Ricardo Finger

Ricardo Finger is an electrical engineer and physicist. He began his career in telecommunications, where he implemented microwave networks and developed instrumentation for the forestry and mining industries. He later joined the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), working in the US and Chile on the development and integration of its astronomical receivers.

Since 2013, he has been a professor at the University of Chile, joining through the CPI (Building Interdisciplinary Bridges) program to promote research between astronomy and electrical engineering, innovation, and technology transfer. He has worked in the US, Sweden, and the UK, and currently directs the Millimeter Wave Laboratory, where he leads the development of high-frequency receivers, digital signal processors, and broadband antenna arrays.

His work has been recognized with multiple awards for teaching excellence, the Avonni National Innovation Award (2017), and the Ramón Salas Edwards Scientific and Technological Development Award (2024).