Hugo Delgado-Granados - Biography and curriculum vitae#

Dr. Hugo Delgado-Granados has shown leadership in scientific activities like founding President of the Latin American Association of Volcanology and Vice-president of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior, Associate Editor of international magazines like Bulletin of Volcanology and Geoscience Data Journal. As an organizer, he is a leader in projects, courses, national and international workshops, forming national and international consortiums with colleagues from North America, Europe, Central and South America. The founding of laboratories such as the University Laboratory of Petrology and infrastructure development such as instrumental monitoring networks at Popocatépetl and Fuego de Colima volcanoes are an essential part of the innovative work with scientific and social impact. Also noteworthy are the performance as an Adviser and Trainer in courses on the evaluation of Geological Hazards in Central and South America, teaching the General Volcanology Course which is taught online since 2011 for several countries in Latin America, as well as governmental entities in Mexico such as the National Center for Disaster Prevention, the National Civil Defense, and Latin America such as Instituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales in Nicaragua, Servicio Nacional de Estudios Territoriales in El Salvador, and Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería of Chile.

Strong relationship with European scientists includes Bo Galle and Santiago Arellano (Chalmers University) in Sweden; Ulrich Platt and Nicole Bobrowski (University of Heidelberg), Donald Dingwell and Corrado Cimarelli (Ludwig Maximillians University, Munich) in Germany; Heribert Insam (University of Innsbruck) in Austria; Stephen Sparks and Mathew Watson (University of Bristol) in the UK; Benjamin van Wyk de Vries, Jean-Claude Thouret, Pablo Samaniego, Jean-Luc Le Pennec, and Andrew Harris (Univerity Clermont Auvergne, Laboratoire de Magmas et Volcans) in France; Wilfried Haeberli, Christian Huggel, Michael Zemp and Frank Paul (University of Zürich) in Switzerland; Mauro Rosi (Università di Pisa), Jacopo Tadeucci (INGV-Rome), Antonio Costa (INGV-Bologna), Salvatore Inguaggiato (INGV-Palermo) in Italy; Arnau Folch (Barcelona Supercomputing Center), Ramón Ortíz Ramis (IG-Escuela Politécnica Nacional), and Nemesio Pérez (Instituto Volcanológico de Canarias) in Spain.

Education

• 1989-1992 D. Sc. in Geology, Tohoku University, Faculty of Sciences, Japan
  
• 1987-1989 M. Sc. in Geology, Tohoku University, Faculty of Sciences, Japan
  
• 1976-1983 Bachelor in Geological Engineering, University of Mexico (UNAM ), Faculty of Engineering

University Research Appointments

• 2017 - present Director, Institute of Geophysics, UNAM
  
• 2016 - 2017 Department Head, Department of Volcanology, Institute of Geophysics, UNAM
  
• 2010 - present Senior Researcher “C”, Department of Volcanology, Institute of Geophysics, UNAM
  
• 2001 - 2010 Senior Researcher “B”, Department of Volcanology, Institute of Geophysics, UNAM
  
• 1997 - 2001 Senior Researcher “A”, Department of Volcanology, Institute of Geophysics, UNAM
  
• 1997 - 2002 Associate Researcher “C”, Department of Volcanology, Institute of Geophysics, UNAM
  
• 1984 - 1986 Associated Technician “B”, Department of Paleomagnetism, Institute of Geophysics, UNAM
  
• 1983 - 1984 Associated Technician “B”, Department of Geomorphology, Institute of Geography, UNAM

University Teaching Appointments

• 1983-present Professor “A”, UNAM, Faculty of Engineering, UNAM
  
• 1985-present Professor “A”, UNAM, Institute of Geophysics, UNAM
  
• 1979-1980 Teaching Assistant, UNAM, Faculty of Engineering, UNAM

Professional Experience

• 1987-1991 Part-time independent consultant geologist
  
• 1980-1982 Consultant Geologist (Estudios Físicos de la Tierra, S. A.)

Visiting Academic Appointments

• 2019 Visiting Profesor, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany
  
• 2011 Visiting Profesor, University of Califronia, Berkeley, EUA
  
• 2010 Visiting Profesor, Servicio Nacional de Estudios Territoriales, San Salvador, El Salvador
  
• 2010 Visiting Profesor, Salta University, Salta, Argentina
  
• 2009 Visiting Profesor, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
  
• 2009 Visiting Profesor, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia Sezione de Palermo, Italia
  
• 2009 Visiting Profesor, Heidelberg University, Germany
  
• 2008 Visiting Professor, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
  
• 2007 Visiting Professor, Tohoku University, Japan
  
• 2006 Visiting Professor, Universidad Nacional de Salta, Argentina
  
• 2005 Visiting Professor, Swiss Federal Institute for Technology, Switzerland
  
• 2004 Visiting Professor, Michigan Technological University, USA
  
• 2003 Visiting Professor, University of Zürich, Switzerland
  
• 2002 Visiting Professor, Michigan Technological University, USA
  
• 2002 Advisor, Instituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales, Nicaragua
  
• 1995 Visiting Scientist, National Hydrology Research Institute, Canada
  
• 1994 Visiting Professor, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA
  
• 1992 Visiting Professor, Tohoku University, Japan

Scientific Appointments

• 2017-present President. National Committee of the International Union of Geodesy and geophysics (IUGG), Mexico
  
• 2017-2019 Chair. Joint Commission on Volcano-Ice interactions. International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior (IAVCEI) and International Association of Cryosphere Sciences (IACS)
  
• 2014-present Member. Consulting Scientific Committee on Geologic Hazards of the National Civil Protection System (SINAPROC-Mexico)
  
• 2014-2016 President. Consulting Scientific Committee on Geologic Hazards of the National Civil Protection System (SINAPROC-Mexico)
  
• 2011-2015 Vice-President. International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior (IAVCEI).
  
• 2010 - 2012 Founding President. Latin American Association of Volcanology (ALVO)
  
• 2009 - present National Correspondent for International Association of Cryosphere Sciences (IACS) of the IUGG
  
• 2008 - present CONICET (Argentina) research project evaluator
  
• 2006 - present FONDECyT (Chile) research project evaluator
  
• 2004 - present Mexican correspondent for the GTNH-LAC (Working Group of Snow and Ice in Latin America and Caribbean) of the International Hydrological Program of UNESCO
  
• 2001 - present External Evaluator of the National Science and Technology Council (CONACYT)
  
• 1999 - present Mexican representative for the Global Land Ice Measurement from Space (GLIMS)
  
• 1999 - present Member of the Advisory Committee of the Metropolitan Geological Survey of Mexico City
  
• 1998 - 2000 Member of the Geological Engineer career committee of the Faculty of Engineering
  
• 1998 - present Screening Committee Member of Mexican Candidates for the scholarship of the Japanese Government.
  
• 1997 - present Member of the Scientific Committee of Colima volcano. Colima state government-Ministry of the Interior
  
• 1999 - 2002 Member of the Internal Council of the Institute of Geophysics, UNAM
  
• 1995 - present Member of the Admisión Committee of the Graduate School on Earth Sciences. Institute of Geophysics, UNAM
  
• 1994 - present Member of the Scientific Committee of the National System of Civil Defense on Geologic Phenomena (Popocatépetl volcano)
  
• 1993 - present National Science and Technology Council (CONACYT-Mexico) research project evaluator
  
• 1993 - 2000 Member of the Mexican Committee on Active Faults
  
• 1984 - present National Correspondent for the World Glacier Monitoring Service of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences-UNESCO

Editorial Commissions

• 2012-2017 Associate editor of the Geoscience Database Journal, Wiley Eds.
  
• 2004-2011 Associate editor of the Bulletin of Volcanology, Springer
  
• 2005-2007 Editor (invited) of the Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, Elsevier
  
• 2003 Guest Editor (special issue) of the Geofísica Internacional journal
  
• 2000 Editor of a Geological Society of America Special Paper
  
• 1993-1994 Guest Editor (special issue) of the journal Geofísica Internacional
  
• 1991-1993 Editorial Board. Institute of Geophysics, UNAM
  

Profesional Affiliations

• 1980 - present Geological Society of México
  
• 1985 - present Mexican Geophysical Union
  
• 1988 - present Geological Society of America
  
• 1992 - present American Geophysical Union
  
• 1997 - present International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior
  
• 1999 - present Mexican Academy of Sciences
  
• 2010 - present Latin American Association of Volcanology

Awards

• 1995 Prize to Civil Merit. Government of the State of Puebla
• 1995 National Research System. National Researcher I
  
• 2001 National Research System. National Researcher II
  
• 2013 Medal to University Merit for 25 years of academic activities
  
• 2014 National Research System. National Researcher III
  
• 2014 National Center for Disaster Prevention recognition for 20 years of civil service as member of the Scientific Committee that studies the eruptive activity of Popocatépetl volcano
  
• 2017 Kraft Medal. Granted by the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior for outstanding contributions to volcanology through service to the scientific community and to communities threatened by volcanic activity
  
• 2019 Merit Medal “Prof. José Santos Valdés”. Granted by the I Legislature of the Mexico City Congress for outstanding contributions to teaching
  
• 2019 Manuel Maldonado Koerdell Medal, Granted by the Mexican Geophysical Union for outstanding research activities, scientific impact and teaching
  
• 2019 Civil Defense National Prize, Honorific Mention. Granted by the Government of Mexico to individuals and groups that represent an example to the comunity for their efforts to protect and establish preparedness against natural phenomena that put at risk to the population

Formation of Human resources

7PhDs, 13 M. Sc, 32 Diploma students.

Scientific Publications

158 publications (SCI journals, proceedings, books and book chapters), 17 maps, 401 congress and meeting papers, 54 scientific outreach publications.

Scientific projects

59 as responsible and/or leader researcher.