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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