Background
González was born in Bayamon, Puerto Rico He received his Bachelor of Science
González was born in Bayamon, Puerto Rico He received his Bachelor of Science
González returned to the island in 1985 and enrolled at the Humacao campus of the University of Puerto Rico to study Applied Physics and Electronics, earning his Bachelor of Science degree in 1988. González completed his Doctor of Philosophy in 1994 at Utah State University.
In Humacao. He was accepted at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1983, he traveled to Massachusetts. He held this position until 1999 when he was named senior research associate. He and Jose Alonso educational officer at the observatory, together with and Maiella Ramos (University of Puerto Rico) created a new program of firsthand research experience in the geosciences for high school students and their teachers and for undergraduates in northwest Puerto Rico.
In 2001, González was named assistant director for space and atmospheric sciences at the radar facility.
On September 29, 2003, González became the first Puerto Rican to be named Director of the observatory. This appointment was made by Robert Brown, director of the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC).
González was responsible for the overall management of the facility, including the executions of basic policy that maintains the observatory at the front of research in astronomy, planetary studies and space and atmospheric science. The appointment to the position of site director was for a three-year term and it expired on September 15, 2006.
In early June 2011 the National Science Foundation (National Science Foundation) announced that the cooperative agreement to manage, operate and maintain the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico for the next five years (from 2011 to 2016) would be awarded to Socially Responsible Investment International.
When González returned to the island, he became the first Puerto Rican member of the scientist staff and named research associate at the observatory. Gonzalez is currently Director for Space and Atmospheric Sciences at the Arecibo Observatory part of Socially Responsible Investment"s Center for Geospace Studies and continues to be a member of the Observatory"s scientific staff