*Computational modeling of nanostructures composed of metal atoms, generating knowledge of the origin of their properties, necessary to make modifications to their characteristics, *Study of the chemical bond, in molecules formed by metallic and non-metallic atoms, with the aim of understanding fundamental properties of their formation and characteristics. *Study of magnetic properties of metallic and organic structures, generating the knowledge to understand their behavior in a magnetic field.

Dr. Alvaro Muñoz-Castro, Chemist and PhD in Molecular Physicochemistry, has interests in several areas from gold and other transition metal nanoparticles studying their excited state and chemical bonding properties, extending chemical bonding concepts to cluster aggregates, magnetic response and nuclear magnetic resonance properties, aromaticity, among others. His work has been reported in more than 300 publications, book chapters, and four doctoral theses. He is currently a full professor at Universidad San Sebastián. He has served as peer reviewer for the National Accreditation Commission (CNA, Chile). In addition, he is part of the editorial board of ChemPhysChem (Wiley) and The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (ACS). www.amclab.cl

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