SAPHIR's participation in the CLAF Symposium: Chilean advances in frontier physics and collaboration with CERN
On November 14, the city of Rio de Janeiro hosted the CLAF Symposium, organized by the Latin American Center for Physics (CLAF), an organization dedicated to strengthening regional scientific cooperation and promoting the exchange of knowledge regarding contemporary challenges in physics. The event brought together established researchers, institutional representatives […]
SAPHIR consolidates five years of frontier science in Chile
With a visit from prominent international evaluators, the Millennium Institute presented its five-year review at Andrés Bello University, highlighting scientific advances, student training, and the strengthening of global networks in particle physics. On Wednesday, November 19, the meeting took place at the Casona Campus of Andrés Bello University […]
Chilean engineering at the frontier of physics: Cristopher Rozas and his contribution to CERN's ATLAS ITk detector
Engineer Cristopher Rozas, a researcher at the SAPHIR Millennium Institute, is part of the international team developing Inner Tracker (ITk), the new internal detection system for the ATLAS experiment at CERN, one of the world's most ambitious scientific projects. This upgrade, part of the Phase-II Upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), will multiply […]
Millennium Institute SAPHIR participates in ATLAS Collaboration Week 2025 through the participation of Dr. Francisca Garay
The researcher from the UC Institute of Physics and deputy director of SAPHIR participated in the scientific meeting held in Paestum, Italy, strengthening Chile’s presence in CERN’s ATLAS collaboration. ATLAS Collaboration Week 2025, held from October 13 to 17 at the Centro Congressi Hotel Ariston in Paestum (Salerno, Italy), […]
Giovanna Cottin represents SAPHIR and PUC Physics at the International Conference "Scalars 2025", in Poland.
Giovanna Cottin, associate researcher at the Millennium Institute SAPHIR and academic at the Institute of Physics of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, recently participated in the international workshop "Scalars 2025: Higgs Bosons and Cosmology," held at the University of Warsaw, Poland. The event, organized jointly by the Faculty of Physics of the University of [...]
Marco Aurelio Díaz, a trajectory that consolidates ties between Chile and CERN
Professor Marco Aurelio Díaz, an academic at the Institute of Physics of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and former associate researcher at the Millennium Institute SAPHIR, has played a key role in strengthening ties between Chile and CERN. After years of working in frontier particle physics, he now takes on the challenge […]
Martín Bastías: a formative experience in SAPHIR and the CTEPP-UNAB laboratory
The SAPHIR Millennium Institute has been the setting for unique educational experiences, such as that enjoyed by Martín Bastías Görlich during his work at the CTEPP laboratory at Andrés Bello University, under the guidance of Professor Jilberto Zamora, a SAPHIR associate researcher. There, Martín had the opportunity to operate the LASSO particle microscope, a […]
Building bridges between science and computing: CERN School of Computing comes to Chile
Between January 11 and 24, 2026, the city of Santiago will become the epicenter of international science and technology when it hosts the CERN School of Computing – Latin America, which will be held at the Lo Contador Campus of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. The arrival of this […]
Science comes to the classroom: SAPHIR brings particle physics closer to schoolchildren in the Far North
As part of the scientific outreach activities promoted by the SAPHIR Millennium Institute, on Wednesday, August 27, a workshop dedicated to particle physics and the exploration of muon detectors was held at the San Luis School in Antofagasta. The activity was led by Melanie Martínez, […]
Chilean students at CERN Summer School: SAPHIR projects national science to the world
Since its inception in 1962, when Victor Weisskopf launched an initiative to encourage university students to participate in research projects during their summer vacations, CERN’s Summer Student Program has established itself as one of the most prestigious training programs in the fields of particle physics, engineering, and the sciences […]