Solid State Physics; Magnetism; Nanoscience and Nanotechnology; Energy;

9 Postdoctoral researchers mentored:
Chandra Kumar. Fondecyt Nº 3240551 "1T-MoS2/Conducting Polymer Nanocomposites with Incorporation of Graphene Quantum Dot for Supercapacitor" (2024).
Paulina Márquez. Fondecyt Nº 3200392 "Optimización de electrodos para baterías de litio-aire mediante el uso de quantum dots de grafeno y deposición de capas atómicas" (2020 - 2023).
Cristopher Morales. Dicyt 042131EM_POSTDOC "Procesos dinámicos de la magnetización en nanoestructuras curvas" (2021 - 2022).
Eduardo Saavedra. Dicyt 042131EM_POSTDOC "Procesos dinámicos de la magnetización en nanoestructuras curvas" (2021).
Felipe Tejo. Dicyt 041931EM_POSTDOC "Skyrmionic textures in ferromagnetic materials" (2019).
Alejandro Riveros. Fondecyt Nº 3180470 "Stability and dynamics of magnetic textures vortices and skyrmions in simple or multilayer nanostructured systems in cylindrical and rectangular geometries" (2018 - 2021).
Daniela Alburquenque. Fondecyt Nº 3180042 "Improvement of the performance of nanostructured cathodes by means of ALD for its application in lithium insertion batteries" (2018 - 2021).
Alejandro Pereira. Fondecyt Nº 3140073 "Effect of the magnetic anisotropy in nanomaterials" (2013 - 2016).
Juan Luis Palma. Fondecyt Nº 3130393 "Nanomagnetism in simple and complex geometries" (2012 - 2015).

Supervisor of 8 Ph.D. thesis works:
Eduardo Saavedra. Conicyt PhD Program Fellowship "Dynamic susceptibility of nanostructures and complex geometries" (2014 - 2019). In co-supervision with Prof. Juan Luis Palma.
Felipe Tejo. Conicyt PhD Program Fellowship "Stability and dynamics of Neel skyrmions in multilayer systems with Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction" (2014 - 2018).
Nicolás Vidal. Conicyt PhD Program Fellowship "Stability of two-dimensional magnetic textures and their dynamics in diffusive systems" (2014 - 2018). In co-supervision with Prof. Gabriel Elías.
Christopher Morales. Conicyt PhD Program Fellowship "Magnetostatic interaction between cylindrical nanostructures" (2010 - 2017).
Rosa Corona. Conicyt PhD Program Fellowship "Effect of shape anisotropy in magnetic nanostructures" (2012 - 2016).
Álvaro Espejo. Conicyt PhD Program Fellowship "Movement of domain walls in Permalloy cylindrical nanostructures and their synthesis by atomic layer deposition" (2011 - 2015).
Diego Salazar. Conicyt PhD Program Fellowship "Magnetic properties of multisegmented cylindrical nanostructures" (2012 - 2015).
Alejandro Pereira. Mecesup2 USA0707 PhD Program Fellowship "Control of the magnetic anisotropy of nanowires and nanotubes." (2010 - 2013). In co-supervision with Prof. Juliano C. Denardin.

Supervisor of 10 undergraduate thesis works (8 finished and 2 under development):
Javiera Vargas. Physical Engineering (under development).
Lukas Grifferos. Physical Engineering (under development).
Francisco Olea. Physical Engineering (finished 2022).
Felipe Velozo. Physical Engineering (finished 2020).
Claudia Arenas. Physical Engineering (finished 2017).
Camilo Silva. Physical Engineering (finished 2015).
Felipe Tejo. Pedagogy in Physics and Mathematics (finished 2013). In co-supervision with Prof. Luis Presle.
Nicolás Vidal. Pedagogy in Physics and Mathematics (finished 2013). In co-supervision with Prof. Luis Presle.
Daniela Alburquenque. Degree in Chemistry (finished 2011). In co-supervision with Prof. Juan Luis Gautier.
Marco Ossandón. Physical Engineering (finished 2010). In co-supervision with Prof. Juliano C. Denardin.

Other undergraduate students who have worked with us:
Piero Terruzzi. Worked as a young researcher in the group between 2023 - 2024.
Felipe Olivares. Worked as a young researcher in the group in 2020.
Isadora González. Worked as a young researcher in the group in 2020.
Belén Vilches. Worked as a young researcher in the group between 2018-2019.
Diego Carvajal. Worked as a young researcher in the group between 2018-2019.
Juan P. Burr. Worked as a young researcher in the group in 2018.
Alfredo Aranda. Worked as a young researcher in the group in 2012.
Paulina Jauregui. Worked as a young researcher in the group in 2012.
Valeska González. Worked as a young researcher in the group in 2010.
Boris Leighton. Worked as a young researcher in the group between 2009-2011.

Research stay of foreign students:
Sofía Raviolo. Pre-doctoral researcher from the National University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina. Visited the group from September to October 2016, and from Mayo to June 2017.
Laura González Vivas. Pre-doctoral researcher from the Institute of Materials Science of Madrid, Madrid, Spain. Visited the group from November to December 2011.
Federico Fernández Baldis. Pre-doctoral researcher from the Bariloche Atomic Centre, Bariloche, Argentina. Visited the group in September 2012.

Outreach
Director of numerous outreach activities:
School of Magnetism for university students.
Coordinator of the Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Workshop for Teachers of Secondary students.
Coordinator of the XX Olympiad of Knowledge of the University of Santiago, Chile.
General coordinator of the contest on science and education (CCE).
General coordinator of the Initiative Pronano (www.pronano.cl).
Talks presented in schools and general public.
Member of the Editorial Board of the Revista Ciencia Joven.
Referee of the magazine Brotes Científicos, electronic magazine that is oriented towards primary and secondary students, to publish the investigations with which they participate in different Student Fairs throughout the country.
Member of the Scientific Committee of the XXIV Olympiad Chilean Physics, 06 December, 2016.
Member of the Organizing Committee of the XVIII Olympiad Regional Metropolitan in Physics 2010, September 24, 2010.
Member of the Organizing Committee of the XVII Olympiad Chilean Physics, University of Santiago, Chile, 28 to 30 October 2009.