MEMBERS AT CHILE, Faculty

• Dr. Leopoldo Infante. Director of the Astronomy and Astrophysics Department.
  Galaxy and structure evolution. Pairs, groups and clusters of galaxies. LSB, dwarf and star forming galaxies in relation to environment. High-z QSOs. Correlation functions.
• Dr. Felipe Barrientos.
  Galaxy evolution and morphology. Elliptical galaxies. Clusters of galaxies. Observational cosmology.
• Dr. Márcio Catelan.
  Stellar evolution. Globular clusters. RR-Lyrae variable stars.
• Dr. Alejandro Clocchiatti.
  SN. Extensive studies of well observed bright events and usage of more distant events as distance estimators
• Dr. Gaspar Galaz.
  Stellar population in galaxies. Galaxy evolution. Statistical properties of the galaxy distribution.
• Dr. Dante Minniti.
  Optical-IR astronomy. Extrasolar planets. Galactic structure. Open and Globular clusters. Stellar populations and evolution. Variable star phenomena. Microlensing. Dwarf galaxies. Extragalactic globular clusters.
• Dr. Nelson Padilla.
  Large scale structure of the Universe, Galaxy Formation.
• Dr. Hernán Quintana.
  Observational astrophysics. Clusters of galaxies. Interacting galaxies. Large scale structure.
• Dr. Andreas Reisenegger.
  Theoretical Astrophysics. Neutron stars. Clusters of galaxies. Structure formation. Cosmology.
• Dra. Manuela Zoccali.
  Poblaciones estelares viejas. Cúmulos globulares. Función inicial de masa.

For more information about our Faculty members, please visit Faculty Members web page at the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics web site.