Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Gustavo E. Romero

• Personal data
  Birthdate: September 20, 1964
  Nationality: Argentinian
  Married, 1 child

• University studies
  -Licenciado en Fisica (M.S. Physics), University of La Plata, 1991.
  -Ph.D. (Physics), University of La Plata,  1995

• Research interests
  Gamma-ray Astrophysics, Supernova Remnants, Blazar Continuum Variability, Cosmic ray Astrophysics, Relativistic Objects, Foundations of Science

• Awards and honors
  -Vatican Fellow, Vatican Observatory 1993
  -Honorable Mention, Gravity Foundation Research Awards 1998
  -"Bernardo Houssay Prize"  in Astronomy, 2003. (Prize to the best young researcher in the country, granted by the Secretary of Sciences)
  -"Enrique Gaviola Prize" 2003, National Academy of Science (The highest Argentinian Prize in Science)
  -President, Argentinian Astronomical Society, 2005 - 2008.
  

• Postgraduate and postdoctoral research
  -Postdoctoral Fellow of CONICET, IAR, 1995-1998. 
  -Postdoctoral Fellow (FAPESP), Instituto Astronomico e Geofisico, Sao Paulo, Brasil. 1997-1998.

• Positions held
  -Founding Member and Head, Grupo de Astrofisica Relativista del Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomia, IAR, 2000-Present.
  -Research Scientist, National Reasearch Council, CONICET, since 1998 (permanent position).
  -Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, University of La Plata, 2001-2002
  -Visiting Research Scientist, Center for Astrophysics, Guangzhou University, China, April 2001.
  -Guest Research Scientist, Max Planck Institut für Kernphysik, (MPIfK), Germany, Sept-Nov, 2001.
  -Visiting Professor, Université de Paris VII, France, June-July, 2002
  -Visiting Professor, Barcelona University, Spain, November 2002
  -Guest Research Scientist, Max Planck Institut für Kernphysik, (MPIfK), Germany, March-June, 2003
  -Visiting Scientist, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong, China, October-November 2003, May-June 2004
  -Visiting Professor, Barcelona University, Spain, February-March 2005.
  -Adjunct Professor of Relativistic Astrophysics, University of La Plata, 2005-2006.
  -Associate Professor of Relativistic Astrophysics, University of La Plata, 2006-Present.
  -Visiting Professor, Universidade Estadual de Campinas -UNICAMP, April 2007.
  -Guest Research Scientist, Max Planck Institut für Kernphysik, (MPIfK), Germany, June-July, 2007.
  -Visiting Professor, Barcelona University, Spain, October-November 2007.
  -Guest Research Scientist, Max Planck Institut für Kernphysik, (MPIfK), Germany, June-July, 2008.
  

• Teaching experience
  -Asisstanships, and Head of Practical Works. Department of Mathematics of University of La Plata, Argentina, 1998-2001
  -Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of La Plata, 2001-2002
  -Adjunct Professor of Relativistic Astrophysics, University of La Plata, 2005- Present.
  -Associate Professor of Relativistic Astrophysics, University of La Plata, 2006-Present.
  

• Master (Licenciatura) Thesis supervision
  -Mrs. Laura Chajet. Director of her M. Sc. (Astronomy) thesis:  "Binary system black holes in 3C 273",  University of La Plata.  Aproved with the highest marks on April 2003
  -Mr. Sebastián E. Nuza, Director of his M. Sc. (Physics) thesis: "Origins of the periodic variability in the BL Lacertae object AO 0235+164", University of Buenos Aires. Aproved with the highest marks on July 2003
  -Ms. Mariana Orellana. Director of her M. Sc. (Astronomy) thesis:  "High energy emission in accreting neutron stars",  University of La Plata.  Aproved with the highest marks on March 2004
  -Ms. Anabella Araudo. Director of her M. Sc. (Astronomy) thesis. "Blazars extreme micro-variability"; University of La Plata. Aproved with the highest marks on December 2005
  -Ms. Gabriela Vila. Director of her M. Sc. (Astronomy) thesis:  "Hadronic processes around galactic black holes". University of Buenos Aires. Aproved with the highest marks on March 2007.
  -Ms. María Victoria del Valle. Director of her M. Sc. (Astronomy) thesis: "Gamma-ray absorption in Cygnus X-1"; University of La Plata, in progress.
  -Ms. Florencia Vieyro.Director of her M. Sc. (Astronomy) thesis: "Non-thermal processes in the corona of accreting black holes"; University of La Plata, in progress.
  

• Ph.D. Thesis supervision
  -M. Sc. Ernesto Eiroa, Director of his Ph. D. (Physics) thesis: "Topics in gravitational lensing with relativistic objects". University of Buenos Aires. Aproved with the highest marks on May 29, 2002.
  -M. Sc. Marina Kaufman, Director of her Ph. D. (Physics) thesis: "High energy emission from compact objects in the Galaxy". University of Buenos Aires. Aproved with the highest marks on December 2004. Giambiagi prize to the best PhD thesis in physics.
  -M. Sc. Ileana Andruchov, Director of her Ph. D. (Astronomy) thesis: "Rapid photo-polarimetric variability of AGNs". University of La Plata. Aproved with the highest marks on September 2006.
  -M. Sc. Mariana Orellana, Director of her Ph. D. (Astronomy) thesis: "Gamma-ray emission in accreting binaries". University of La Plata. Aproved with the highest marks on December 2007.
  -M. Sc. Anabella Araudo, Director of her Ph. D. (Astronomy) thesis: "Theoretical studies of gamma-ray sources". University of La Plata. In course.
  -M. Sc. Matias Reynoso, Co-director of his Ph. D. (Physics) thesis: "Astrophysics of neutrino sources". University of Mar del Plata. In course.
  -M.Sc. Gabrila S. Vila, Director of her Ph. D. (Astronomy) thesis: "Theoretical studies on radiative processes in compact gamma-ray sources". University of Buenos Aires. In course.
  

• Activities as evaluator of Ph.D. Thesis
  -Member of the Jury. PhD. Thesis: "Discovery and study of the microquasar LS 5039 and search for new microquasars", by Marc Ribó Gomis. Univertat de Barcelona, Barcelona, November 2002.
  -Member of the Jury. Ph.D. Thesis: "Evolution of White Dwarfs of low and intermediate mass", by Aldo M. Serenelli. University of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina, December 2002.
  -Member of the Jury. Ph.D. Thesis: "Study of the brightness variability in blazars", by Tania Pereira Dominici. Sao Paulo Univerity, Sao Paulo, Brazil, February  2003.
  -Member of the Jury. Ph.D. Thesis: "Optical and X-ray study of O stars in Carina nebula", by Facundo Albacete Colombo. University of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina, March 2004.
  -Member of the Jury. Ph.D. Thesis: "Broadband emission from high-energy processes in microquasars", by Valenti Bosch-Ramon. Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, April 2006.
  -Member of the Jury. Ph.D. Thesis: "Stellar evolution in binary systems ", by María Alejandra de Vito. University of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina, August 2006.
  -Member of the Jury. Ph.D. Thesis: "Ground detectors and the chemical composition of cosmic rays", by Alberto D. Supanitsky. University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 2007.
  -Member of the Jury. Ph.D. Thesis: "The Pierre Auger Observatory at low energies: analysis of its capabilities and possible improvements", by María Clementina Medina. University of General San Martín, Argentina, November 2007.
  -In addition, Member of the Jury of several Master Thesis.
  

• Project direction
  -Director, Astronomy Research Project. "Variability of active galactic nuclei"; Fundacion Antorchas - Argentina, 1999
  -Director, Astronomy Research Project. "Theoretical and observational research in relativistic astrophysics of blazars and other compact objects"; Fundacion Antorchas - Argentina, 2001 - 2004
  -Director, Astronomy Research Project. "Observational studies on the rapid variability of southern active galactic nuclei (PICT 03-04881)". National Scientific Agency (ANPCT) - Argentina, 1999 - 2002
  -Director, Astronomy Research Project. "Astrophysics of AGNs and high-energy Galactic objects (PIP 0430/98)". National Research Council (CONICET) - Argentina, 2002-2003
  -Director, International Astronomy Research Project. "Astrophysics or galactic gamma-ray sources (A01U01)", Programme de Cooperation ECOS-SETCIP (France-Argentina), 2002-2006
  -Director, International (Argentina-Spain) Astronomy Research Project: "Astrophysics of gamma-ray sources and microquasars", Fundaciòn Antorchas- Argentina 2004-2005.
  -Director, Astronomy Research Project. "Theoretical and observational research in high energy astrophysics (PICT 03-13291)"; National Scientific Agency (ANPCyT)- Argentina, 2004 - 2007
  -Director, Astronomy Research Project. "Theoretical and observational research in relativistic astrophysics (PIP 5375/04)"; National Research Council (CONICET) - Argentina 2006 - 2007.
  

• Peer reviews for international journals
  -The Astrophysical Journal
  -Astronomy and Astrophysics
  -The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  -Astronomy and Astrophysics Letters
  -Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  -Astrophysics and Space Science
  -Boletín de la Asociación Argentina de Astronomía
  -Invenio
  -International Journal of Modern Physics B
  

• Membership of international scientific committees
  -The Pierre Auger Project Collaboration Meeting, Valle Grande, Argentina, 1996. Sientific Organizing Committee (SOC): M.T. Dova, C. Escobar P. Mantsch, L. Masperi, G.E. Romero, A. Watson.
  -The Nature of Galactic High Energy Gamma-Ray Sources, an international workshop at INAOE, Tonantzintla, October 2000. SOC: A. Carramiñana, O. Reimer, K. Brazier, G. Kanbach, D. Thompson, M. Baring, M. Catanese, G.E. Romero, R. Romani, Dale Frail.
  -The Multiwavelength Approach to Unidentified Gamma-Ray Sources, an international workshop at Hong Kong University, China, May 2004. SOC: F. Aharonian, A. Carramiñana, K.S. Cheng, O. De Jager, I. Grenier, R. Manchester, S. Mereghetti, G.E. Romero, D. Thompson, H. Völk.
  -IAU Symposium N. 230: Populations of High-Energy Sources in Galaxies. Dublin, Ireland, 15-19 August 2005. SOC: E.J.A. Meurs, G. Fabbiano, L. Bassani, B. McBreen, H.-Y. Chu, C. Done, G. Hassinger, G. Koenigsberger, K. Koyana, V. Lipunov, M. Mas-Hesse, Th. Montmerle, G. E. Romero, Z. Wang.
  -The Multi-Messenger Approach to High-Energy Gamma-Ray Sources, an international workshop at the University of Barcelona, Spain, July 2006.
  -High-Energy Phenomena in Relativistic Outflows I (HEPRO I), an international conference at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin, Ireland, September 2007.
  -4th Heidelberg International Symposium on High Energy Gamma Ray Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany, July 2008.
  -High-Energy Phenomena in Relativistic Outflows I (HEPRO II), Buenos Aires, 2009

• Astronomical observations
  Accepted proposals and observations with , among others, the following instruments:
  
  -Chandra X-Ray Observatory, 5 ksec exposure of Cygnus region, August 2002.
  -INTEGRAL satellite, 200 ksec exposure of eta-Carinae, " Grade A" level proposal, scheduled 2003/2004.
  -INTEGRAL satellite, 200 ksec exposure of Cygnus region, "Grade A"level proposal, scheduled 2003/2004.
  -INTEGRAL satellite, 50 ksec exposure of Wolf Rayet stars, scheduled 2003.
  -Australian Telescope Compact Array, observations of Wack WR star, 2001.
  -Green Bank 43-m radio telescope, observations in 1996 y 1998.
  -CASLEO observatory, multiple observations between 1997 and present day.
  -Itapetinga radio observatory, multiple observations in 1997 and 1998.
  -XMM-Newton satellite,65 ks observation allocated to study an unidentified TeV source, 2007.
  -AGILE satellite AO-1 Guest Observer, 2008.
  -GMRT, MERLIN, Calar Alto, VLA, etc.

• Some international meetings attended
  -IV Canary Island Winter School on infrared astronomy, Tenerife, Spain, December 7 - December 18, 1992.
  -IV Summer School in Observational Astronomy and Astrophysics: Cosmology. Castel Gandolfo, Rome, Italy. June- July - 1993.
  -13th International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation, Huerta Grande, Argentina , June 28 - July 4, 1992.
  -IAU VIII Latin-American Meeting, Montevideo, Uruguay, November 27 - December 1, 1995.
  -Workshop on Blazar Variability, Miami International University, Miami, USA, February 4 - 7, 1996.
  -II International Conference on Cosmoparticle Physics COSMION-96, Moscow, Russia, May 25 - June 5, 1996.
  -The Pierre Auger Project Collaboration Meeting, Valle Grande, Argentina , September 7 - 13, 1996.
  -First School on Astroparticle Physics Institute of Astronomy and Space Physics Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 1-12, 1999.
  -Iberoamerican School on Astrobiology and the Origin of the Universe. Caracas, Venezuela. November 28 to December 8, 1999.
  -XXV Reuniao Anual da SAB, Caxambu, MG, Brazil, August 1 - August 5, 1999.
  -The Fifth Compton Symposium, Portsmouth, NH, USA, September 14 - September 17, 1999.
  -4th INTEGRAL Workshop: Exploring the Gamma-Ray Universe, Alicante, Espana, September 4 -8, 2000.
  -First Workshop on Unidentified Gamma-Ray Sources, Puebla, Mexico, October 9-12, 2000.
  -Science with H.E.S.S., an international workshop held at Ringberg Castle, Germany, November 4-10, 2001.
  -Pulsars, Supernova Remnants, and High Energies, an international meeting held at the Unniversity of Paris VII, Paris, June 24, 2002.
  -Marcel Grossman Meeting, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 19, 2003.
  -5th INTEGRAL Workshop: The integral Universe, Munich, Germany, Febrary 16-20, 2004.
  -The Multiwavelength approach to Unidentified Gamma-Ray Sources, Hong-Kong, China, June 1-4, 2004.
  -The Fifth Microquasar Workshop, Beijing, China, June 7-14, 2004.
  -Einstein Legacy Conference, Munich, Germany, November 7-11, 2005.
  -Challenges of Relativistic Jets,Cracow, Poland, June 25 - July 1, 2006.
  -The Multi-Messenger Approach to High Energy Gamma-Ray Sources, Barcelona, Spain, July 3-7, 2006.
  -Massive Stars: Fundamental Parameters and Circumstellar Interactions, Cariló, Argentina, December 11-14, 2006.
  -Cherenkov Telescope Array Meeting, Paris, March 1-2, 2007.
  -SKA 17th ISSC Meeting, San Juan, March 26-31, 2007.
  -International Workshop on Clumping in Hot-star winds, Postdam, Germany, June 18-22, 2007.
  -Non-thermal Hadronic Processes in Galactic Sources, MPIfK, Heildelberg, January 14-16, 2008.
  

• Other activities
  -Member of the Collaboration Board, Pierre Auger Project, 1996-2000.
  -Member of IAU, since 1997.
  -Visiting Astronomer, CASLEO Observatory, since 1997.
  -Member of the Advisory Committee of CONICET, 2006-2008.
  -Member of the Directive Committee, IAR, 2007-Present.
  -Member of the Editorial Board, INVENIO (Academic Journal published by the Centro de Estudios Latinoamericano).
  -Invited Lecturer, Universities of Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Liege, Barcelona, Paris, Shangai Observatory, Service d´Astrophysique (Saclay), Max Planck Institut fur Kernphysik (Heidelberg), Max Plank Insitute fur Radioastronomie (Bonn), IASF (Bologna), etc.

• Publications
  -More than 160 international papers, 2 books, 10 review articles, and 11 national papers. Over 2000 citations in the literature. Parameter h=27. See publication list.

• Additional interests
  Philosophy, Early Christian Thought, Literature (especially Russian and French).

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