Background
Rañada, Antonio Fernandez was born on December 1, 1939 in Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain. Son of Antonio Fernandez Rañada and Maria Menendez de Luarca.
Rañada, Antonio Fernandez was born on December 1, 1939 in Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain. Son of Antonio Fernandez Rañada and Maria Menendez de Luarca.
License science, University Complutense, Madrid, 1963. Doctor of Science, University Complutense, Madrid, 1967. Doctor in Theoretical Physics, University Paris, 1965.
Researcher University Paris, Orsay, France, 1964-1966, Spanish Nuclear Council, Madrid, 1966-1968. Professor physics University Barcelona, Spain, 1968-1970, University Saragosse, Spain, 1972-1976, University Complutense, Madrid, 1970-1972, 76—. Dean physics faculty University Complutense, Madrid, 1978—1986.
President Asturian Council Arts and Science, 2000—2003. Member advisory board for ethics in science research Spanish Foundation of Science, 2001—2005.
Member jury King Juan Carlos Prizes, Oviedo, Spain, since 1984. Fellow Institute Physics United Kingdom. Member Spanish Physical Society (medal 1985), International Association Mathematics Physics, New York Academy of Sciences, Royal Spanish Physical Society (president since 2005), European Physical Society (council member since 2006).
Married Maria Shaw, January 3, 1969. Children: Antonio, Isabel, Ines.