EDUCATION

Electrical Engineer, University of Chile (1968)

MS in Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology (1970)

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Physics, California Institute of Technology (1972)

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Instructor at University of Chile (1968); Professor at Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador (1972 - 1986); Professor at University of Guanajuato, México (1987); Professor at Universidad San Francisco de Quito (1988-).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Telecommunications in Entel-Chile; design of inverters, power supplies and industrial equipment at Avtel Corporation; design, construction and installation of transmitters, repeaters and antennas for AM, FM and TV broadcasting; microwave links and radio communications; and metal structures at Ecuatronix; industrial consulting. Co-founder and member of the board of directors of Universidad San Francisco de Quito (1986-1993). Autor of "Proposal of a Constitution of Humankind".

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

In solid state physics; MOS and bipolar microelectronics; electron magnetic resonance; experimental and theoretical particle physics; quantum gravity; cosmology; particle accelerator physics; particle detectors. Member of the D-zero experiment at the Fermi National Laboratory (1991-). Co-discoverer of the "top" quark.

HOBBY: Mountain climbing, painting and growing avocados.

PURPOSE IN LIFE: To understand nature.