. "Astro-Information": Information and decision theory as applied to the measurement of quantities of astronomical interest.


Astrometric techniques applied to astrophysical problems, including:

. Visual binary stars through Speckle interferometry,

. Nearby stars: Characterization through trigonometric parallaxes and proper motions,

. Galactic structure, galactic models, stellar kinematics & dynamics,

. Satellite galaxies of the Milky Way.


Profile & publications

Google Scholar
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=CZp9SK4AAAAJ&hl=es

ORCID
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1454-0596

Publons
https://publons.com/researcher/3385112/rene-mendez/

Web of Science ResearcherID
J-6608-2016

Expert reviewer (ad-honorem) for:
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics and Space Science
Astronomische Nachrichten
New Astronomy
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
The Astronomical  Journal
The Astrophysical Journal (& Letters)

Member of the Chilean Astronomical Society
SOCHIAS: https://sochias.cl/

Member of the International Astronomical Union
IAU: https://www.iau.org/
IAU Membership details:
https://www.iau.org/administration/membership/individual/9501/

Current FONDECYT/ANID grant (as Principal Investigator): 2024-2026
"Fundamental Astrophysics from an Interferometric and Spectroscopic Study of Compact Binary Systems"
(see https://das.uchile.cl/dos-astronomos-das-obtienen-financiamiento-en-el-concurso-fondecyt-regular/)