Gabriel Jaimes-Illanes
Position: Momentum TFC Researcher (CSIC)
Email: gjaimes@cab.inta-csic.es
Keywords: Astrophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Radio Astronomy, Software Development, Astrochemistry, Extragalactic Physics
I am a Research Technician from Momentum Program of Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). Currently working on the Artificial Intelligence Integral Tool for AstroChemical Analysis project (AI-ITACA) (PI: Víctor M. Rivilla, CSIC, ID: MMT24-CAB-01) at the Astrophysics Department of the Astrobiology Center (CAB, INTA-CSIC) in Madrid, Spain. My research work focuses on the development of AI- analysis based software for scientific data processing of complex spectra, involving the analysis of observations obtained via high-sensitivity radio telescopes for the characterization of the level of chemical complexity in the interstellar medium. I am a PhD candidate in Astrophysics at Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM). I hold a Master of Science in Astrophysics from Universidad de La Laguna (ULL) (Canary Islands, Spain) completed with a full Carolina Foundation scholarship, and a Master in Electronic Science and Technology from Beihang University (BUAA) (Beijing, China) supported by a Chinese Government (CSC) scholarship. I completed my Bachelor in Telecommunications Engineering from "San Pablo" Bolivian Catholic University (UCB). I also completed a JAE Intro ICU research studentship at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA) (Granada, Spain) developing an ML-based framework for HI spectral profile classification.
I have Hands-on observational training with professional telescopes, including radio data at the IRAM 30 m Telescope using EMIR for On-The-Fly and Position Switching observations, and optical experience with the IAC80 Telescope, Isaac Newton Telescope, Mercator Telescope, and Las Cumbres Observatory network, focused on light-curve generation, supernova monitoring, and high-resolution spectroscopy. I have worked in KPI’s Radio performance and planning for Telecommunications Industry in Radio Access Networks of Mobile Technologies; Satellite BSS Communications in the Bolivian Space Agency (ABE) at Amachuma Ground Station (AGS); and for research at the Radiocommunications Laboratory (LRC-UPB).
I obtained robotic-telescopes observation hours and raised funding in the form of x5 free-access education projects to benefit astronomy community, students and educators in Bolivia. This within a NAEC - IAU volunteering role and through collaborations with the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and local foundations.