Departamento de Astronomia, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 36-D, Santiago, Chile
Phone: 56-2-9771132, Fax: 56-2-2293973
Ph.D. Astrophysics, University of Hamburg, Germany, 1999
Diplom Physiker (M.Sc.), University of Hamburg, Germany, 1994
B.Sc. Physics, Universidad de de Chile, 1989
Associate Professor, U. de Chile, since 2006
Head of the Chilean Gemini Office, since 2008
Support Astronomer, Chilean Gemini Office, 2000-2007
Assistant Professor, U. de Chile, 2002-2005
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, U. de Chile, 2000-2002
Research Assistant (Halbe-Stelle), University of Hamburg, Germany, 1996-1999
Teaching Assistant, Universidad de Chile, 1983-1989
Member of the International Astronomical Union
FONDECYT 2006-2010
FONDECYT 2003-2005
FONDECYT 2000-2002
CIM (German Federal Government) 1999-2001
Investigador del Programa Ciencia de Frontera de la Academia de Ciencias
Visiting Scientist at the European Southern Observatory, Garching, Germany, in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2007
Visiting Scientist at the Hamburger Sternwarte, Germany in 2000 and 2001
Visiting Scientist at the Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, Germany in 2005
Visiting Scientist at the University of California at Santa Cruz, USA, in 2006
Interests
The Intergalactic Medium via QSO absorption Lines
Ly-alpha forest and metal content of the Universe
Damped Ly-alpha Systems and galaxy evolution
Gravitational lensing
Galaxy Clusters
Fundamental constants
Gamma-Ray Bursts
Refereed publications (as of August 2009): 37
Conference contributions: 27
Observing experience: Optical spectroscopy (objetive prism, echelle, long-slit, multi-object), UV spectroscopy (HST), near-IR adaptive optics, optical photometry.
Chilean Representative to the Science Council of the LSST telescope
Chilean Representative to the Gemini Operations Working Group
Technical reviews for The Astrophysical Journal
Technical reviews for Astronomy&Astrophysics
Technical reviews for the Canadian Gemini Telescope Time Allocation Committee
Technical reviews for the Chilean National Time Allocation Committee
Technical reviews for the ESO Panel
Technical reviews for FONDECYT
AS750 (grad) - Observational Astronomy
AS758 (grad) – The Intergalactic Medium
AS4201 (undergrad) - Experimental Astronomy
AS30A (undergrad) - General Astronomy
AS42B (undergrad) - Introduction to Cosmology
FI34A (Engineering) - Contemporary Physics
AS45B (undergrad) - Astronomy Lab
AS20A (Engineering) - Design Seminar for Engineering
FI1001 (Engineering) - Introduction to Newtonian Physics
Head of research, since 2008
Head of Graduate Astronomy Programs, 2006-2007
Head of Outreach, 2005
Head of Computing and Network System
Barrientos & Lopez (2008): La Observacion Astronomica en el Siglo XXI, Ediciones B
Lopez et al. (2005): Analisis y Proyecciones de la Ciencia Chilena, Academia Chilena de Ciencias and CONICYT. J. Allende and T. Ureta, Eds.
Head of the Summer School of Astronomy for high-school students in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2009