
Hector Hardy Pasten Vasquez
Assistant Professor
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Number theory. Diophantine approximation, connections with Nevanlinna theory, connections with logic, analytic number theory.
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Mathematics, QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY AT KINGSTON. Canada, 2014
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Mathematics, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 2010
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Mathematics, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 2010
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Mathematics, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 2009
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Benjamin Peirce Fellow Full Time
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Estados Unidos
2014 - 2018
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Research Member Full Time
INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY
Princeton, Estados Unidos
2015 - 2016
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Assistant professor Full Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Mathematics
Santiago, Chile
2018 - A la fecha
(1) Co-supervisor (jointly with Mark Kisin) of the Undergraduate Senior Thesis "Bost's Slopes and Transcendence Theory" by Johnnie Han. Harvard University, 2018.
(2) Supervisor of the PhD Thesis of Jerson Caro, at Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Topic: Number Theory, Arithmetic Geometry. Initial year 2019. Expected final year 2022.
(1) Public lecture at the opening ceremony of the "Taller de Razonamiento Matematico" held in Santiago, Chile, April 17, 2019. Presented an outline of my work as mathematician to a group of nearly 400 students and their families.
(2) 2018-2019: Trainer of the Chilean female team for the European Giris Mathematical Olympiad held in Ukraine, April 2019. The teal obtained a Bronze medal and an Honorable Mention.
(3) Public lecture for all the finalists of the Chilean Mathematical Olympiad, December 6, 2018. Discussed my experience during my transition from school mathematical competitions to a career as profesional mathematician.
(4) Public lecture at the "Expo futuro novato" held at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, October 3, 2018. Explained the path to become a mathematician to a group of high school students interested in a career in science.
(5) Public lecture at "Festival de Matematicas" (Math Fest) held in Valdivia, Chile, April 28, 2018. Explained elliptic curves to a non-mathematical audience including kids and their parents.
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MCA Prize
Mathematical Council of the Americas
Canada, 2017
Citation: "For his profound results in arithmetic and analytic number theory including his work on the ABC conjecture and his results on H10 for non-Archimedean analytic and meromorphic functions." Description: Five prizes of USD 1000 each will be awarded to mathematicians who are no more than 12 years past their PhD in July 2017. Eligibility for consideration of nominees requires that they either received their graduate education or that they currently hold a position in one or more countries in the Americas. The choice of the prize winners will be based on the documented mathematical achievements of the nominees.
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CMS Doctoral Prize
Canadian Mathematical Society
Chile, 2015
The CMS Doctoral Prize recognizes outstanding performance by a doctoral student who graduated from a Canadian university in the preceding year (January 1 to December 31). The first award was presented in 1997.
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Governor General's Academic Gold Medal
Governor General
Chile, 2014
Lord Dufferin, Canada’s third Governor General after Confederation, created the Academic Medals in 1873 to encourage academic excellence across the nation. Over the years, they have become the most prestigious award that students in Canadian schools can receive.
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Natalia García
Assistant Professor
Matemática
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile

Hector Pasten
Assistant Professor
Mathematics
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile