Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae
Name in publications: Alejandro O. Leon
Full name: Alejandro Osvaldo Leon Vega
E-mail: aleonv (at) utem.cl
Nationality: Chilean
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Positions and Education
Positions and Education
01/2022 - Present. Associate Professor. Department of Physics, Metropolitan University of Technology, UTEM, Chile.
03/2020 - 12/2021. Assistant Professor. Department of Physics, Metropolitan University of Technology, UTEM, Chile.
11/2018 - 03/2020. Associate Researcher. Institute of Physics, Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso, PUCV, Chile.
03/2018 - 10/2018. Postdoctoral Researcher. Cedenna, University of Santiago, USACH, Chile. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dora Altbir (National Prize).
05/2016 - 01/2018. Postdoctoral Researcher. Institute for Material Research, Tohoku University, Japan. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Gerrit E.W. Bauer.
03/2012-03/2016. Ph. D. in Physics. Physics Department, University of Chile. Thesis advisor: Prof. Dr. Marcel G. Clerc.
Thesis Title: "Dissipative Magnetization Textures Induced By Spin-Transfer Torques And Alternating Magnetic Fields".03/2008-12/2011. Bachelor in Physics. Faculty of Phys. and Math. Scs., University of Chile.
grants and fellowships
grants and fellowships
(03/2023-03/2026) Fondecyt Iniciacion 2023. Project No. 11230120, entitled "Magnon spin and heat transport in complex ferrimagnetic insulators." My role: Principal Investigator (PI).
(04/2021-03/2025) Fondecyt regular 2021. Project No. 1210353, entitled "Transition to Complex Spatiotemporal Dynamics: Theory & Experiments", ANID. My role: Co-Investigator, with Marcel Clerc as the Principal Investigator.
(03/2021-03/2024) ECOS-ANID. Project ID ECOS200006, entitled "Chimeras in voltage-driven coupled nanomagnets," ECOS (France) and ANID (Chile). My role: Principal Investigator (PI). Principal Investigator in France: Dr. Saliya Coulibaly.
(03/2019-03/2022) Fondecyt Postdoctorado 2019. Project No. 3190030, entitled "Magnetic textures induced by a variable anisotropy," Conicyt. My role: Principal Investigator (PI).
(2016-2018) “Beca Postdoctorado en el extranjero”, Becas Chile, Conicyt, 2016. Project No. 74170017. Score 4,964 (5,000 is the maximum), fourth position (138 applications were received and 71 were accepted).
(2012-2016) “Beca de Doctorado Nacional” de Conicyt, 2012, Project No. 21120878.
(2014) “Asistencia a Eventos y Cursos Cortos”, 2014, Project No. 67140188, Conicyt.
Participation in organization committees, Symposia and conference chair, etc.
Participation in organization committees, Symposia and conference chair, etc.
Chair of the "Spintronics' Day" workshop (Santiago: 2024, 2025, 2026).
Chair of the “Rare-earth Spintronics” symposium at the 68th Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM). Dallas, United States. Oct. 30th- Nov 3rd, 2023.
16th International Seminar on Condensed Matter Physics and Statistical Physics, November 24-26, 2021, Temuco, Chile.
XVIII International Workshop on Instabilities and Nonequilibrium Structures, December 6-10, 2021, Valparaiso, Chile.
Guest Editor
Guest Editor
New trends on instabilities and nonequilibrium structures at Chaos, Solitons & Fractals (IF-2022 9.922).
Guided/co-guided students:
Guided/co-guided students:
2023-2024.- Susana Contreras-Celada, Master in Physics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso.
2024-2025.- Diego Molina, Master in Physics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso.
Teaching duties from 2020
Teaching duties from 2020
"Classical Mechanics" (Theory).
"Electromagnetism" (Theory).
"Optics and Waves" (Theory).
Laboratory of "Optics and Waves"
Laboratory of "Electromagnetism"
Spintronics' Day, Chile, 2026.
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