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- The principal investigator at the CMM and winner of the 2025 National Prize for Exact Sciences was honored by his peers for his contribution to the development of dynamical systems and ergodic theory.
National and international researchers—from those just starting out in scientific work to those with extensive experience—gathered in mid-December to celebrate the impact and contribution of Prof. Alejandro Maass Sepúlveda, winner of the 2025 National Prize for Exact Sciences and principal investigator at the Center for Mathematical Modeling (CMM) at the University of Chile, where he also holds the position of Full Professor in the Department of Mathematical Engineering.
‘Dynamics in Patagonia’ was held in Puerto Natales from Monday, December 15 to Friday, December 19, with the participation of 27 speakers from prestigious universities around the world, from countries such as Belgium, Brazil, China, the United States, France, Mexico, and Poland. who presented some of their most recent and relevant scientific findings on dynamic systems and ergodic theory and highlighted Prof. Maass’s contribution to their development.
The organizing committee of ‘Dynamics in Patagonia’ included academics from the University of Chile, the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, and Andrés Bello University. Among them, Dr. Sebastián Donoso, associate researcher at the CMM, explained that “since we began organizing the conference and announced it to our international colleagues, the event aroused immediate interest.”
“We had many speakers who traveled from far away, financing their own travel with their own research funds, which demonstrates the community’s deep appreciation for Alejandro. I would like to highlight the large attendance of his former students, both master’s and doctoral,” Dr. Donoso added, “all of whom were very happy to be able to participate in this event because, as we mentioned on the website, this event sought to celebrate his influence on Chilean and Latin American mathematics, both through the training of human capital and his contribution to the field of dynamical systems and ergodic theory.”
“It was a wonderful gathering,” said Prof. Maass, “where I had the opportunity to spend time with almost all of my collaborators from the last thirty years, who traveled from China, Europe, and the United States, as well as my former students, whom I am very grateful to for their generosity in organizing this event.”
During his career, the honoree has been director of the CMM, where he currently serves as director of International Relations and coordinator of the Climate and Biodiversity line, combining his work as a research associate at the Millennium Institute for Genome Regulation (CRG).
In addition to the National Prize, the researcher has received other important recognitions, such as being named Knight of the National Order of Merit of France (2007), his membership in the Chilean Academy of Engineering (2009), and the Latin American and Caribbean Mathematical Union Prize in 2009.
This event was funded by the Center for Mathematical Modeling through its ANID FB210005 Basal Project.
By Iván R. Tobar Bocaz, CMM Communications.
Posted on Jan 13, 2026 in News
