Members of the Team As of May 2023 the Theory Group Concepcion counts 51 members (4 professors, 4 postdocs and 43 students. This makes us the largest group in the Department of Astronomy and the largest theoretical astrophysics group in the whole of Chile.

Professors:

	Prof. Dr. Stefano Bovino associate professor PhD in computational chemistry, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy astrochemistry, computational astrophysics, star-forming regions Homepage
	Prof. Dr. Michael Fellhauer full professor PhD in astronomy, Ruprecht-Karls University, Heidelberg, Germany Stellar Dynamics; Old Dwarfs and Young Clusters Homepage
	Prof. Dr. Nathan Leigh associate professor PhD in astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada small N-body systems, chaotic dynamics Homepage
	Prof. Dr. Dominik Schleicher associate professor PhD in astronomy, Ruprecht-Karls University, Heidelberg, Germany Magneto-Hydrodynamics; first stars, BHs and galaxies Homepage

Postdocs:

	Dr. Bidisha Bandyopadhyay postdoc PhD in astronomy from New Delhi, India accretion physics of nearby AGN (cosmology)
	Dr. Da Bi postdoc
	Dr. Giovanni Sabatini associated member of the team postdoc PhD from University of Bologna and UdeC Institute of Radioastronomy, Bologna high mass star forming regions
	Dr. Gao-Yuan Zhang postdoc PhD from School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University, China hydrodynamical simulations

PhD students:

	Patricio Javier Ávila Muñoz PhD student (supervisor: S. Bovino) thesis project: AGN outflows, chemistry, hydrodyn. simulations
	Giulia Bovolenta PhD student (supervisor: S. Bovino) thesis project: Quantum-chemistry ab-initio calculations
	Nicolas Mártinez PhD student (supervisor: S. Bovino) thesis project: gas-grain interactions
	Diego Rolando Matus Carrillo PhD student (supervisor: M. Fellhauer) thesis project: From dSph galaxies to dwarf discs
	Fernanda Cecilia Urrutia Zapata PhD student (supervisor: M. Fellhauer) thesis project: formation of dwarf elliptical galaxies

Magister Students:

	Sebastian Aguilar Magister student (supervisor: S. Bovino) thesis project: chemistry in circumstellar discs
	Felipe Agurto Magister student (supervisor: D. Schleicher) thesis project: TBA
	Carlos Barrera Magister student (supervisor: N. Leigh) thesis project: chaotic 4-body system
	Benjamin Gaete Magister student (supervisor: D. Schleicher) thesis project: TBA
	Alonso Eduardo Herrera Urquieta Magister student (supervisor: N. Leigh) thesis project: run-away stars
	Juan Pablo Hidalgo Magister student (supervisor: D. Schleicher) thesis project:
	Gonzalo Ignacio Jaque Latrille Magister student (supervisor: S. Bovino) thesis project: Development of CRs propagation algorithm
	Javier Lagunas Magister student (supervisor: D. Schleicher) thesis project: TBA
	Matias Liempi Magister student (supervisor: D. Schleicher) thesis project:
	Matías Cristobal Benjamín Morales Inostroza Magister student (supervisor: M. Fellhauer) thesis project: binaries in a static filament (studies suspended)
	Carolina Ortiz Magister student (supervisor: D. Schleicher) thesis project: TBA
	Javier Pedreros Magister student (supervisor: D. Schleicher) thesis project: TBA
	Jose Manuel Pinto Pereira Magister student (supervisor: N. Leigh) thesis project: run-away stars
	Amanda Quitral Magister student (supervisor: N. Leigh) thesis project: TBA
	Jorge Saavedra Magister student (supervisor: D. Schleicher) thesis project: TBA
	Pablo Sotomayor Magister student (supervisor: N. Leigh) thesis project: TBA
	Barbara Toro Magister student (supervisor: D. Schleicher) thesis project: TBA
	Magdalena Vilaxa Magister student (supervisor: N. Leigh) thesis project: TBA
	Matias Villouta Magister student (supervisor: M. Fellhauer) thesis project: formation of ultra-faint dSph
	Efrain Vira Magister student (supervisor: N. Leigh) thesis project: TBA

Undergraduate Students (Titulo):

Lucas Almonacid titulo student (supervisor: D. Schleicher) thesis project: TBA

	Luis Balboa titulo student (supervisor: S. Bovino) thesis project: airglows in exoplanet atmospheres
	Carlos Bustos titulo student (supervisor: M. Fellhauer) thesis project: stellar streams in UCDs
	Javier Cabello titulo student (supervisor: M. Fellhauer) thesis project: formation of dSph
	Lautaro Correa titulo student (supervisor: N. Leigh) thesis project: TBA
	Cristian Cuevas titulo student (supervisor: M. Fellhauer) thesis project: literature search of dSph parameters
	Daniel Daza titulo student (supervisor: N. Leigh) thesis project: TBA

	Carlos Garjado titulo student (supervisor: D. Schleicher) thesis project:
	Sebastian Gonzalez titulo student (supervisor: N. Leigh) thesis project: TBA
	Joaquin Higueras titulo student (supervisor: N. Leigh) thesis project: TBA
	Pablo Lastra titulo student (supervisor: D. Schleicher) thesis project:
	Francisca Moena titulo student (supervisor: S. Bovino) thesis project: ESI and nanoparticle synthesis
	Pablo Perez titulo student (supervisor: N. Leigh) thesis project: TBA
	Harry Robledo titulo student (supervisor: D. Schleicher) thesis project: TBA
	Fernando Rosales titulo student (supervisor: N. Leigh) thesis project: TBA
	Maria Segovia titulo student (supervisor: D. Schleicher) thesis project:
	Jose Vergara titulo student (supervisor: M. Fellhauer) thesis project: formation of ultra-faint dSph
	Angelo Yanez titulo student (supervisor: D. Schleicher) thesis project:

Former Members

in alphabetical order

• Daniela Aedo (titulo, DNF)
• Dr. Alex Alarcon (PhD)
• Patricio Alister (Magister)
• Catalina Aravena (Magister)
• Dr. Paulina Assmann (PhD, postdoc and asociated member; now regional secretary of science)
• Carolina Barria (titulo)
• Dr. Matias Blana (titulo and Magister; finished his PhD at MPI-EP, Garching, now postdoc at PUC, Chile)
• Dr. Tjarda Boekholt (NL, postdoc; postdoc at Oxford, UK)
• Claudio Bravo (titulo)
• Dr. Graeme Candlish (UK, postdoc; professor at Universidad de Valparaiso, Chile)
• Nelvy Cristina Choque Challapa (Magister, PhD student in Groeningen)
• Marcelo Cortes Vergara (titulo)
• Dr. Joerg Dabringhausen (Germany, postdoc; postdoc at Charles University, Prague)
• Vanessa Diaz (Magister, PhD in Hamburg, Germany
• Raul Dominguez (titulo and Magister; PhD in Heidelberg, Germany)
• Marta Ebner (titulo, DNF)
• Javiera Espinoza (titulo)
• Juan Pablo Farias Osses (titulo and Magister; postdoc in Austin, Texas, USA)
• Simon Ferrada-Chamorro (Magister, PhD student at IAP Grenoble)
• Patricio Ignacio Fibla Fibla (titulo)
• Marcelo Andres Figueroa Guerra (titulo; Magister student UdeC)
• Mario Flores (Magister, DNF)
• Daniel Gaete (Magister)
• Luis Gonzalez (Magister)
• Nicol Gutierrez (Magister)
• Jocelyn Hazeldine Lefenda (Magister)
• Nataly Nicole Ibarra Vara (Magister)
• Alberto Antonio Letelier Finot (titulo)
• Felipe Hernan Navarrete Noriega (Magister, PhD in Hamburg)
• Camila Olave (Magister)
• Morin Ordenes (Magister)
• Dr. Rafeel Riaz (professor of astronomy in Santiago)
• Ruben San Martin (Magister)
• Kirsty Sehlke (Magister)
• Camila Sepulveda (titulo, DNF)
• Dr. Roy Slater (topico; PhD from UdeC)
• Dr. Rory Smith (UK, postdoc; professor in Valparaiso, Chile
• Paulo Solar (Magister)
• Javiera Soto (Magister) /
• Ignacio Sotomayor (titulo)
• Bastian Alejandro Reinoso Reinoso (Magister, PhD in Heidelberg, Germany)
• Pedro Romero (topico, DNF)
• Carlos Venegas (titulo, DNF)
• C. Villegas (titulo)
• Rodrigo Adolfo Vejar Asem (titulo; PhD student at maths, UdeC)
• Joaquin Arturo Zamponi Fuentealba (Magister, PhD student at MPE, Munich, Germany)

Not all former members have their picture here:

Pictures of the Group

Christmas party 2018	Group picture (April 2018), some persons are missing
Christmas party 2017	Our group (May 2017) wearing our new group T-shirts.
The theory & star formation group - X-mas 2016	The theory group - April 2016.