 2003, Guaruja, Brazil (invited talk).