Young scientists trained in different countries, such as Australia and Argentina, arrive in the Coquimbo Region to begin their research, sponsored by the ULS.

Five doctors from different parts of the world will come to the University of La Serena to develop their research, financed by the FONDECYT Postdoctoral Program (National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development). This will allow them to begin their research projects in 2019 under the leadership of ULS researchers from different areas of knowledge, including Energy and Environment, Cosmology and Particles, Astronomy, and Earth Sciences.

“It is relevant to mention that with the development of the five Doctorate programs currently offered by the University, an important development pole has been created in the region, both in research and in the training of advanced human capital, which makes the ULS very attractive to many young doctors who wish to carry out their research projects together with researchers from the institution. So much so that for this contest there were 17 doctors interested in developing their projects with researchers from this university,” commented the Vice Chancellor of Research and Postgraduate Studies of the state campus, Dr. Eduardo Notte.

FONDECYT is the main source of financing for scientific research in Chile. Every year a call is made that seeks to finance young doctors to carry out projects with a view to their employment in the academic or other field, through their incorporation into consolidated research groups that will contribute to their scientific development and that, at their In turn, they will be strengthened by your participation. In this way, this contest seeks to stimulate the productivity and scientific leadership of young researchers.

The doctors who arrive in the Coquimbo Region to develop their projects at the ULS are Mohammad Ashfaq and Neetu Talreja, who will work under the guidance of researchers Carlos Rodríguez and Adriana Mera, both associated with the Doctorate program in Energy, Water and Environment ; María José Guzmán and Valeria Mesa, who will work with researchers Yerko Vázquez and José Luis Nilo, both from the Department of Physics and Astronomy and associated with the Doctorate in Astronomy and Master's in Physical Sciences programs, respectively; and Álvaro Salazar, who will develop his project under the sponsorship of Julio Gutiérrez, who is part of the faculty of the Doctorate programs in Biology and Applied Ecology and Doctorate in Biological Sciences, Mention in Ecology of Arid Zones.

Source: VIPULS