| Education.
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1996. BSc in Physics.
University of Granada.
2001.
PhD. in Physics.
University of Granada.
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| Professional
experience |
1997.
Predoctoral grant of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía.
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía-CSIC.
1998/2001.
Predoctoral grant of the spanish ministry of Science and Technology
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía-CSIC.
2002.
Posdoctoral fellow of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía.
Instituto
de Astrofísica de Andalucía-CSIC.
Posdoctoral fellow of the spanish ministry of Education, C. and D.
Laboratoire
d’Astrophysique de Marseille-CNRS.
2003/2004.
European Space Agency external fellowship.
Laboratoire
d’AStrophysique de Marseille-CNRS.
2005/2006
Contract “Juan de la Cierva”
Instituto
de Astrofísica de Andalucía-CSIC.
2007-
Contract “Ramón y Cajal”.
Instituto
de Astrofísica de Andalucía-CSIC.
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| Publications. |
Co-author of more than 30 publications in journals
with referee included in SCI.
Co-author of more than 40 posters and talks in international conferences.
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| Projects. |
P.I of the project “Ices in the Solar System”
funded by the Programa Intramural de Frontera-2005 del CSIC.
11/05-04/08.
Co-Investigator
of the instrument OSIRIS (“Optical,
Spectroscopic and
Infrared Remote Imaging System”), European Space Agency ROSETTA
mission.
Cooperation with the Instituto Nacional
de Técnica Aeroespacial, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid,
Max-Planck Institute für Sonnensystemforschung (Germany),
Universita di Padova (Italy), Laboratoire d’Astronomie Spatiale
(France),
Astronosmiska Observatoriet (Sweden) y European Space Research
and Technology Center (ESA, Netherlands).
Since 2005.
Co-Investigator
of 7 projects funded by regional or national governments.
1997-2007.
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| Thesis. |
Supervisor of the thesis “Thermophysical evolution of cometary nuclei”
by Marta González. Started in 2006.
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| Stays
in foreign research institutions. |
ESA-ESTEC
(European Space Research and Technology Centre). 1998. 3 months.
Development
of a Montecarlo model for cometary coma.
MAX
PLANCK INSTITUT FUER AERONOMIE. 2000. 2 months.
Development
of a model of cometary rotational evolution.
MAX
PLANCK INSTITUT FUER AERONOMIE. 2001. 1 month.
Development
of software related to OSIRIS.
Laboratoire
d'Astrophysique de Marseille. 2002. 2.6 years
Mainly
devoted to the study of the sublimation of gasses in the evolution of
the rotational states
of cometary nuclei. Estimation of density of various comets
MAX
PLANCK INSTUT FUER SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG. 2005. 2 weeks.
Training
with OSIRIS (Rosetta).
MAX
PLANCK INSTUT FUER SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG 2005. 2 weeks.
Analysis
of the imagens taken with Osiris (Rosetta) of the Deep Impact experiment.
UNIVERSIDAD
DE UPPSALA. 2005. 2 weeks.
Cooperation
to estimate the density of comet 9P/Tempel 1.
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| Committees. |
2006/2007. Observatorio de Sierra Nevada (IAA-CSIC) Time Allocation
Committee.
2007-
Member of the scientific committee of PANIC(Instrument for the 2.2m
telescope of Calar Alto)
2006- Member of the scientific committee of SIDE.
(Instrument for Grantecán)
2007.
Member of the scientific committee of the International Conference on
Crystal Growth and Chemist of Ice Thin Films under Extreme Conditions.
Maón. Menorca. 26-28, April, 2007.
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| Referee. |
Icarus, Meteoritics and Planetary
Science.
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| Outreach. |
Publications
(in Spanish)
El cometa Ikeya nos visita.
Periódico
Ideal. 27 Marzo 2002
Radiantes
bolas de nieve. (Con Silbila López de la Calle)
Periódico
Granada-Hoy. 8 Diciembre 2004
El
planeta que no fue. (Con Silbila López de la Calle)
Periódico
Granada-Hoy. 15 Diciembre 2004
Una
nueva visita cometaria.
Revista
IAA. N 7
Indagando
en el corazón de un cometa (con Luisa M. Lara).
Revista
IAA. N 17.
Qué
fueron, qué son y qué serán los cometas (I,II,III)
(Con Rafael Rodrigo).
Tribuna
de Astronomía y Universo. Nº 53, 54 y 56.
CONFERENCES
(in Spanish)
Deep Impact, ¡Diana!.
IAA.
27.Octubre.2005
Propiedades y características de los cuerpos menores.
1
Conferencia Técnica de Observación astronómica.
Murcia, 13,14-Octubre-2006.
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| Membership |
Division for Planetary Sciences de la American Astronomical Society
(2003-...)
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