2025-2026 PhD Thesis, External Panel Reviewer (Dissertation Committee)
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
2025 PhD Thesis, External Panel Reviewer (Dissertation Committee)
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
2024 PhD Thesis, External Panel Reviewer (Dissertation Committee)
PhD Student (Physics) Marco Sepulveda, 2024
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile
Thesis: Characterizing optical turbulence in extreme conditions
2026, Mrs. Leonor Valdés
Summer student, Atmospheric Sciences, Universidad de Chile.
Title of the study: “Performance analysis of meteorological and atmosferic turbulence forecast data”
2026, Mr. Alonso Pérez
Summer student, Electronics Engineering, Universidad de Concepción, Chile.
Title of the study: “Setup and testing of an earthquake early alert detection system”
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“
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
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
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“