Hi, I'm Miguel 👋

Assistant Professor at the Departamento de Ingeniería Informática, Universidad de Santiago de Chile.
Associate Researcher at the Data Observatory.
PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Manchester (Jodrell Bank).

Day to day, I write Python and CUDA, profile slow code, fight with radio interferometry data, and teach Operating Systems and Distributed Systems to undergraduates.

🛠️ Stack

🔭 Currently

• Principal developer of Pyralysis, a Python framework for big-data radio interferometry aimed at SKA-era volumes.
• PI of the DICYT Regular 2026 project Pyralysis: Desentrañando los Campos Magnéticos del Cosmos con Big Data y Supercómputo.
• Co-PI of FONDECYT Regular 2025 on the physical conditions and kinematics of planet-forming systems.
• Working with Prof. Anna Scaife on unrolling algorithms for Faraday cube reconstruction.

📌 What lives here

GitLab is where my serious research code lives. The flagship:

Pyralysis (CLIRAI group)

PYthon Radio Astronomy anaLYSis and Image Synthesis. A Python object-oriented framework for big-data processing and high-performance computing in radio interferometry, aimed at SKA-era data volumes. I'm the principal developer.

Heads up: smaller utilities and teaching material (snow, gpuvmem, csromer, ocarina, USACH Beamer and thesis LaTeX templates) live on my GitHub.

🐍 Pac-Man eats my contributions

📫 Reach me

⚡ Outside the terminal

Master swimmer at Ñuñoa Master Club. LEGO sets when nothing's on fire. Suspense and thriller novels, plus books on neuroscience and psychology. Colo-Colo on weekends. Whatever's in the headphones depends on the bug: Pink Floyd or Joy Division for the long ones, Metallica or Ghost when something finally compiles.