Author: Francisco Munoz

The Undergraduate Physics Research Day took place on Wednesday, November 12, bringing together undergraduate students to showcase their ongoing research projects through short presentations. Two of our undergraduate students had an outstanding participation in the event. Bruno Moreno presented his work on “Molecular Fragmentation Induced by Ionization,” offering insightful perspectives on Coulomb explosions trough Ab-initio…

During the week of November 3–7, 2025, our group had the honor of hosting Prof. Karin M. Rabe, a distinguished theoretical physicist from Rutgers University (USA), internationally recognized for her pioneering contributions to the theory and design of functional materials using first-principles methods. Her visit took place within the framework of the 60th Anniversary Congress of the Faculty…

From August 4 – 8, 2025, the Mini-School SimMat 2025 took place at the Juan Gómez Millas campus of the University of Chile. The event was organized by our research group and focused on introducing students and early-career researchers to modern computational materials science. It combined theoretical lectures with hands-on sessions on first-principles simulations, data analysis, and…