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Marilyn Cruces

Assistant Professor

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Radio transients such as pulsars and fast radio bursts. Development and commissioning of new radio facilities and instruments, sustainable radio telescopes, big data single-dish and interferometric radioastronomy from cm to sub-mm.

Educación

  •  Radio astronomy, University of Bonn. Alemania, 2021
  •  Astrophysics, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2016
  •  Astronomy, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 2010

Experiencia Académica

  •   Scientific Staff Full Time

    MAX-PLANCK INSTITUT FUR RADIOASTRONOMIE

    Bonn, Alemania

    2021 - 2023

  •   Doctoral Researcher Part Time

    MAX-PLANCK INSTITUT FUR RADIOASTRONOMIE

    Bonn, Alemania

    2016 - 2020

  •   ALMA Fellow Full Time

    EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY

    Alemania

    2023 - 2024

  •   Research Assistant Part Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Faculty of Physics

    Santiago, Chile

    2013 - 2016

  •   Research Assistant Part Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

    Faculty of Physics and Mathematics

    Concepción, Chile

    2013 - 2013

  •   Summer internship Other

    ASTRON

    Dwingeloo, Holanda

    2015 - 2015

  •   Assistant Professor Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    School of Engineering

    Santiago, Chile

    2024 - A la fecha

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Assistant Professor Full Time

    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    2024 - A la fecha

  •   ALMA Fellow Full Time

    European Southern Observatory

    Alemania

    2023 - 2024

  •   Scientific Staff Full Time

    Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy

    Bonn, Alemania

    2021 - 2023

Formación de Capital Humano


Student supervision:
- Etienne Cabiac, M.Sc Student, School of Engineering, UC Chile (Chile). Project: High-time resolution signal processing with RFSoC for radio arrays. Since January 2024
- Josefina Vera, M.Sc Student, School of Engineering, UC Chile (Chile). Project: System integration of FRONTIER radio array. Since August, 2024.
- Luis Rodriguez, PhD student, Institute of Astrophysics, UC Chile (Chile). Project: Simulating neutron star—blackhole systems as progenitor for fast radio bursts. Since October 2023.
- Cristobal Braga, B.Sc student, Institute of Astrophysics, UC Chile (Chile). Project: Multi-wavelength follow-up of fast radio transients. Since Jan 2025
- Cristóbal Braga, B.Sc student, Department of Astronomy, U. Chile (Chile). Project: Searching for bursts of repeating fast radio bursts with the 100-m Effelsberg radio telescope. March to December 2023.
- María Espinoza, B.Sc student, Department of Astronomy, U. Chile (Chile). Project: Simulations of the periodic activity window of fast radio bursts. Since March 2023.

Internship supervision:
- B.Sc Vicente Florez, Astroengineering Center, UC Chile. Project: Low-noise amplifiers for broad-band receivers. January 2025.
- B.Sc Emiliano Bermudez, Astroengineering Center, UC Chile. Project: Correlation of pulses of fast radio bursts with activity cycle. August to December, 2024.
- B.Sc Cristóbal Braga, Astroengineering Center, UC Chile. Project: FRB 20121102A monitoring: updated periodicity at L-band. August to December, 2024.
- Fabián Torres, B.Sc student Texas A&M University (USA). Project: Simulation of FRONTIERS radio array sensitivity. May to July, 2024
- B.Sc Josefina Vera, ALMA Observatory. Project: How many pulsars and fast radio bursts can we detect with ALMA’s newest band-1 instrument?. January to July, 2024.
- Nayab Gohar, M.Sc student U. Bonn (Germany). Project: Improving the timing solution of the pulsar PSR J2338+4818. May to June, 2023.
- Pranav Limaye, M.Sc student at U. Bonn (Germany). Project: Connecting single-pulse properties of pulsars to fast radio bursts. Since December 2022.

Thesis committee:
- Evaluator of Francisca Solis' thesis for the degree of Master in Electrical Engineering at U. Chile. Thesis title: Assembly, integration and verification of an astronomy experiment for Galactic fast radio burst detection. Defended on July 2024.
- Evaluator of Cynthia Atenas' thesis for the degree of Bachelor in Physical Engineering at U. Santiago de Chile. Thesis title: “Building a low-cost antenna for detecting pulsars”.


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Head of Max Planck Partner Group

    MAX PLANCK SOCIETY

    Alemania, 2024

    Appointed by Max Planck Society as an outstanding scientist with international recognition to lead a research group from the Max Planck Society at the Pontificia University of Chile.

  •   Outstanding Junior Scientist

    MAX PLANCK SOCIETY

    Alemania, 2019

    Appointed by Max Planck Society as an outstanding junior scientist to attend the 69th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting.

  •   ALMA Fellow

    EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY

    Alemania, 2023

    Awarded the ALMA Fellowship by the European Southern Observatory to conduct novel research on time-domain astronomy using the ALMA radio telescope in phased array mode.

  •   Global Marie Sklodowska-Curie Action seal of excellence

    European Commission Horizon Europe

    Alemania, 2022

    Global Marie Sklodowska-Curie Action seal of excellence to postdoctoral fellowship proposal.

  •   Maximum distinction for master degree in astrophysics

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Chile, 2016

    Maximum distinction for master degree in astrophysics.

  •   Grant from the Bonn-Cologne Graduate School

    UNIVERSITY OF BONN

    Alemania, 2018

    Grant from the Bonn-Cologne Graduate School of Physics and Astronomy to attend international conferences. Two times: 2018 and 2019.

  •   Grant from the International Astronomical Union

    International Astronomical Union

    Francia, 2016

    Grant from the International Astronomical Union to attend the XV Latin American IAU Meeting.


 

Article (18)

FRB 20121102A monitoring: Updated periodicity in the L band
Contemporaneous X-Ray Observations of 30 Bright Radio Bursts from the Prolific Fast Radio Burst Source FRB 20220912A
Resource-aware research on Universe and Matter: call-to-action in digital transformation
Arecibo and FAST timing follow-up of 12 millisecond pulsars discovered in Commensal Radio Astronomy FAST Survey
Magnetic field reversal in the turbulent environment around a repeating fast radio burst
A repeating fast radio burst associated with a persistent radio source
The Large Dispersion and Scattering of FRB 20190520B Are Dominated by the Host Galaxy
A bimodal burst energy distribution of a repeating fast radio burst source
A search for pulsar companions around low-mass white dwarfs
FAST early pulsar discoveries: Effelsberg follow-up
Repeating behaviour of FRB 121102: periodicity, waiting times, and energy distribution
A Fast Radio Burst Discovered in FAST Drift Scan Survey
An in-depth investigation of 11 pulsars discovered by FAST
High-cadence observations and variable spin behaviour of magnetar Swift J1818.0-1607 after its outburst
Observing superluminous supernovae and long gamma-ray bursts as potential birthplaces of repeating fast radio bursts
Simultaneous X-Ray and Radio Observations of the Repeating Fast Radio Burst FRB ∼ 180916.J0158+65
Five new real-time detections of fast radio bursts with UTMOST
On the weak magnetic field of millisecond pulsars: does it decay before accretion?

Correction (1)

A bimodal burst energy distribution of a repeating fast radio burst source (vol 598, pg 267, 2021)

Proyecto (2)

The Interacting Binaries Double Periodic Variables=> Their Evolution Stage and Mass Loss Mechanisms.
Magnetic Field in Massive Stars and Their Compact Remmanent
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Profesor Titular

Physics

Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación

Santiago, Chile

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Marilyn Cruces

Assistant Professor

Astroengineering Center UC

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile