In 2011, the Department of Astronomy of the University of Heidelberg and the Institute of Astrophysics of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile created a Ph.D. Doctoral Program. that will combine the existing Doctorate programs in both universities.
The initiative seeks to develop an exchange between the two university departments by conducting seminars, summer schools and symposiums, as well as workshops that encourage the development of new joint research projects and that stimulate new programs.
The program offers graduate students from each university an exchange scholarship with the objective of working and researching in the associated university. The scholarships consider a stipend of 1 year to cover support and travel costs.
To apply for the PUC-HD Graduate Exchange Fellowship scholarship, we thank you for information on this link
2011/12: Mauricio Carrasco from PUC, working with Matthias Bartelmann at ITA-Heidelberg on “Dark Matter Distribution in Massive Strong-Lensing Galaxy Clusters”
2012/13: Jorge Gonzalez from PUC, working with Fabian Walter and Henrik Beuther at MPIA-Heidelberg on “Probing the Interstellar Medium in High-Redshift Galaxies by Studying the Role of Dust Emission in Star Formation”
2013/14: Mirko Simunovic from PUC, working with Eva Grebel at ARI-Heidelberg on “Blue Straggler Star Populations in Milky Way Globular Clusters and the nearby Universe”
2013/14: Cristina García from PUC, working with Joseph Hennawi at MPIA-Heidelberg on “QSO Environments at z ~ 4”
2016/17: Sebastian Stammler from HD, working with Jorge Cuadra at IA-PUC on “The Role of Ices in the Process of Planet Formation” 2016/17: Felipe Garrido Goicovic from PUC, working with Volker Springel at HITS on “Infalling Clouds onto Supermassive Black Hole Binaries”
2017/18: Yasna Ordenes Briceño from PUC, working with Eva Grebel at ARI on “Unveiling the Architecture of the Fornax Cluster with its Compact Stellar Systems”
2017/18: Gergely Hajdu from PUC, working with Eva Grebel at ARI on “The 3D-Structure of the Inner Milky Way as told by its Cepheid Variables: The VVV Perspective”
For comments and questions about the HD-PUC Doctorate, you can write to Prof. Dr. Thomas H. Puzia - tpuzia@astro.puc.cl.