
Marilyn Cruces
Assistant Professor
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
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.
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Radio astronomy, University of Bonn. Alemania, 2021
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Astrophysics, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2016
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Astronomy, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION. Chile, 2010
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Scientific Staff Full Time
MAX-PLANCK INSTITUT FUR RADIOASTRONOMIE
Bonn, Alemania
2021 - 2023
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Doctoral Researcher Part Time
MAX-PLANCK INSTITUT FUR RADIOASTRONOMIE
Bonn, Alemania
2016 - 2020
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ALMA Fellow Full Time
EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY
Alemania
2023 - 2024
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Research Assistant Part Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Faculty of Physics
Santiago, Chile
2013 - 2016
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Research Assistant Part Time
UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION
Faculty of Physics and Mathematics
Concepción, Chile
2013 - 2013
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Summer internship Other
ASTRON
Dwingeloo, Holanda
2015 - 2015
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Assistant Professor Full Time
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
School of Engineering
Santiago, Chile
2024 - A la fecha
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Assistant Professor Full Time
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile
2024 - A la fecha
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ALMA Fellow Full Time
European Southern Observatory
Alemania
2023 - 2024
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Scientific Staff Full Time
Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
Bonn, Alemania
2021 - 2023
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”.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Maximum distinction for master degree in astrophysics
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
Chile, 2016
Maximum distinction for master degree in astrophysics.
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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.
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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.
A bimodal burst energy distribution of a repeating fast radio burst source (vol 598, pg 267, 2021) |
The Interacting Binaries Double Periodic Variables=> Their Evolution Stage and Mass Loss Mechanisms. |
Magnetic Field in Massive Stars and Their Compact Remmanent |

Tassilo Reisenegger
Profesor Titular
Physics
Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación
Santiago, Chile

Marilyn Cruces
Assistant Professor
Astroengineering Center UC
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Chile