Alvaro Alonso Rojas Arriagada
Postdoctoral MAS researcher (area Milky Way and Local Group)
Millenium Institute of Astrophysics (working at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
Santiago, Chile
Stellar populations Galactic archaeology; the Galactic bulge, disk(s), and nuclear stellar disk. Globular clusters Chemical evolution models Stellar spectroscopy Large spectroscopic surveys (GES, APOGEE and MOONS) Astrostatistics and data mining
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Licenciatura en astronomía y astrofísica, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2010
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Magister en astrofisica, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2013
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Docteur en sciences de l'univers, UNIVERSITÉ NICE SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS. Francia, 2016
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Postdoctoral researcher Full Time
Millenium Institute of Astrophysics (at Instituto de Astrofísica PUC)
Santiago, Chile
2016 - 2018
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FONDECYT postdoctoral researcher Full Time
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Facultad de Física
Santiago, Chile
2018 - 2021
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Postdoctoral researcher Full Time
Millenium Institute of Astrophysics (at Instituto de Astrofísica PUC)
Santiago, Chile
2021 - A la fecha
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Teaching assistant: Astronomy 2008-1 Part Time
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
2008 - 2008
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Teaching assistant: Physics for Sciences 2009-1 Part Time
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
2009 - 2009
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Teaching assistant: General Physics 2009-1 Part Time
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
2009 - 2009
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Teaching assistant: General Physics 2010-1 Part Time
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
2010 - 2010
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Teaching assistant: General Physics 2012-1 Part Time
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
2012 - 2012
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Teaching assistant: Physics I 2011-2 Part Time
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
2011 - 2011
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Teaching assistant: Physics II 2009-2 Part Time
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
2009 - 2009
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Teaching assistant: Physics II 2010-1 Part Time
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
2010 - 2010
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Teaching assistant (in laboratory): Physics for Sciences 2008-2 Part Time
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
2008 - 2008
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Teaching assistant (in laboratory): Physics for Sciences 2009-2 Part Time
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
2009 - 2009
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Teaching assistant: Physics for Sciences 2009-2 Part Time
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
2009 - 2009
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Teaching assistant (in laboratory): Physics III 2010-1 Part Time
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
2010 - 2010
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Teaching assistant (in laboratory): Thermodynamics 2011-1 Part Time
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
2011 - 2011
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Teaching assistant (in laboratory): Electricity and Magnetism 2011-2 Part Time
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
2011 - 2011
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Professor: Astronomy 2020-1 Part Time
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
2020 - 2020
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Professor: Astronomy 2021-1 Part Time
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
2021 - 2021
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Teaching assistant: Astronomy 2008-2 Part Time
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
2008 - 2008
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Teaching assistant (in laboratory): Physics for Sciences 2010-2 Part Time
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
2010 - 2010
I had the opportunity of helping to supervise the research projects of a number of students working at bachelor, master and PhD levels in the research group of M. Zoccali. In particular, in the research work of Felipe Gran and Javier Minniti's PhD thesis, Julio Olivares' bachelor and master thesis and Álvaro Valenzuela's bachelor thesis.
I believe that it is a social responsibility of researchers to promote scientific culture through direct communication with people, public talks and various outreach activities. Our goal should be to transmit ideas that allow society to assess the importance of science as a way of understanding the nature and our environment, and as a booster of technological and social development. In the particular case of astronomy, it is especially important to contribute to the dissemination of the scientific advances made in Chile, as well as to help to
strengthen the self-perception, the nation-brand of Chile, as one of the privileged windows in the world to observe the universe.
In the last three years I have maintained an intense outreach activity in the Millennium Institute of Astrophysics as part of the creative committee behind the development of several outreach products (https://www.astrofisicamas.cl/extension-mas/). In the same vein, I have maintained sporadic appearances in press and television, as well as in public talks in the context of massive activities for the general public. I am currently scientifically advising the creative process of a television series.
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Beca Padre Hurtado
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Chile, 2005
It consists of a scholarship to study free of charges at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (long before the enactment of the "Ley de gratuidad"). This award was given to ~ 100 students with the best scores in the university access process to PUC, and according to their socioeconomic status.
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Premio Inglés UC
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Chile, 2009
In the link above, please go to page 36. Other scattered news can still be found, but they are old and scarce. This prize is awarded annually to the student with the best academic performance in the university's English courses (in recent years has been awarded to more than one student). The prize consisted of a one-month stay in an english school in England (Canterbury).