The content of this section is here mainly for my own use but it may be relevant as reference information for some students or young astronomers.

  • 2018-03 – Present: Associate Professor. Director of the Centro de Investigación, Tecnología, Educación y Vinculación Astronómica (CITEVA) de la Universidad de Antofagasta (UA). Funded by UA. Stationed at CITEVA, UA, Antofagasta, Chile.
  • 2014-10: Promoted to Associate Professor. Moved to contrata status.
  • 2012-05 – 2018-02:Assistant Professor. Director of the Unidad de Astronomía. Funded by UA. Stationed at Unidad de Astronomía, UA, Antofagasta, Chile.
  • 2008-01 – 2012-01: Assistant Professor. Funded by Universidad Católica del Norte (UCN). Stationed at Instituto de Astronomía, UCN, Antofagasta, Chile.
  • 2008-01: Promoted to Assistant Professor.
  • 2007-08 – 2007-12: Postdoc extension. Funded by Universidad Católica del Norte (UCN). Stationed at Instituto de Astronomía, UCN, Antofagasta, Chile.
  • 2005-07 – 2007-07: Postdoc. Funded by ESO. Employed by Universidad Católica del Norte (UCN). Stationed at Instituto de Astronomía, UCN, Antofagasta, Chile.
  • 2004-03 – 2005-06: Postdoc. Research assistant for NASA’s SIM project. Employed by Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory. Stationed at Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile.

Below I detail the evolution of my salaries throughout the years until I moved to Universidad de Antofagasta in 2012. After this move it would be redundant to keep this list up to date because public universities are required to publish the salaries of their employees in their institutional websites, so any interested person has a way to find out this information via some other means. As it would be quite boring to add the monthly detail I’m just listing the normal salary (after taxes) until a substantial change in the amount took place (i.e. yearly salary raise) or when I switched to a different institution.

Period Institution Concept Amount after taxes (in Chilean pesos)
2013-01 Universidad de Antofagasta Salary 1,623,078
2012-05 Universidad de Antofagasta Salary 1,545,789
2012-01 Universidad Católica del Norte Salary 1,510,323
2011-01 Universidad Católica del Norte Salary 1,417,483
2010-01 Universidad Católica del Norte Salary 1,350,152
2009-01 Universidad Católica del Norte Salary 1,275,803
2008-01 Universidad Católica del Norte Salary 1,184,271
2007-01 Universidad Católica del Norte Salary 1,100,288
2006-01 Universidad Católica del Norte Salary 1,078,489
2005-08 Universidad Católica del Norte Salary 1,058,986
2005-03 AURA Salary 605,291
2004-12 AURA Salary 489,165
2004-04 AURA Salary 310,076