Background
Rico, Faruk Fonthal was born on August 19, 1976 in Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Son of Gerardo Fonthal Rivera and Gloria Eugenia Rico Mendoza.
Rico, Faruk Fonthal was born on August 19, 1976 in Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Son of Gerardo Fonthal Rivera and Gloria Eugenia Rico Mendoza.
Degree in Electronic Engineering (honorary), University Autonoma de Occidente, Cali, 1999. Doctor of Philosophy, University Politecnica de Catalunya. Doctor of Philosophy, University Rovira i Virgili, 2006.
Professor occasionally University del Quindio, Armenia, Colombia, 1999—2001. Sales engineering Instrumatic Ltd., Cali, 2001—2001. Professor University Autonoma de Occidente, since 2007.
Group leader-director Advanced Materials Micro and Nanotech., Cali, since 2008.
Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Electrochemical Society, Electron Devices Society.
Married Clara Eugenia Goyes Lopez, March 15, 2008.