2013年12月31日，中国科学院南美天文研究中心（简称南美天文中心）首届理事会工作会议在国家天文台顺利召开，中国科学院副院长丁仲礼作为理事长出席了会议。
会议分别由两位副理事长——中国科学院前沿科学与教育局局长许瑞明、国际合作局副局长曹京华主持。国家天文台副台长薛随建、南美天文中心主任王仲和首席科学家黄家声分别向理事会汇报了南美天文中心总体情况、建设进展和科研进展。第一届理事会成员由相关院领导、中科院各天文台台长以及大学天文机构的相关负责人组成。理事会成员对南美天文中心所取得的成绩给予了积极的肯定，并为解决目前工作中所遇到的困难与挑战给予了切实的指导和建议。 Continue reading
Thanks to the tremendous efforts of colleagues from both countries of Chile and China, the 3rd China-Chile astronomy workshop formally started on Sep 9, 2013. It says long distance sometimes does work!
Professor Leopoldo Infante (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) visited NAOC and delivered a talk in the morning of Jun 6, 2013.
Professor Leopoldo Infante is currently director of the Centre for Astro-Engineering at Universidad Católica de Chile. He received his PhD of Physics/Astronomy from the University of Victoria in 1995. He was the Director of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Astronomy and Astrophysics Department from 2000 to 2006. His research areas are birth and evolution of structures in the universe stellar populations. Continue reading
