Sebastian Bahamonde

Senior Research Fellow · Institute for Basic Science (IBS), CTPU-CGA · Daejeon, South Korea

Fellowships, Grants & Honours

Research fellowships, grants, awards and refereeing activities.

Fellowships and research grants

  • ANID Postdoctoral Chilean Fellowship “Becas Chile”
    Oct 2023–Sep 2025.
  • JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research in Japan – Standard Program
    2021–2023.
  • JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research in Japan – Short Term Program
    Awarded in 2021; declined.
  • NSFC International Young Scientists Grant, China
    Apr 2021–Apr 2023; awarded, not taken due to COVID-19.
  • International Postdoctoral Exchange Fellowship Program, China
    Apr 2021–Apr 2023; awarded, not taken due to COVID-19.
  • Mobilitas Pluss Postdoctoral Researcher Grant
    Estonian Research Council, Jan 2019–Dec 2020.
  • CONICYT PhD Chilean Scholarship “Becas Chile”
    Sep 2014–Aug 2018.
  • Undergraduate–Postgraduate Scholarship for Master Studies
    Universidad de Concepción, Chile, 2011–2013.

Awards and honours

  • 2026 Pauchy Award for Early Career Researchers
    Asia-Pacific CosPA organisation.
  • Gravity Research Foundation Essay Awards
    Honourable Mention in 2019 and 2020.
  • JJ Sylvester Scholarship
    University College London, 2015, 2017 and 2018.
  • David Warren Scholarship
    University College London, 2017.
  • Abbott (Corte) Studentship
    University College London, 2017.
  • Monica Hulse Scholarship
    University College London, 2014.

Refereeing and editorial activities

  • Funding agency referee
    NSERC Discovery Grant (call 2026), Polish National Science Centre, ANID–FONDECYT, and NRDI Office Hungary.
  • Journal referee
    Distinguished Referee, European Physical Journal (2022). Referee for more than 20 journals/editorials, including PRL, PRD, JCAP, MNRAS, CQG, EPJC and Universe.
  • Editorial roles
    Topical Editor, Symmetry, and guest editor for special issues in Universe, Advances in Astronomy and Symmetry.