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Alvaro Alonso Rojas Arriagada

Postdoctoral MAS researcher (area Milky Way and Local Group)

Millenium Institute of Astrophysics (working at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Stellar populations Galactic archaeology; the Galactic bulge, disk(s), and nuclear stellar disk. Globular clusters Chemical evolution models Stellar spectroscopy Large spectroscopic surveys (GES, APOGEE and MOONS) Astrostatistics and data mining

Educación

  •  Licenciatura en astronomía y astrofísica, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2010
  •  Magister en astrofisica, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 2013
  •  Docteur en sciences de l'univers, UNIVERSITÉ NICE SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS. Francia, 2016

Experiencia Académica

  •   Postdoctoral researcher Full Time

    Millenium Institute of Astrophysics (at Instituto de Astrofísica PUC)

    Santiago, Chile

    2016 - 2018

  •   FONDECYT postdoctoral researcher Full Time

    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    Facultad de Física

    Santiago, Chile

    2018 - 2021

  •   Postdoctoral researcher Full Time

    Millenium Institute of Astrophysics (at Instituto de Astrofísica PUC)

    Santiago, Chile

    2021 - At present

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Teaching assistant: Astronomy 2008-1 Part Time

    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    2008 - 2008

  •   Teaching assistant: Physics for Sciences 2009-1 Part Time

    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    2009 - 2009

  •   Teaching assistant: General Physics 2009-1 Part Time

    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    2009 - 2009

  •   Teaching assistant: General Physics 2010-1 Part Time

    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    2010 - 2010

  •   Teaching assistant: General Physics 2012-1 Part Time

    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    2012 - 2012

  •   Teaching assistant: Physics I 2011-2 Part Time

    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    2011 - 2011

  •   Teaching assistant: Physics II 2009-2 Part Time

    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    2009 - 2009

  •   Teaching assistant: Physics II 2010-1 Part Time

    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    2010 - 2010

  •   Teaching assistant (in laboratory): Physics for Sciences 2008-2 Part Time

    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    2008 - 2008

  •   Teaching assistant (in laboratory): Physics for Sciences 2009-2 Part Time

    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    2009 - 2009

  •   Teaching assistant: Physics for Sciences 2009-2 Part Time

    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    2009 - 2009

  •   Teaching assistant (in laboratory): Physics III 2010-1 Part Time

    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    2010 - 2010

  •   Teaching assistant (in laboratory): Thermodynamics 2011-1 Part Time

    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    2011 - 2011

  •   Teaching assistant (in laboratory): Electricity and Magnetism 2011-2 Part Time

    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    2011 - 2011

  •   Professor: Astronomy 2020-1 Part Time

    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    2020 - 2020

  •   Professor: Astronomy 2021-1 Part Time

    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    2021 - 2021

  •   Teaching assistant: Astronomy 2008-2 Part Time

    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    2008 - 2008

  •   Teaching assistant (in laboratory): Physics for Sciences 2010-2 Part Time

    Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

    Santiago, Chile

    2010 - 2010

Formación de Capital Humano


I had the opportunity of helping to supervise the research projects of a number of students working at bachelor, master and PhD levels in the research group of M. Zoccali. In particular, in the research work of Felipe Gran and Javier Minniti's PhD thesis, Julio Olivares' bachelor and master thesis and Álvaro Valenzuela's bachelor thesis.


Difusión y Transferencia


I believe that it is a social responsibility of researchers to promote scientific culture through direct communication with people, public talks and various outreach activities. Our goal should be to transmit ideas that allow society to assess the importance of science as a way of understanding the nature and our environment, and as a booster of technological and social development. In the particular case of astronomy, it is especially important to contribute to the dissemination of the scientific advances made in Chile, as well as to help to
strengthen the self-perception, the nation-brand of Chile, as one of the privileged windows in the world to observe the universe.
In the last three years I have maintained an intense outreach activity in the Millennium Institute of Astrophysics as part of the creative committee behind the development of several outreach products (https://www.astrofisicamas.cl/extension-mas/). In the same vein, I have maintained sporadic appearances in press and television, as well as in public talks in the context of massive activities for the general public. I am currently scientifically advising the creative process of a television series.


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Beca Padre Hurtado

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Chile, 2005

    It consists of a scholarship to study free of charges at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (long before the enactment of the "Ley de gratuidad"). This award was given to ~ 100 students with the best scores in the university access process to PUC, and according to their socioeconomic status.

  •   Premio Inglés UC

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Chile, 2009

    In the link above, please go to page 36. Other scattered news can still be found, but they are old and scarce. This prize is awarded annually to the student with the best academic performance in the university's English courses (in recent years has been awarded to more than one student). The prize consisted of a one-month stay in an english school in England (Canterbury).


 

Article (25)

Cool stars in the Galactic center as seen by APOGEE: M giants, AGB stars, and supergiant stars and candidates
How many components? Quantifying the complexity of the metallicity distribution in the Milky Way bulge with APOGEE
The diffuse interstellar band around 8620 angstrom I. Methods and application to the GIBS data set
Using classical Cepheids to study the far side of the Milky Way disk: I. Spectroscopic classification and the metallicity gradient
APOGEE DR14/DR15 Abundances in the Inner Milky Way
Globular cluster candidates in the Galactic bulge: Gaia and VVV view of the latest discoveries
H-band discovery of additional second-generation stars in the Galactic bulge globular cluster NGC 6522 as observed by APOGEE and Gaia
The bimodal [Mg/Fe] versus [Fe/H] bulge sequence as revealed by APOGEE DR14
The chemistry of stars in the bar of the Milky Way
The origin of stellar populations in the Galactic bulge from chemical abundances
Near-infrared spectroscopic observations of massive young stellar object candidates in the central molecular zone
The Orbit of the New Milky Way Globular Cluster FSR1716=VVV-GC05
The VVV Survey RR Lyrae Population in the Galactic Center Region
Baade's window and APOGEE. Metallicities, ages, and chemical abundances
Effects of the selection function on metallicity trends in spectroscopic surveys of the Milky Way
Proper motions in the VVV Survey: Results for more than 15 million stars across NGC 6544
The Gaia-ESO Survey=> Exploring the complex nature and origins of the Galactic bulge populations
The Gaia-ESO Survey=> Low-alpha element stars in the Galactic bulge
The GIRAFFE Inner Bulge Survey (GIBS) III. Metallicity distributions and kinematics of 26 Galactic bulge fields
High resolution spectroscopic analysis of seven giants in the bulge globular cluster NGC 6723
The Gaia-ESO Survey: Separating disk chemical substructures with cluster models ? Evidence of a separate evolution in the metal-poor thin disk
The GIRAFFE Inner Bulge Survey (GIBS) II. Metallicity distributions and alpha element abundances at fixed Galactic latitude
The Gaia-ESO Survey: metallicity and kinematic trends in the Milky Way bulge
The GIRAFFE Inner Bulge Survey (GIBS) I. Survey description and a kinematical map of the Milky Way bulge
The VVV Templates Project Towards an automated classification of VVV light-curves I. Building a database of stellar variability in the near-infrared
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Alvaro Rojas

Postdoctoral MAS researcher (area Milky Way and Local Group)

Millenium Institute of Astrophysics (working at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)

Santiago, Chile

12
Manuela Zoccali

Profesor Asociado

Facultad de Física

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

4
Dante Minniti

Professor

Facultad de Ciencias Exactas

UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO

Santiago, Chile

4
José Fernández

Assistant Professor

Universidad de Atacama

Copiapo, Chile

4
Sergio Vásquez

Encargado de Programa de Cultura Astronómica

Dirección de Educación

Museo Interactivo Mirador

Santiago, Chile

2
Pablo Huijse

Profesor categoría III

Facultad de Ciencias de la Ingeniería

Universidad Austral de Chile

Valdivia, Chile

2
Javier Alonso

Associate Professor

Centro de Astronomía (CITEVA)

Universidad de Antofagasta

Antofagasta, Chile

2
Christian Nitschelm

Full professor

Sciences

Universidad de Antofagasta

Antofagasta, Chile

2
Márcio Catelan

Full Professor

Instituto de Astrofísica

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Julio Carballo

Independent Researcher

Instituto de Alta Investigación - Universidad de Tarapacá

Arica, Chile

1
Sandro Villanova

Associate Profesor

Astronomy

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION, DEPTO DE ASTRONOMIA

Concepcion, Chile

1
Douglas Geisler

Full Professor

Astronomy

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION, DEPTO DE ASTRONOMIA

Concepcion, Chile

1
Francisco Surot

Postdoc

Investigación

Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)

San Cristóbal de La Laguna, España

1
Pablo Estevez

Profesor Titular

Departamento de Ingenieria Eléctrica

DEPTO. INGENIERÍA ELÉCTRICA, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Ronald Mennickent

Full professor

Astronomy

Universidad de Concepción

Concepción, Chile

1
Lorenzo Monaco

Profesor asistente

UNIVERSIDAD ANDRES BELLO

Santiago, Chile

1
Juan Beamin

Coordinador científico

Vicerrectoría de investigación y postgrado

Universidad Autónoma de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Ricardo Munoz

Associate Professor

Astronomy

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Antonela Monachesi

Associate Professor

Astronomía

Universidad de La Serena

La Serena, Chile

1
Andres Jordan

Profesor

Universidad Adolfo Ibánez

Santiago, Chile

1
Susana Eyheramendy

Full Professor

Universidad Adolfo Ibánez

Santiago, Chile

1
Jordanka Borissova

Full Professor, grado 4

Facultad de Ciencias

Universidad de Valparaiso

Valparaíso, Chile

1
Dominik Schleicher

Associate Professor

Astronomia

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

Concepcion, Chile