The INAOE Astrophysics Staff

Director General

Coordinador de Astrofísica

ACADEMIC STAFF

Faculty

Itziar Aretxaga   (itziar@inaoep.mx)
Active galaxies, Cosmology

Elias Brinks   (ebrinks@inaoep.mx)
Dwarf galaxies, interacting galaxies, Aperture synthesis imaging

Octavio Cardona   (ocardona@inaoep.mx)
Stellar atmospheres, Wolf-Rayet stars

Alberto Carramiñana   (alberto@inaoep.mx)
High energy astrophysics, pulsars, LMT observatory
Coordinador de Astrofísica

Esperanza Carrasco   (bec@inaoep.mx)
Optical and near-infrared instrumentation, multi-fibre spectroscopy

Luis Carrasco   (carrasco@inaoep.mx)
Stellar rotation, ISM, AGNs, galactic clusters
GTM/LMT project scientist

Miguel Chávez Dagostino   (mchavez@inaoep.mx)
Stellar atmospheres, stellar populations

Vahram Chavushyan   (vahram@inaoep.mx)
Active Galaxies

Manuel Corona   (mcorona@inaoep.mx)
Cosmology and relativistic hydrodynamics

Jose Guichard   (jguich@inaoep.mx)
AGNs, Seyferts
General Director of INAOE (2001-2006)

David Hughes   (dhughes@inaoep.mx)
Millimeter Astronomy, cosmology

Eugueni Lekth   (lekht@inaoep.mx)
Radio astronomy, water masers

Omar López-Cruz   (omarlx@inaoep.mx)
Clusters of Galaxies: Optical and X-rays properties, Galaxy Evolution. Cosmology

Divakara Mayya   (ydm@inaoep.mx)
Galaxies, ISM, star formation

Emmanuel Mendez Palma   (emendez@inaoep.mx)
GTM/LMT Project manager

Eduardo Mendoza   (mend@inaoep.mx)
Radio astronomy, solar physics

Raúl Mújica   (rmujica@inaoep.mx)
Active galaxies, X-Ray Sources

Alejandro Palma   (apalma@inaoep.mx)
Molecular astrophysics, quantic chemistry
Part-time professor from BUAP

Manolis Plionis  (mplionis@inaoep.mx)
Observational cosmology, Large-scale structure and velocity fields, clusters of galaxies: dynamics
At INAOE on sabatical leave from NOA Greece

Ivanio Puerari   (puerari@inaoep.mx)
Galaxies, N-Body simulations

Elsa Recillas   (elsare@inaoep.mx)
ISM, AGNs, elliptical galaxies, star formation

Alfonso Serrano Pérez-Grovas   (ping@inaoep.mx)
Elliptical galaxies, ISM
Principal Investigator GTM/LMT and LMT Observatory Director

Nicolai Silantiev   (silant@inaoep.mx)
Maser observations and turbulence, Spirality fluctuations and alpha-effect

Sergiy Silich   (silich@inaoep.mx)
Shock waves, starburst galaxies, Interstellar Hydrodynamics

Guillermo Tenorio Tagle   (gtt@inaoep.mx)
Hydrodynamics, Nuclear Starburst

Elena Terlevich   (eterlevi@inaoep.mx)
Violent star formation. Primordial abundances

Roberto Terlevich   (rjt@inaoep.mx)
Observational Cosmology, Formation and evolution of galaxies, Starbursts and AGNs

Hrant Tovmassian   (hrant@inaoep.mx)
Extragalactic astronomy, flare stars

José Ramón Valdés   (jvaldes@inaoep.mx)
Active Galaxies, Starburst-AGN Connection

William F. Wall   (wwall@inaoep.mx)
Millimeter astronomy, galactic spirals

Postdocs

Diego Malquori   (malquori@inaoep.mx)
AGN evolution

Mónica Rodríguez   (mrodri@inaoep.mx)
Intestellar medium, HII regions

Nelson Vera Villamizar   (nelson@inaoep.mx)
Dynamics and morphology of spiral galaxies, nuclear structures.

TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Computing and Electronics

Gustavo Escobedo (gescobe@inaoep.mx)
Tomás Flores (tflores@inaoep.mx)
Esther Hernández  (heme@inaoep.mx) -on leave-
Angeles López (angeles@inaoep.mx)
Benito Orozco (orozco@inaoep.mx)
Moises Reyes (moises@inaoep.mx)
Francisco Sánchez (fsanchez@inaoep.mx)

Plates and Camera Schmidt

Carlos Escamilla Castillejos (Cámara Schmidt)
Graciela González Campuzano (Placas)
Saula Tepanecatl Mani  (Placas)

Secretaries

Media

Gabriela López (glopez@inaoep.mx)

Support Staff at the Observatorio Astrofísico Guillermo Haro in Cananea

Edgar Castillo (cade@inaoec.mx)
Head of the Observatory
Sergio Noriega (snoriega@inaoec.mx)
Jorge Salazar Reyes
Leonel Gastelum Salido
Gerardo Miramon Mendoza
Francisco Miramón Mendoza
René Castro Iriqui
Raúl González Holguín
Leonardo Ruíz Ballesteros
Efrain Saínz Ramírez
Luis Fernando  Villalobos

STUDENTS

Graduated

Raúl Mújica (PhD INAOE; 1997)
Postdoct at Observatory of Strassburg, France (1997-1998)
Faculty appointment at INAOE (from 1998)
Omar López-Cruz (Univesity of Toronto, Canada; June 9, 1997)
Faculty Appointment at INAOE
Hector Bravo (PhD France 1997)
Faculty appointment at Universidad de Guanajuato, México
José Ramón Valdés (PhD INAOE 1999)
Junior Appointment at INAOE
Oscar Martinez (PhD INAOE;1998)
Faculty appointment at Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla.
Laura Colombón   (PhD INAOE 2001)
Junior Appointment at INAOE
Margarita Valdez   (mago@inaoep.mx; PhD INAOE 2001)
Postdoc appointment at Observatoire de Paris-LERMA, France (2002).
Postdoc (visitor) at Mount Stromlo Observatory, Australia (2003).
Faculty appointment at Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad Autónoma de Guanajuato (2003).
Aaron Flores Gil   (PhD INAOE 2001)
Postdoc appointment at NASA/Goddard
Alicia Porras   (PhD INAOE 2001)
Postdoc appointment at IAUNAM, Morelia
Leobardo Alfaro   (lalfaro@inaoep.mx; PhD INAOE 2001)
Postdoc appointment at Observatoire de Marseille, France (2002)
Faculty appointment at Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua (2003)
Cesar Alvarez   (calvarez@inaoep.mx; PhD INAOE 2002)
Postdoc appointment at Jodrell Bank, UK (2004).
Daniel Rosa   (danrosa@inaoep.mx; PhD INAOE 2002)
Postdoc appointment at Imperial College, England (2003-2004).
Abraham Luna   (aluna@inaoep.mx; PhD INAOE 2003)

They joined us some time ago

Agustin Marquez   (amarquez@inaoep.mx)
Antonio Piceno   (apiceno@inaoep.mx)

They joined us in 1995

Emilio Romano   (eromano@inaoep.mx)
Roberto Romano   (rromano@inaoep.mx)

They joined us in 1996

Pablo Barrera Pineda   (pbarrera@inaoep.mx)
Omar Yam Gamboa   (oyam@inaoep.mx)

They joined us in 1998

Ramiro A. Calleja Valdez   (rcalleja@inaoep.mx)
Gallardo Del Angel Agustin   (delfin-x@inaoep.mx)
Molar Velazquez Gabriela   (premolar@inaoep.mx)
Díaz Hernández Raquel   (raqueld@inaoep.mx)
Velazquez de la Rosa B. Miguel   (miyang@inaoep.mx)
Castillo Dominguez Edgar   (cade@inaoep.mx)
Ortiz Palacios Martha M.   (ahtramop@inaoep.mx)
García Flores Perla C.   (scarlet@inaoep.mx)
Ferrusca Rodríguez Daniel   (dferrus@inaoep.mx)
Grimaldi Urbiola Cesar A.   (grimaldi@inaoep.mx)
Torres Papaqui Juan P.   (papaqui@inaoep.mx)
Avilé Urbiola José Luis   (aviles@inaoep.mx)
Rodríguez Merino L. Hector   (linorome@inaoep.mx)
Vega Olga (ovega@inaoep.mx)

GENERAL E-MAIL ACCOUNTS

Coordinación de Astrofísica: astrofi@inaoep.mx

Observatorio de Cananea: inaoecan@pcdlink.com

Gran Telescopio Milimétrico / Large Millimeter Telescope: lmt@inaoep.mx

Programa de Investigación Guillermo Haro: progharo@inaoep.mx

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