Jose Antonio Garcia-Barreto

Background

Garcia-Barreto, Jose Antonio was born on April 13, 1954 in Toluca, Mexico. Son of Jose and Esperanza (Barreto) Garcia-Barreto.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Elec. Engineering, University of the Americas, Cholula, Puebla, 1976; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982.

Career

Associate investigator Institute Astronomia, U. Nacional Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City, since 1982. Visiting scientist Massachusetts Institute of Technology/CFA Cambridge, 1983, 85, Institute Radio Astronomie Millimetrique, Grenoble, France, 1989-1990, Max Planck Institute für Radioastronomie, Bonn, 1990-1991.

Achievements

• Jose Antonio Garcia-Barreto has been listed as a noteworthy Astronomer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Astronomical Society, International Astronomical Union, Sociedad Mexicana Fisica, Mexico Academy Sciences.

Interests

• Avocations: marathons, football soccer, swimming, basketball, squash.

Connections

Married Lorena Giron-Orozco, July 28, 1979. Children: Lorena, Jose Antonio.

Father:

Jose Garcia-Barreto

Mother:

Esperanza (Barreto) Garcia-Barreto

Spouse:

Lorena Giron-Orozco

child:

Lorena Garcia-Barreto

child:

Jose Antonio Garcia-Barreto