"La curiosidad es el motor que impulsa el avance"
Cristian Navarro, our Radio Technician I, was recognized with the prestigious Curiosity Award 2024 for his dedication to ALMA's essential purpose: curiosity. With almost 14 years at the observatory, Cristian plays a key role in maintaining the technological infrastructure that supports ALMA's scientific operations.A career marked by passion Since...
La carrera contra el tiempo del Ciclo 10
El sábado 30 de septiembre recién pasado arrancó un nuevo ciclo de observaciones. Y si cada año significa un gran reto alcanzar los plazos estipulados, el ciberataque que sufrimos a fines de octubre de 2022 hizo de este inicio de Ciclo 10 una verdadera carrera contra reloj. “Todo...
Celebrando con hogueras, fuegos artificiales, desfiles y pupusas…
“Constituye un hermoso testimonio de la diversidad lingüística y la unidad del país”, describe Stefan Gairing, nuestro Planner & Coordinator de Array Operations & Maintenance, al recordar los discursos realizados en las cuatro lenguas nacionales de su Suiza natal con que, cada primero de agosto celebran...
¡Celebramos estas Fiestas Patrias poniendo todo en la parrilla!
With music, food and typical games we celebrated a new "18" at ALMA. It all started on Friday, September 15 at the SCO, where we shared a delicious "asado" and empanadas with our executives.A moment of relaxation in which we also saw the childhood photos sent...
“Rompiendo el hielo”: Reuniendo al Middle-Management Team
At ALMA we have several layers of organization, and one of them is the Middle-Management Team (MMT). Its members do not belong to the Core Management Team (CMT), but are managers, assistant managers, or other grade 16+. Before the pandemic, its members met from time to...
Despidiendo al Arquitecto del Software de ALMA
A few days ago, we received the sad news of the passing of Joseph Schwarz, our former colleague at ESO. Our paths with Joe crossed in 2000, when he moved to the ALMA project at ESO. There he played an essential role in leading the team...
Saltando a otra “constelación”: Nuestros ex colaboradores
There are many who continue their careers elsewhere after working at ALMA, but not before recognizing the importance of our observatory in their professional development.This is the case of Alejandro Barrientos, who worked with us for 12 years as Technical Dataflow Engineer, and today works as...