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Victor Alejandro Pinto Abarzua

Profesor Asistente

Universidad de Santiago de Chile

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


- Dynamics of radiation belt relativistic electrons - Wave particle interactions - Geoeffectiveness of geomagnetic storms - Solar wind-magnetosphere coupling - Geomagnetically Induced Currents - Space Weather forecasting using Machine Learning

Educación

  •  Space Physics, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-LOS ANGELES. Estados Unidos, 2019
  •  Física Espacial, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2011
  •  Física, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2006

Experiencia Académica

  •   Postdoctoral Research Associate Full Time

    UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

    College of Engineering and Physical Sciences

    Durham, Estados Unidos

    2020 - 2022

  •   Profesor Instructor Part Time

    UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DEL MAULE

    Facultad de Ciencias Básicas

    Talca, Chile

    2010 - 2011

  •   Graduate Student Researcher Part Time

    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-LOS ANGELES

    College of Physical Sciences

    Los Angeles, Estados Unidos

    2015 - 2019

  •   Académico por horas Part Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAISO

    Facultad de Ingeniería

    Santiago, Chile

    2010 - 2011

  •   Profesor Asistente Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE

    Ciencia

    Santiago, Chile

    2022 - A la fecha

Formación de Capital Humano


Master:

- Paula Reyes, Magister en Ciencias c/m Fisica, Universidad de Chile, (2021 to date)
- Christopher Lara, Magister en Ciencias c/m Fisica, Universidad de Chile, (2021 to date)
- Yulissa Espitía, Magister en Ciencia c/m Física, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (2023 to date)
- Carlos Castillo, Magister en Ciencia c/m Física, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (2023 to date)

Undergrad:

- Michael Gadbois, B.S. Engineering, Univesity of New Hampshire, (Summer 2020)
- Taylor Couture, B.S. Physics, Univesity of New Hampshire, (Summer 2021)
- Javier Ruiz, Tesis para Ingeniería Física, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (2023 - 2024)
- Yerko Jelcic, Tesis para Ingeniería Física, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (2023 - to date)
- Guillermo Caro, Tesis para Ingeniería Física, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (2023 - to date)


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Outstanding Student Paper Award

    American Geophysical Union

    Estados Unidos, 2018

    Awarded to 5% of top evaluated students at AGU Fall Meeting for poster presentation "Spatial characterization of relativistic electron events in the Earth’s outer radiation belt".

  •   Top 100 Physics paper in 2017

    Scientific Reports Journal

    Chile, 2018

    Awarded to top 100 most read paper out of 3000 published in that year, for paper "What is the temperature of a moving body?"


 

Article (21)

Probabilistic Forecasting of Ground Magnetic Perturbation Spikes at Mid-Latitude Stations
Multi-Variate LSTM Prediction of Alaska Magnetometer Chain Utilizing a Coupled Model Approach
Revisiting the Ground Magnetic Field Perturbations Challenge: A Machine Learning Perspective
The Role of O plus and He plus in the Propagation of Kinetic Alfven Waves in the Earth's Inner Magnetosphere
Adiabatic and non-adiabatic evolution of relativistic electrons in the heart of the outer radiation belt during the 1 June 2013 geomagnetic storm
Geomagnetic Storm Occurrence and Their Relation With Solar Cycle Phases
Comparison of Deep Learning Techniques to Model Connections Between Solar Wind and Ground Magnetic Perturbations
On the Confinement of Ultrarelativistic Electron Remnant Belts to Low L Shells
Radial Response of Outer Radiation Belt Relativistic Electrons During Enhancement Events at Geostationary Orbit
Decay of Ultrarelativistic Remnant Belt Electrons Through Scattering by Plasmaspheric Hiss
Multisatellite Analysis of Plasma Pressure in the Inner Magnetosphere During the 1 June 2013 Geomagnetic Storm
Storm Time Mesoscale Plasma Flows in the Nightside High-Latitude Ionosphere: A Statistical Survey of Characteristics
Characteristics, Occurrence, and Decay Rates of Remnant Belts Associated With Three‐Belt Events in the Earth's Radiation Belts
Interplanetary Parameters Leading to Relativistic Electron Enhancement and Persistent Depletion Events at Geosynchronous Orbit and Potential for Prediction
Processes in auroral oval and outer electron radiation belt
On the Effect of Geomagnetic Storms on Relativistic Electrons in the Outer Radiation Belt: Van Allen Probes Observations
What is the temperature of a moving body?
Revisit of relationship between geosynchronous relativistic electron enhancements and magnetic storms
Weak kinetic Alfven waves turbulence during the 14November2012 geomagnetic storm: Van Allen Probes observations
Estimation of the eddy-diffusion coefficients in the plasma sheet using THEMIS satellite data
Spatial distribution of the eddy diffusion coefficients in the plasma sheet during quiet time and substorms from THEMIS satellite data
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Victor Pinto

Profesor Asistente

Fisica

Universidad de Santiago de Chile

Santiago, Chile

8
Pablo Moya

Profesor Asistente

Departamento de Fisica

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

5
Marina Stepanova

Full Professor, Permanent staff

Physics

Universidad de Santiago de Chile

Santiago, Chile

4
Juan Valdivia

Full Professor

Fisica

DEPARTAMENTO DE FISICA, FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

2
Elizavieta Antonova

Head of laboratory

Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics

Lomonosov Moscow State University

Moscow, Rusia

1
Cristian Farías

Director de Departamento

Departamento de Obras Civiles y Geología

UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE TEMUCO

Temuco, Chile