Alejandro Zamorano

Alejandro Zamorano

I am a PhD candidate in Physics at the Universidad de Chile, focused on the study of solar flares and their nonlinear dynamics using complex network tools. Currently looking for a postdoctoral position to begin no earlier than the second half of 2026.

My thesis focuses on sandpile models and complex networks to model the nonlinear dynamics of self-organized criticality systems, specifically solar flares, thereby studying energy fluctuations numerically and comparing the topology of the simulations with observations from the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).

Advisors: Dr. Víctor Muñoz & Dra. Denisse Pastén
Research Group: Plasma, Networks and Seismicity (PlaNetS)
Department: Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile

Research Interests

Nonlinear Dynamics
Complex Systems
Statistical Mechanics
Plasma Physics
Solar Physics
Turbulence
Chaos
Active Matter
Quantum Chaos
Self-Organized Criticality
Pattern Formation
Out-of-Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics
Special & General Relativity
Biophysics as Complex System
Social Dynamics
Knots

"We live in a complex, nonlinear universe."