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Curriculum Vitae
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Research Interests

Early stages of high-mass star formation; Infrared dark clouds; Clump fragmentation and chemistry;
Magnetic fields; Radio telescopes and interferometers


Professional Preparation

NAOJ Research Project Fellow (ALMA), National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 2014 - present
Ph.D. in Astronomy and Astrophysics,  Boston University,  2014
M.S. in Astronomy, Universidad de Chile, 2008
B.A. in Physics, Universidad de Chile, 2004


PI Grants
NAOJ Visiting Joint Research (2018)
ALMA Large Program. ALMA-IMF: ALMA Transforms Our View of the Origin of Stellar Masses
Total amount awarded: 380,000 Japanese Yen (~3,400 US dollars)

KAKENHI: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (2018 - 2021)
ALMA Large Program. ALMA-IMF: ALMA Transforms Our View of the Origin of Stellar Masses
Total amount awarded: 17,160,000 Japanese Yen (~150,000 US dollars)

NAOJ Visiting Fellows Program (2016)
A survey of prestellar, high-mass cluster-forming clumps: constraining models of high-mass star formation
Total amount awarded: 250,000 Japanese Yen (2,200 US dollars)

NAOJ Visiting Fellows Program (2016)
A survey of prestellar, high-mass cluster-forming clumps: constraining models of high-mass star formation
Total amount awarded: 250,000 Japanese Yen (2,200 US dollars)


Successful Observing Proposals (PI Only)

21. ALMA, April 2018 (15.2 hours for 12m ALMA)
"Magnetic Fields in High-Mass Star Formation"
20. ALMA, April 2018 (13.1 hours for 12m ALMA; 96.6 hours for ACA)
"A Survey of Prestellar, High-Mass Clump Candidates: Constraining Models of High-Mass Star Formation"
19. ALMA, April 2018 (16.3 hours for 12m ALMA)
"The Formation of High-Mass Binary Systems by Core/Disk Fragmentation"
18. ALMA Large Program CO-PI, April 2017 (63.5 hours for 12m ALMA; 296.8 hours for ACA)
"ALMA-IMF: ALMA Transforms our View of the Origin of Stellar Masess"
17. ALMA, April 2017 (15 hours for 12m ALMA)
"Magnetic Fields in High-Mass Star Formation"
16. ALMA, April 2017 (12.1 hours for 12m ALMA; 102.8 hours for ACA)
"A Survey of Prestellar, High-Mass Clump Candidates: Constraining Models of High-Mass Star Formation"
15. ALMA, April 2017 (14.8 hours for 12m ALMA)
"The Formation of High-Mass Binary Systems by Core/Disk Fragmentation"
14. ALMA, April 2016 (6 hours for 12m ALMA)
"Revealing the Importance of Magnetic Fiels in the Earliest Stages of the Formation of High-Mass Stars"
13. ALMA, April 2016 (5.7 hours for 12m ALMA; 48.4 hours for ACA)
"A Survey of Prestellar, High-Mass Cluster-Forming Clumps: Constraining Models of High-Mass Star Formation"
12. ALMA, April 2016 (13.4 hours for 12m ALMA)
"The Formation of High-Mass Binary Systems by Core/Disk Fragmentation"
11. ALMA, May 2015 (4.5 hours for 12m ALMA; 18 hours for ACA)
"A Survey of Prestellar, High-Mass Cluster-Forming Clumps: Constraining Models of High-Mass Star Formation"
10. Nobeyama, December 2014 (28 hours)
"Determining the Accretion Rates and Infall Times in Filaments Hosting High-Mass, Prestellar Clumps"
9. Nobeyama, December 2014 (16 hours)
"Estimating the Magnetic Field Strength in a High-Mass, Prestellar Clump by using a New Method assuming Ambipolar Diffusion"
8. ATCA, December 2013 (24 hours)
"Testing Models of High-Mass Star Formation in Prestellar High-Mass Cluster-Forming Clumps"
7. EVLA, August 2013 (24 hours)
"Fragmentation of High-Mass Clumps through Different Evolutionary Stages in the Snake"
6. SMA, August 2013 (16 hours)
"Fragmentation of High-Mass Clumps through Different Evolutionary Stages in the Snake"
5. SMA, February 2013 (8 hours)
"Revealing the initial conditions of high-mass star formation: The intriguing case of IRDC G028.23-00.19"
4. ATCA, December 2012 (24 hours)
"Using NH3 to Measure Fragmentation in Prestellar Clumps"
3. CARMA, December 2011 (43 hours)
"Chemistry in the Infrared Dark Cloud G028.53"
2. EVLA, August 2011 (10 hours)
 "Characterizing the Earliest Stages of Massive Star Formation and Testing Models"
1. CARMA, May 2011 (9 hours)
 "Chemical Clocks In Infrared Dark Clouds"

Selected Successful Observing Proposals (Co-I)

12. ATCA, December 2016 (300 hours) PI: James M. Jackson
"CACHMC” --- the Complete ATCA Census of High-Mass Clumps"
11. TRAO, September 2015 (1200 hours) PI: Tie Liu
"TRAO Observations of Planck Cold Clumps"
10. Nobeyama, September 2015 (120 hours) PI: Ken'ichi Tatematsu
"Chemical Evolution of Planck Cold Clumps"
9. GBT, August 2015 (690 hours) PI: James M. Jackson
"The Radio Ammonia Mid-Plane Survey"
8. JCMT, August 2015 (300 hours) PI: Tie Liu
"SCOPE: SCUBA-2 Continuum Observations of Pre-Protostellar Evolution"
7. SMT, April 2015 (618 hours) PI: Ke Wang
"Probing the Early Stages of Star Formation: Unravelling the Structure of Planck Cold Clumps Distributed Throughout the Sky"
6. ATCA, December 2014 (60 hours) PI: Yanett Contreras
"Determing the Temperature Structure of a Massive Proto-Cluster"
5. GBT, August 2014 (210 hours) PI: James M. Jackson
"The Radio Ammonia Mid-Plane Survey"
4. ALMA, December 2013 (4.5 hours for ALMA; 18 hours for ACA) PI: Yanett Contreras
"Initial Gas Structure in a Cold, Massive Clump: Cluster Formation in its Earliest Stages"
3. GBT, February 2013 (300 hours) PI: James M. Jackson
"The Radio Ammonia Mid-Plane Survey"
2. ATCA, December 2012 (42 hours) PI: James M. Jackson
"Chemical Oddballs in the Late Stages of Star Formation"
1. Mopra, December 2009-2011 (~2,500 hours) PI: James M. Jackson
"Millimetre Astronomy Legacy Team 90 GHz Survey (MALT 90)"