
PAULA JOFRE PFEIL
assistant professor
Universidad Diego Portales
Santiago, Chile
Astrophysics Chemical evolution Milky Way
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Natural Sciences, LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITAT MUNCHEN. Chile, 2010
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Astronomy , PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2006
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Assistant professor Full Time
UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES
Santiago, Chile
2017 - A la fecha
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research assistant Full Time
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, Reino Unido
2013 - 2017
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research assistant Full Time
Universite Bordeaux 1
Burdeos, Francia
2011 - 2013
Post-doc supervisions:
- ESO-Chile: Calibrating Stellar Abundances. Postdoc: Marcelo Tucci Maia, PhD in Astrophysics, University of Sao Paulo. UDP contract between March 2018 and March 2020.
- ALMA-Conicyt Number 31170029: Climbing the distance ladder with stellar twins. Postdoc: Anya Samadi Ghadim, PhD Astrophysics from Teheran University. UDP contract between December 2018 and December 2020.
- ESO-Chile: Planet-star chemical connection with wide binaries. Postdoc: Claudia Aguilera Gomez, PhD in Astrophysics from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. UDP contract between March 2021 and March 2023.
PhD supervisions:
- Danielle de Brito Silva. Undergraduate in Physics and Astronomy from Universidad de Sao Paulo, en Brasil. Currently on 4-year UDP doctoral fellowship since August 2019.
- Sara Vitali. Physics undergraduate degree from Torino University in Italy. Masters in Astrophysics fromthe Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics, Germany. To start with UDP fellowship in August 2021.
- Jorge Anais: AStronomy BAchelor from PUC and Master in Astrophysics from Antofagasta University Chile. INRIA PhD fellowship since March 2021.
- Co-supervision of Keith Hawkins for PhD in U Cambridge, cosupervised UK with Gerry Gilmore (2013-2016).
Co-supervision of master students from PUC
1) Francisca Rojas Espinoza (December 2019) cosupervised with Julio Chanamé
2) Anell Cornejo (DEcember 2020). Cosupervised with Manuela Zoccali.
PhD thesis committees
- Ditte Slumpstrup, Aarhus University, Denmark
For qualification exams:
- Madelaine Massey en Universidad Texas Austin (September 2020)
- Gyu Chul en la Universidad de Cambridge (June 2017).
I give courses to 40 students about Astronomy twice per year (one per semester) since 2018 in Universidad Diego Portales.
In University of Cambridge I have cosupervised 6 master theses in astrophysics between 2013 and 2017.
Talks about my work to General Public and the scientific community.
Notable recent talks are
Congreso futuro 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZvSTymMWmI&ab_channel=CongresoFuturo
Congreso del Futuro 2020. This is the biggest Innovation Event in Latin America. Part of the panel "Understanding" together with Lindy Elkins and Donna Strickland. The talk was shown in streaming for all Chile and this participation prompted many interviews for national news programs.
In addition :
Aspen Center for Physics (2020): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etgNk2dl-Q4
Webinar Educacion y Genero (2020): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Nnh7gCHjek
Chilenas Creando Futuro (2021): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA3j_G7cPFs
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100 Time Next
TIME Magazine
Estados Unidos, 2019
I was awarded one of the 100 TIME next as one of the rising stars in all disciplines worldwide.
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10 Scientist to Watch
Science News
Chile, 2018
I was awarded one of the 10 Scientists to Watch under 40 in all scientific disciplines of the World.

Sandro Villanova
Associate Profesor
Astronomy
UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION, DEPTO DE ASTRONOMIA
Concepcion, Chile

Douglas Geisler
Full Professor
Astronomy
UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION, DEPTO DE ASTRONOMIA
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Amelia Bayo
Full Professor
Instituto de Fisica y Astronomia, Facultado de Ciencias
Valparaiso, Chile

PAULA JOFRE
assistant professor
Facultad Ingenieria y Ciencias
Universidad Diego Portales
Santiago, Chile

Laurent Chemin
Associate Professor
Departamento de Fisica
Universidad Andrés Bello
Las Condes, Chile