Eduardo Antonio Droguett Mora

M.Sc. in Physics Student, University of Chile

I investigate universal laws governing nonlinear out-of-equilibrium systems, focusing on the emergence of spatiotemporal complexity in dissipative structures such as patterns and localized states. My work combines optical experiments in a liquid crystal light valve with optical feedback, combined with numerical simulations and theoretical analysis.

Affiliation:
Laboratory of Robust Phenomena in Optics (LAFER)
 Department of Physics, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, University of Chile
Advisor:
Prof. Marcel G. Clerc
Keywords:
Pattern formation · Spatiotemporal chaos · Liquid crystals · Nonlinear dynamics · Dissipative structures
Languages:
Spanish (Native), English (B2), French (B1).
Email:
eduardo.droguett@ug.uchile.cl

Research

Liquid Crystal Light Valve

Nonlinear optical platform to investigate nonvariational dynamics, nonreciprocal interactions, and defect dynamics with emphasis on pattern formation.

Nonlinear Optics · Experimental Physics · Data Analysis · Numerical Simulations

Vegetation Patterns

Quantitative study of large-scale ecological self-organization and banded vegetation structures using continuum models and statistical characterization of the spatial distribution.

Theoretical Modeling · Numerical Simulations · Statistical Physics

Publications

Eduardo A. Droguett-Mora, Cristina Masoller, & Marcel G. Clerc (2026). "Characterizing How Order Gives Way To Spatiotemporal Chaos In Two-Dimensional Pattern-Forming Systems".

Phys. Rev. Research 8, 013308.

Eduardo A. Droguett-Mora, Belén Hidalgo-Ogalde, Marcel G. Clerc, & Mustapha Tlidi (2026). "Statistical laws of banded vegetation patterns in heterogeneous environments".

Nonlinear Dynamics, 114(2), 131.

Education

2025–Present

M.Sc. in Physics — University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

Thesis: “Complejidad espaciotemporal de estructuras disipativas” (Spatiotemporal complexity of dissipative structures). Advisor: Prof. Marcel G. Clerc Gavilán.

2021–2024

B.Sc. in Physics — University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Departamento de Física.

2017–2020

Secondary — Colegio San Ignacio de Alonso Ovalle, Santiago, Chile

Academic Roles

Jan. 2026

Mentor for summer interns — Vegetation Patterns in Arid and Semiarid Climates Chile-Peru — Universal Laws of the Vegetation Patterns Interface in Semi-Arid Climates — Hopf Bifurcation in a Liquid Crystal Light Valve with Delayed Feedback.

Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile.

Spring 2025

Teaching Assitant — Electrodynamics.

Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile.

Autumn 2025

Teaching Assitant — Introduction to Classical Physics.

Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile.

Jan. 2025

Mentor for summer intern — Tiger-Bush Vegetation Patterns in Scarce Climates and Optical Analogies.

Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile.

Spring 2024

Teaching Assitant — Electromagnetism.

Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile.

Autumn 2024

Teaching Assitant — Mechanics.

Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile.

Spring 2023

Grader — Advanced Calculus.

Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile.

Conference participation and other presentations

May. 2026

Invited Seminar, Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes (MSC), Paris, France

Talk: Deterministic Run-and-Tumble of Chaotic Particles: Theory and Experiments.
Jan. 2026

Post-Er Day, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

Poster: Control of Topological Defects Spatial Distribution in a Liquid Crystal Light Valve with Nonreciprocal Feedback.
Dec. 2025

6° Workshop MIRO, Santiago, Chile

Talk: Characterizing How Order Gives Way To Spatiotemporal Chaos In Two-Dimensional Pattern-Forming Systems.
Dec. 2025

XXI International Workshop on Instabilities and Nonequilibrium Structures Enrique Tirapegui, Valparaiso, Chile

Poster: Non-Stochastic Run and Tumble of Particle-Like Structures.
Jul. 2025

SPIE Optics+Photonics Liquid Crystals XXIX, San Diego, United States

Poster: Route to spatiotemporal complexity of twodimensional patterns in a liquid crystal light valve with optical feedback.
Nov. 2024

5° Workshop MIRO, Santiago, Chile

Poster: Localized structures supported by a complex spatiotemporal pattern.
Jan. 2024

Summer internship, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

Poster: Turbulent-like behaviour in vegetation patterns.

Grants & Awards

2026

ANID Master’s Scholarship (competitive national fellowship)

National Agency for Research and Development, Chile.

2024

Graduated with Highest Distinction

Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile.

2024

Best Poster

5° Workshop MIRO, Santiago, Chile.

2024

Distinguished undergraduate student

Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile.
2023

Distinguished undergraduate student

Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile.
2022

Distinguished undergraduate student

Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile.
2021

Distinguished undergraduate student

Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile.