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Photo Surname and name Address + info Biography
ALOY TORAS, MIGUEL ANGEL

ALOY TORAS, MIGUEL ANGEL

PDI-Catedratic/a d'Universitat

(9635) 43080

miguel.a.aloy@uv.es

PERUCHO PLA, MANEL

PERUCHO PLA, MANEL

PDI-Catedratic/a d'UniversitatDirector/a de Servei General

Director del Servei de Llengües i Política Lingüística. Departament d'Astronomia i Astrofísica 96 35 43363

37716

manel.perucho@valencia.edu

Biography
 

I am a professor at the Astronomy and Astrophysics Department, in the Faculty of Physics of the University of València. My research is focused on astrophysical scenarios related to relativistic hydrodynamics. These include extragalactic jets from active galactic nuclei, and outflows in both X-ray binary stars and gamma-ray binary stars. Specifically, I use relativistic magneto-hydrodynamics (RMHD) numerical codes to study extragalactic jet evolution and propagation and morphology, the influence of jets on the evolution of the host active galaxy, parsec-scale jet physics (emission processes, flow dynamics), microquasar jets, and pulsar wind-stellar wind interaction in gamma-ray binaries. I also participate in observational campaigns using radio interferometry techniques (Very Long Baseline Interferometry, VLBI) in collaboration with radioastronomers from different institutions to complement and test my theoretical studies.

So far, I have authored more than 80 papers published in refereed journals, most of them in journals within the first 25% of the field, according to Web of Science. My h-citation factor is now 36, according to the ADS database, and my works have collected more than 3000 citations so far. I regularly referee papers for the different most relevant journals in Astrophysics. I have given more than thirty talks in international scientific meetings, plus around twenty seminars in different universities. I have supervised three PhD thesis: Christian M. Fromm (advisors: Eduardo Ros, Manel Perucho), January 2013, University of Bonn (which obtained the Promotion Prize of the Astronomische Gesellschaft for the best PhD thesis of 2013), Laura Vega-García (advisors: Andrei Lobanov, Manel Perucho), October 2017, University of Cologne, and Jose López-Miralles (advisors: Manel Perucho, Simone Migliari, José María Martí).

I am PI of two research projects financed by the Spanish government and co-PI of another one financed by the Valencian government. I have participated in proposals and observations using VLBI networks such as the European VLBI Network and the Very Long Baseline Array. I have been PI of a Key Science Project of the space radiotelescope Radioastron and projects for the use of supercomputing facilities amounting millions of hours of allocated time. I have written outreach articles for the general press and coordinated two monographs (2009, 2016/17) about Astronomy and Astrophysics in the public science journal of the University of València, Mètode (www.metode.cat). I am currently the Director of the Language and Linguistic Policy division of the University of València.

 

FABREGAT LLUECA, JUAN BAUTISTA

FABREGAT LLUECA, JUAN BAUTISTA

PDI-Catedratic/a d'Universitat

(9635) 43747

juan.fabregat@uv.es

MARTI VIDAL, IVAN

MARTI VIDAL, IVAN

PDI-Titular d'UniversitatCap d'Instrumentacio Astronomica

Despatx 3.08 Dpt. Astronomia i Astrofísica C/ Dr. Moliner 50 46100 Burjassot (València, Spain)

(9635) 43078

i.marti-vidal@uv.es

CERDA DURAN, PABLO

CERDA DURAN, PABLO

PDI-Titular d'UniversitatDirector/a de Departament

Edificio de Investigación Jeroni Muñoz, 4.13 Universitat de València, Campus de Burjassot Dr. Moliner, 50 E46100 - Burjassot (Valencia)

(9635) 44844

pablo.cerda@uv.es

Biography
 

He completed his PhD thesis at the University of Valencia (2003–2006) under the supervision of J.A. Font. After two postdoctoral contracts at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Garching (2006–2011) and in the ERC CAMAP group at UV (2011–2017), he obtained a Ramón y Cajal fellowship (2017–2022). He is currently Associate Professor at the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the UV.

He is involved in gravitational-wave observation as a member of the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) collaboration through the Valencia Virgo Group, of which he has been a member since 2016. He also participates in the development of the Einstein Telescope, the third generation of gravitational-wave detectors. His interests in the field of relativistic astrophysics include the numerical modelling of core-collapse supernovae, magnetized neutron stars and binary neutron star mergers, with special focus on magneto-hydrodynamical turbulence, instabilities and neutron star oscillations.

He has published more than 70 papers (excluding large collaborations), has an h-index of 74 and over 50.000 citations (h-index=31 and 3500 citations, excluding LVK papers), among them 4 PRL, 1 ApJL and 1 Nature (excluding LVK). He has been plenary speaker in international conferences in 18 occasions and has been invited to give seminars more than 20 times. He has been co-PI of two research projects of the Spanish Ministry, has led the Working Group 4 within the COST Action PHAROS, served as Coordinator of Division 7 of the ET Observational Science Board, and is the leader of the research Unit of the University of Valencia in the ET Collaboration.

He has been continuously teaching at UV since 2011, including the Bachelor’s Degree in Physics (and the two associated double degrees), the Master’s Degree in Advanced Physics, and the Bachelor’s Degree in Telematics Engineering. His teaching has included courses such as General Physics III, General Relativity (Master), and Mechanics Laboratory. He has co-supervised 9 PhD theses and is currently supervising another 3, in addition to numerous Master’s and Bachelor’s theses.

Between 2021 and 2024 he served as Department Academic Secretary, and since 2024 he has been the Head of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics.

SANCHIS GUAL, NICOLAS

SANCHIS GUAL, NICOLAS

PI-Invest Cont Ramon y Cajal

Despacho 4.04, Edificio de Investigación Jerónimo Muñoz.

nicolas.sanchis@uv.es

MARTINEZ GARCIA, VICENT JOSEP

MARTINEZ GARCIA, VICENT JOSEP

PDI-Catedratic/a d'Universitat

Observatori Astronòmic - Universitat de València, Parc Científic c/ Catedràtic José Beltrán, 2 46980 Paterna (Valencia) Spain

(9635) 43484

vicent.martinez@uv.es

Biography
 

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MUÑOZ LOZANO, JOSE ANTONIO

MUÑOZ LOZANO, JOSE ANTONIO

PDI-Catedratic/a d'UniversitatDirector/a de l'Observatori Astronomic
PLANELLES MIRA, SUSANA

PLANELLES MIRA, SUSANA

PDI-Titular d'UniversitatCoordinador/a CursCoordinador/a CursSecretari/a de Departament