He earned his Bachelor of Science in Physics from the University of Chile and holds a Master degree in Physics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. He received his PhD in Physical Sciences from the University of Concepción, specializing in gravitation and compact objects within the Theoretical Physics division of the Center for Scientific Studies (CECs) in Valdivia, where he conducted his doctoral research and subsequently a postdoctoral fellowship in modified theories of gravity. He completed a second postdoctoral fellowship at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece, funded by the postdoctoral program becas Chile supported by ANID. He joined UCEN as a full-time faculty member in 2019 through "Programa de Subvención a la Instalación en la Academia" (PAI Project 77190046), where he serves as principal investigator. He subsequently obtained the internal project CIP2020039 and the FONDECYT Iniciación Project Nº11221063, focused on axionic black holes and black hole scalarization, respectively. Currently, he is a researcher at the Center for Research in Space Sciences and Theoretical Physics (CICEF) at UCEN. In addition, he teaches courses for programs within the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture (FINARQ). His research primarily focuses on the description of compact objects, analytical black hole solutions, and their geometric, dynamical, and thermodynamic properties in the context of modified theories of gravity. His research findings have been published mainly in high-impact journals in the field of gravitation (Q1) and presented at specialized international conferences. He has also conducted multiple research stays at NTUA, maintaining an active collaboration with its researchers. For this reason, he serves as the sponsoring investigator of Dr. Stella Kiorpelidi, a new postdoctoral researcher at CICEF-UCEN, who joined through a FONDECYT Postdoctoral Project. They are currently collaborating on spontaneous scalarization of asymptotically flat black holes. Dr. Erices has also served as a reviewer for international scientific journals and for internal projects at national universities. He is the organizer of the Pacific Summer School, an annual conference series focused on presenting the latest advances in gravitational physics, black holes, and cosmology. This event brings together leading researchers from around the world to exchange ideas, explore new areas of collaboration, and foster scientific partnerships. From this instance, the idea arose of serving as the sponsoring investigator of Dr. Mohsen Fathi, a current postdoctoral researcher at CICEF, with whom he has conducted research focused on the observational signatures of black holes in modified theories of gravity. He also leads the organization of the "Stand up para curiosos: ciencia sin fórmulas" cycle, a scientific outreach initiative aimed at the general public and held at FINARQ. These talks aim to make UCEN researchers and faculty accessible to the community, bringing academic work closer to the public.

Gravitation and cosmology Modified theories of gravity Black hole thermodynamics Black hole stability Compact objects