2020, Mr. Tomás Rojas Castiglione
(Main summer Advisor Dr. Julien Milli)
Summer student, Mechanical Engineering, Universidad de Chile.
Title of the study: “Turbulence nowcast for the Cerro Paranal and Cerro Armazones Observatory Sites“
2021: Mr. Tomás Rojas Castiglione
Summer student, Mechanical Engineering, Universidad de Chile.
Title of the study: “Accuracy and Reliability Validation of a new set of Vaisala Meteorological Sensors”
ESO internal document: ESO-392929
Codes: https://gitlab.eso.org/aotarola/vaisala-sensors-statistical-validation
2023: Mrs. Valentina Théron
Summer student, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Title of the study: “Analysis of optical turbulence at the ESO’s Paranal Observatory”
Peer-reviewed manuscript: On the Impact of ENSO Cycles and Climate Change on Telescope Sites in Northern Chile
2024, Mr. Gonzalo Rojas
Summer student, Mechanical Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile.
Title of the study: “Development of an empirical model for the relation between the rms of a seismic P-wave and the Peak-Ground-Acceleration of the secondary S-wave at the Paranal observatory sites“
2024 PhD Thesis, External Panel Reviewer
PhD Student (Physics) Marco Sepulveda, 2024
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile
Thesis: Characterizing optical turbulence in extreme conditions
2025 PhD Thesis, External Panel Reviewer:
PhD Student (Computer Sciences Engineering) Arturo Avendaño
Universidad de La Frontera, Chile
Thesis: Sistema de Monitoreo de Calidad de Agua Basado en Drones Industriales e Imágenes Multiespectrales
2025 PhD Thesis, External Panel Reviewer
PhD Student (Astronomy) Juan Pablo Uchima
Universidad de La Serena, Chile
Thesis: A Spectrophotometric Analysis of Southern American skies
2025, Master level study work: Main Advisor
Master Student Mrs. Pamela Pizarro, Atmospheric Sciences
Project: Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope
Study: Analysis of wind data and surface layer microphysics at the Chajnantor plateau, Northern Chile
Codes: https://gitlab.eso.org/ppizarro/wind-exploratory-analysis