1991-1995: Doctor en Física (PhD in Physics). Instituto Balseiro, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo and Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Bariloche, Argentina. Thesis: Anomalous kinetics of bimolecular reaction-diffusion systems. Download pdf (1MB) Supervisor: Prof. Horacio Wio.
1986-1990: Licenciado en Física (MSc in Physics). Instituto Balseiro, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo and Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Bariloche, Argentina. Thesis: Numerical resolution of Fokker-Planck equations. Supervisor: Prof. Horacio Wio.
1984-1986: Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Moved to Bariloche to complete degree, after winning a scholarship at Instituto Balseiro.
1978-1983: Bachiller. Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1999-to date: Scientific researcher (CONICET, Investigador Principal) working at the Statistical Physics Group, Centro Atómico Bariloche (Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica), Bariloche, Argentina.
1997-1998: Invited researcher at the Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme (Max Planck Society), Dresden, Germany.
1995-1997: Postdoctoral researcher at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (UNESCO), Trieste, Italy.
1991-1995: Doctorando at the Centro Atómico Bariloche (Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica), Bariloche, Argentina.
Adjunct Professor, Instituto Balseiro (UNCuyo & CNEA), Bariloche, Argentina (2010 to date).
Category II in the Program of Incentives for Dedication to Research, Comisión Regional de Categorización de la Región Centro-Oeste (2005 to date).
Invited seminars at the Advanced Seminar on Complex Systems Theory (PHYS 500-001, Prof. V. M. Kenkre), Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States (Spring semester 2004).
Invited Professor at Instituto Balseiro, ad hoc in Dynamical Systems and in Mathematics of Biological Systems courses (2002-2010).
Chief Instructor at Instituto Balseiro, in mathematics and physics courses (1999-2010).
Short course on Mathematical modeling of the spread of infectious diseases, taught at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States (2001).
Supervision of Licenciatura and Master Degree theses, Instituto Balseiro, (1999 to date).
Supervision of students and postdocs.
Instructor, at the University of Buenos Aires and at Instituto Balseiro, in mathematics and physics courses.
2019-2021 ANPCyT, Argentina. Materia activa: Movimiento autopropulsado y fenómenos colectivos en sistemas biológicos y sociales (PICT 2018-01181).
2019-2021 Proyecto bienal de investigación SIIP Tipo 1 (Universidad Nacional de Cuyo). Movimiento autopropulsado y fenómenos colectivos en sistemas biológicos y sociales (06/C546).
2017-2022 CONICET, Argentina. Materia activa: Movimiento autopropulsado y fenómenos colectivos en sistemas biológicos y sociales (PIP 112-2017-0100008 CO).
2013-2015 Proyecto bienal de investigación SeCTyP (Universidad Nacional de Cuyo). Modelos dinámicos de desplazamiento animal en medios heterogéneos.
2013 Programa de visitas cientícas al extranjero (PVCE 2013) (Cooperación Bilateral Nivel II). Fenómenos colectivos en sistemas biológicos y sociales: Aplicaciones de herramientas de la Física Estadística. Visita al Instituto de Física de Cantabria (Santander, España).
2013-2019 Senior associate fellow, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy.
2009 Science in Action, Spain. Runner-up in the Contest 2009, category Science Popularization Work on Paper Support. (Entry: Paralaje - La historia de la medición de la distancia a las estrellas, now titled Viaje a las estrellas - de cómo y con qué los hombres midieron el universo.)
2009 Royal Observatory, Greenwich, Inglaterra. Shortlisted in the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2009 contest. (Two photos: The Milky Way over Cordillera del los Andes and Moon and Venus over Mt. Capilla.)
2008-2009 CAPES (Brazil) - MinCyT (Argentina). Two-years grant to support cooperation research with the Institute of Physics, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Dynamics of Epidemics and of social and economic networks" (036/07-017/07).
2005-2006 CONICET, Argentina. Two-years grant to support research in "Mathematical modelling of dynamical processes of heterogeneous populations." (PIP 5414.)
2005-2007 ANPCYT, Argentina. Three-years grant to support the network project "Mathematical eco-epidemiology: applications to the propagation of Dengue and Hantavirus." (PICTR2002-00087)
2004 Consortium of the Americas for Interdisciplinary Science, long term research visit to the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (USA).
2004 CONICET, Argentina. Grant to support the project "Dynamical phenomena in Complex Networks." (PEI 6482)
2003 Fundación Antorchas, Argentina. Grant to support research on mathematical modeling of Hantavirus epidemics and other complex systems. (Project No. 14116-124)
2001-2007 Associate fellow, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy.
2001-2002 Consortium of the Americas for Interdisciplinary Science, long term research visit to the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (USA).
1997-1998 Max-Planck-Society, post-doctoral fellowship at the Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme, Dresden, Germany.
1995-1997 ICTP, post-doctoral fellowship at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy.
1995 CONICET, to continue work at Centro Atómico Bariloche, Argentina.
1993-1994 CONICET, to finish a doctoral work at Centro Atómico Bariloche, Argentina.
1991-1992 CONICET, to begin a doctoral work at Centro Atómico Bariloche, Argentina.
1986-1990 Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, to complete the Licenciatura en Física at Instituto Balseiro, Argentina.
Head of Division Statistical and Interdisciplinary Physics, Centro Atómico Bariloche (2015-2019).
Coordinator of the Academic Commission of the Master in Physical Science, Instituto Balseiro (2011-2013).
Member of the Academic Commission of the Master in Physical Science, Instituto Balseiro, and responsible of the orientation in Complex Systems (2002-2003, 2010-2013).
Organizer of the celebration of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 at Instituto Balseiro.
Secretary of the AFA (Asociación Física Argentina) branch Bariloche (2006-2010).
Editor of the Committee for Diffusion of Activities of the Physics Department, Centro Atómico Bariloche (2008-2010).
Member of the Commission for Diffusion of Activities of the Instituto Balseiro (2009-2010).
Member of the Commission of Self-evaluation of the Master in Medical Physics, Instituto Balseiro (2005-2006).
Referee of Physical Review E, Physical Review Letters, Physics Letters A, Physica A, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics B, Physica Scripta, the Royal Society and other scholarly journals.
Evaluation of peers, admissions and projects (CONICET, ANPCyT, Universities, etc.).
Evaluation of numerous PhD and MSc theses (UNCuyo, UNComahue, UN Mar del Plata, Universidade Estadual de Sao Paulo, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, UBA, etc.).
Languages: fluency in Spanish (mother tongue), English, Italian. Elementary knowledge of French and German.
Extensive experience in the development of scientific programs, mainly in FORTRAN and Mathematica.