
Esteban Mauricio Vera Rojas
Associate Professor
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso
Valparaiso, Chile
imaging, adaptive optics, computational imaging, compressed sensing, inverse problems, signal processing, image processing, scientific instrumentation, spectral imaging, gigapixel imaging
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Electrical Engineering, Universidad de Concepcion. Chile, 2010
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Electrical Engineering, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 2003
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Electronics Engineer, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 1999
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Postdoctoral Research Associate Full Time
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
Engineering
Tucson, AZ, Estados Unidos
2010 - 2013
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Research Scientist Full Time
DUKE UNIVERSITY
Engineering
Durham, NC, Estados Unidos
2013 - 2016
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Assistant Professor Full Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO
Engineering
Valparaiso, Chile
2016 - 2019
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Associate Professor Full Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO
Engineering
Valparaiso, Chile
2019 - A la fecha
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Electronics Engineering Full Time
European Southern Observatory
Chile
2001 - 2002
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Electronics Engineering Full Time
Gemini Observatory
Chile
2003 - 2007
Postdoc mentoring:
Dr. Felipe Guzman, 2024- (ANILLO)
Dr. Nelson Diaz, 2021-2026 (AFSOR/FONDECYT)
Dr. Jorge Tapia, 2021-2024 (ALMA/FONDECYT), now Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Universidad Santa Maria
Dr. Guillermo Machuca, 2023-2024 (ALMA/ANILLO), now Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Universidad de Atacama
Phd in Electrical Engineering Students:
Emmanuel Peralta (ongoing, expected graduation 2027)
Bastian Romero (ongoing, expected graduation 2027)
Vicente Westerhout (ongoing, expected graduation 2026)
Alejandro Alvarado (ongoing, expected graduation 2026)
Felipe Guzman (2024), now postdoc at Anillo SEETRUE
Camilo Weinberger (2024), now postdoc at INAF, Florence, Italy.
Msc in Electrical Engineering Students:
Rodrigo Muñoz (ongoing, expected graduation 2026)
Vladimir Cisternas (ongoing, expected graduation 2026)
Arturo Osorio (ongoing, expected graduation 2025)
Benjamin Gonzalez (ongoing, expected graduation 2025)
Sebastian Valdivia (2025)
Nicolas Hernandez (2025)
Bastian Romero (2024)
Vicente Westerhout (2024)
Alejandro Alvarado (2022)
Pablo Olguin (2021)
Santiago Escobar (2021)
Felipe Guzman (2020)
Undergraduate Thesis Students:
Nicolas Martinez, Ingeniero Civil Electronico (2025)
Vladimir Cisternas, Ingeniero Civil Electronico (2024)
Rodrigo Muñoz, Ingeniero Civil Electronico (2024)
Matias Porras, Ingeniero Civil Electrico (2024)
Benjamin Gonzalez, Ingeniero Electronico (2023)
Nicolas Hernandez, Ingeniero Civil Electronico (2022)
Sebastian Valdivia, Ingeniero Civil Electronico (2022)
Alejandro Alvarado, Ingeniero Civil Electronico (2021)
Vicente Westerhout, Ingeniero Civil Electronico (2021)
Bastian Romero, Ingeniero Civil Electronico (2021)
Pablo Olguin, Ingeniero Civil Electronico (2020)
Mauricio Menay, Ingeniero Civil Electronico (2019)
Felipe Guzman, Ingeniero Civil Electronico (2019)
Roberto Tapia, Ingeniero Civil Electronico (2017)
Alan Sánchez, Ingeniero Civil Electronico (2017)
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Best Researcher Award
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO
Chile, 2024
Given to the top 5 most active and productive researchers within the university
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AURA Team Award
GEMINI CONSORTIUM AND AURA
Estados Unidos, 2005
For participating in the development of the first protected silver coating in large-scale mirrors for telescopes.

Esteban Vera
Associate Professor
School of Electrical Engineering
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso
Valparaiso, Chile

Pablo Meza
Associate Professor
Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica
UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA
Temuco, Chile

Gabriel Hermosilla
PROFESOR AUXILIAR
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO
Valparaíso, Chile

Sebastian Godoy
Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering
UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION
Concepción, Chile

Francisco Pizarro
Profesor Auxiliar
Escuela de Ingeniería Eléctrica
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO
Valparaiso, Chile

Wagner Ramírez
Postdoctoral Reseacher
Departament of Antennas and Circuits
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Helsinki, Finlandia

Anselmo Jara
Investigador en Tecnología de la Información
Ingeniería Eléctrica
Universidad de Concepción
Concepción, Chile