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Relevant Awards and Education:

2002, Ernest F. Fullam Award: Dudley Observatory, Schenectadu, New York, in 2002.

1998-2002, Armagh Observatory PhD studentship: Armagh Observatory/University of Queen’s. PhD Title: A Theoretical Study of radial pulsations in extreme-helium Stars. Supervisors: Dr. C. Simon Jeffery (Armagh Observatory) and Professor Phillip Dufton (University of Queen’s, Belfast).

1998, B.S. Physics, specialization in astrophysics: La Laguna University, Canary Islands, Spain.

 

Professional Research Experience:

2005-present, Assistant Research Professor of Physics. Big Bear Solar Observatory / New Jersey Institute of Technology, Big Bear City, California.

2002-2005, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Big Bear Solar Observatory/ New Jersey Institute of Technology, Big Bear City, California.

 

Relevant Observational Experience:

1999, Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope (JKT), Isaac Newton Telescopes Group, La Palma Observatory, Spain. Spectroscopic Observations.

2002-2005, BBSO Earthshine Telescope, Big Bear solar Observatory, California. Observer of the Earthshine Project at BBSO, in charge of photometric observations in the visible range. This 15 cm refractor is located in the Big Bear Solar Observatory, California, attached to the 65cm Solar Telescope, and depends on its control system and software.

2002-2005, Palomar 60" telescope (P60), Palomar Observatory, California. Several high and low-resolution spectroscopic campaigns in the visible range.

2003-2004, Advanced Electro-Optical System (AEOS) Telescope, Haleakala, Hawaii. With the high-resolution echelle spectrograph, in the optical and infrared ranges. In collaboration with Prof. J. Kuhn at the University of Hawaii.

2003-2005, Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Echelle and narrow band spectroscopy of the earthshine with the SpeX and the CSHELL spectrographs.

2006, Nordic Optical telescope (NOT) La Palma Observatory. Long-slit spectroscopy in the visible range. Multi-site campaign.

 

Selected Complementary studies:

2000, Media Training Course. Royal Society of London, London.

2000, IDL Training Course. Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire.

1999-2000, Certificado de Aptitud Pedagógica, Universidad Complutense Madrid.

1999, First Certificate in English, by University of Cambridge. TELF Center, Queen´s University of Belfast, N. Ireland.

1999, Meteorological Observer Met Office Title, F. H. Ebbitt Studies Centre, N. Ireland.

1998, Post-graduate work about helioseismology with Prof. Teodoro Roca Cortés, Astrophysics Department, Faculty of Physics, La Laguna University.

1998, HTML Edition, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias.

1998, Unix, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias.

1998, IRAF step by step, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias.

1998, Metodología didáctica, Facultad de biología de la Universidad de La Laguna.

1996, Astronomía en Canarias, Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos, La Laguna.

1994, Historia y fronteras de la física y las matemáticas, amplitud del conocimiento

Faculty of Physics, La Laguna University.

 

Languages:

Spanish, English

 

 

 

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