The faculty of the Institute of Astrophysics conduct research in multiple areas of astronomy and astrophysics which are detailed below:
Aguilera, Claudia(Ph.D. Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile): Stellar Structure and Evolution, Stellar Characterization and Abundances, Lithium in the Universe, Planet-Star Connection.
Barrientos, Felipe(Ph.D. University of Toronto, Canada): Evolution of Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies; Gravitational Lensing.
Catelan, Márcio(Ph.D. Universidad de Sao Paulo, Brasil): Stellar Evolution; Globular Clusters; Variable Stars.
Chanamé, Julio(Ph.D. The Ohio State University, USA): Stellar Dynamics; Stellar Structure and Evolution; Stellar Populations in the Local Group.
Clocchiatti, Alejandro(Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin, USA): Supernovae; Cosmological Distance Relations.
Dünner, Rolando(Ph.D. Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile): Experimental Astronomy and Instrumentation; Large Scale Structure and Cosmology.
Galaz, Gaspar(Ph.D. Université Paris VII, France): Stellar Content in Galaxies; Low Surface Brightness Galaxies; Statistical Properties of the Galaxy Distribution; Galaxy Evolution; Cosmology.
González-López, Jorge(Ph.D. Universidad Católica de Chile/Heidelberg University, Germany): Galaxy Formation and Evolution, Gravitational Lensing and Distant Galaxies.
Guzmán, Viviana(Ph.D. Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France): Astrochemistry; Interstellar Medium; Star-Forming Regions; Protoplanetary Disks.
Infante, Leopoldo(Ph.D. University of Victoria, Canada): Large Scale Structure, Galaxy Formation and Evolution; Large Surveys.
Mulders, Gijs D.(Ph.D. University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands): Exoplanet Demographics; Planet Formation Models; Protoplanetary Disks
Puzia, Thomas H.(Dr. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany): Galaxy Formation and Evolution; Star Cluster Systems and Stellar Populations in Galaxies.
Tissera, Patricia(Ph.D. Universidad de Córdova, Argentina): Computational Astrophysics; Models and Simulations of the Formation of Galaxies.
Zoccali, Manuela(Ph.D. Università di Padova, Italy): Galactic Bulge; Stellar Populations; Chemical Abundances; Galactic Globular Clusters; The Initial Mass Function.
