Education

1. Ph.D. Department of Electrical Engineering. The Pennsylvania State University.
   University Park, Pennsylvania. December 2000.
   Thesis: "Physical and Orbital Properties of Micrometeors observed using the 430 MHz Arecibo Observatory Radar."
   Advisor: Dr. John D. Mathews
   Co-advisor: Dr. David D. Meisel (SUNY-Geneseo)
   
2. Master in Science. Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics. The Pennsylvania State University. University Park, Pennsylvania. May 1997
   Thesis: “Temperature Dependence of the X-Ray Transmission of Optical/UV AXAF Filters”
   Advisor: Dr. David N. Burrows
   
3. Licenciatura in Physics. Department of Physics. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires, Argentina. May 1993
   Thesis: “Fast Variation of Hard X-Rays Emitted in Solar Flares”
   Advisor: Dr. Ana Maria Hernandez
   

Professional Experience

1. Sr. Research Scientists. CoRA Div., NWRA Inc., Boulder, CO, USA 03/01/08 - Present.
2. Research Scientist, CoRA Div., NWRA Inc., Boulder, CO, USA 02/01/05-03/01/08.
   
3. Research Scientist II, Cooperative Institute of Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Colorado, USA.
   Period: 02/01/04-01/31-05
   
4. Research Associate, Cornell University, Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico Period: August 2003-January, 2004.
   
5. Visiting Scientist, Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico.Period: 2001-2003
   
6. CEDAR/NSF Postdoctoral Fellow. Department of Electrical Engineering. The Pennsylvania State University. University Park, Pennsylvania.
   Period: 2001-2003 (During this period Diego Janches was a visiting scientist at the Arecibo Observatory)
   
7. Postdoctoral Fellow. Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna, Sweden.
   Period: January 2001-August 2001
   
8. Graduate Research Assistant. Department of Electrical Engineering.
   The Pennsylvania State University. University Park, Pennsylvania.
   Period: 1996-2000
   
9. Graduate Research Assistant. Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics.
   The Pennsylvania State University. University Park, Pennsylvania.
   Period: 1994-1996
   
10. Research Assistant. Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics.
    The Pennsylvania State University. University Park, Pennsylvania.
    Period: 1993-1994
    
11. Undergraduate and Graduate Teaching Assistant. Department of Physics.
    Universidad de Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
    Period: 1990-1993
    
12. Undergraduate Research Assistant.. Department of Medical Physics.
    Hospital Oncologico Angel H. Roffo. Buenos Aires Argentina.
    Period: 1989-1991
    

Field Experience

1. As part of the Visiting Scientist position at Arecibo Observatory and currently as User I participated in several meteor and ionospheric observing campaings as collaborator and principal investigator, using both, radar and lidar. September 2001-Present.
   
2. Participated in the Leonids 1998 and 1999 meteor shower observation campaign at Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico, using the 430/46.8 MHz radars. November 1998 and 1999
   
3. Participated in the Search for Icy comets campaign at Jicamarca Radio Observatory, Peru March 1999
   
4. Participated in the environmental tests of the argentine sattelite SAC-B at Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais. San Jose Dos Campos, Brazil. May and July 1995
   
5. Used the University of Wisconsin Synchrotron Radiation Center multilayer beamline to measure transmission of filters for an X-Ray CCD imaging spectrometer, the main instrument on the Advance X-Ray Astrophysics Facility (aka CHANDRA). June 1995
   
6. Used CCD camera to perform experiments at University of Wisconsin Synchrotron Radiation Center on two occasions. February and May 1994.

Synergistic Activities

1. Local Organizing Committee, Meteoroids 2001, 6-10 August 2001, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna, Sweden.
   
2. Convener for Meteors: Physics, Chemistry and Techniques, Workshop at Coupling, Energetics and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions, Longmont, CO, June 16-25, 2002.
   
3. Local and Technical Organizing Committee, Radar Meteor Workshop, Arecibo Observatory, Arecibo, Puerto Rico, March 2003.
   
4. Guest editor for the Special Issue on Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics of Radar Meteor, Workshop (Prof. John M.C. Plane, Co-Editor), October, 2003.
   
5. Chair for AGU session “Meteors and the Mesopause”, J.S. Friedman co-chair, AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, December 8-12, 2003.
   
6. Guest Editor for “Meteors and the Mesopause” to appear in J. Atmos. Solar Terr. Phys., J.S. Friedman co-editor, 2004.
   
7. Convener for Meteors in the upper atmosphere Workshop at Coupling, Energetics and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR), L. Dyrud co-convener, Santa Fe, NM, June , 2004 , 2005 and 2006.
8. Convener for Research Opportunities in Latin America Workshop at Coupling, Energetics and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR), C. Martinis co-convener, Santa Fe, NM, June , 2006.
9. Convener for Impacts of Meteor in the Atmosphere Session at EGU, Prof. John Plane co-convener, Vienna, Austria, April 2005
   
10. Journal Reviewer for Meteoritics, Geophys. Ress. Lett., IEEE Transaction on Remote Sensing and Geoscience, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Annales Geophysicae, JGR (Atmosphere and Space Physics).
    
11. Proposal reviewer for NSF-ATM, U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF), US Department of State for the Science Centers (ISTC - International Science & Technology Center in Moscow).
    
12. Advisor of the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Summer program at Arecibo Observatory, Summer 2005.
13. Local and Technical Organizing Committee, Concept Development for an Upper Atmospheric Research Facility at the Arecibo Conjugate Magnetic Point in Argentina, Arecibo Observatory, Arecibo, Puerto Rico, April 2006.
    
14. Scientific Organizing Committee, Meteorids 2007
15. Member of the CEDAR Scientific Steering Committee (2006-2009)
16. Comvener for the Meteors in the Upper Atmosphere session at COSPAR 2006, Beinjing, China, July 2006
17. Guest Editor for special issue of meteors in the upper atmosphere at COSPAR Advance Space Research (2006)
18. Guest Editor for special issue of Meteoroids 2007 conference in Earth, Moon and Planets, 2007.
19. Chair of SOC and LOC for Meteoroids 2010 to be held in Breckenridge CO, USA May 24-28, 2010
20. Member of the editorial board of JASTP 2007-2010