ABOUT
BIO
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September 2020 -Present Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
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2017-2021 Coordinator of the UNAB Node of the LaceGal Network funded by the European Union.
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2020-Present, Member of Academic Hierarchy Committee of Universidad Diego Portales (Chile).
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2019-Present Scientific coordinator of the Network ‘Científicos Argentinos en Chile’, Ministerio de Educación, Ciencia y Tecnología de la República Argentina (6/9/2019).
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2019-Present Member of the Astronomy and Particle Physics committee of the National Agency of Research (ANID, Chile). Currently, co-director of the committee.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
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2014 March -September 2020 Professor, Universidad Andres Bello (UNAB), Chile.
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2019 -2019 Member of the Research Advisory Committee to the General Research Director of UNAB.
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1998 - 2017 Researcher, Conicet (last position: Principal researcher; leave of absence since 2014-2017).
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2015 - 2016 Chair of LSST Chilean Scientific Coordination Committee.
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2011 - 2014 Coordinator of the Argentine Node of the LaceGal Network funded by the European Union (PF7 IRSES Marie Curie Program).
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2010 - 2013 Coordinator of the Argentine Node of the CosmoComp Network funded by the European Union (PF7 ITN Marie Curie Program).
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2011 - 2013 Member of the International Virtual Observatory Alliance Executive Board.
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2009 - 2013 Director of the Argentine Virtual Observatory (NOVA).
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2013 - 2013 Coordinator of the Astronomy Appointment Committee Conicet.
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2011 - 2013 Member of the Advisor Astronomy Commission of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Argentina.
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2011 - 2012 Coordinator of the Astronomy Committee of Conicet, Argentina.
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2010 - 2011 Member of the Advisory Committee for the National System for Supercomputing of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Argentina.
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2009 - 2011 Member of the Gemini Telescopes Commission of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Argentina.
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2009 - 2011 Member of the Astronomy and Space Science Commission of the Ministry of Science of Argentina.
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2008 - 2009 Member of the Directive Commission of Institute for Astronomy and Space Physics (elected by vote), Argentina.
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2008 - 2009 Member of the Astronomy Committee of Conicet, Argentina.
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2007 - 2007 Co-coordinator of the Astronomy Committee of Conicet, Argentina.
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2004 - 2007 Coordinator of the Alfa Project: “Latin-american European Network for Astrophysics and Cosmology” awarded for the European Union.
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1996 - 1997 Postdoctoral fellowship at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain) and Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine (UK).
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1995 - 1995 Academic visitor at the astronomy group, University of Oxford (UK).
Past Professional Activities
Current Positions and Activities
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Recognition to ‘Argentinos destacados en el extranjero’, Ministerio de Relaciones Internacionales y Culto, Argentina, 2019.
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Recognition for Women Science, Sociedad de Profesionales de Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2016.
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L'Oreal-Unesco-Conicet For Women in Science, Argentina, 2010.
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L'Oreal-Unesco-Conicet For Women in Science Honor Mention, Argentina, 2008.
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Gaviola Prize, National Academy of Science, Argentina, 2007.
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Houssey Prize, Young Scientist in Natural and Exact Sciences, Argentina, 2007.
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Virpi Niemela Prize, National Academy of Physics and Natural Sciences, Argentina, 2007.
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Scopus Prize for Young Scientists, 2007.