Francisco Ynduráin#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 1671 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1995 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SPAIN |
Francisco Ynduráin passed away June 6, 2008.
Positions Held
- Director of the Department of Theoretical Physics (1974 - 1977 and 1981 - 1984), Dean of the Faculty of Science (1975) and Deputy President (1978 - 1981) of the Autonomous University of Madrid, Department of Theoretical Physics
- 1970 Professor, Complutense University and shortly after Autonomous University of Madrid
- 1970 - 1994 Researcher, CERN, as a Senior Scientific Associate (1976 - 1992), and as a member of the Scientific Policy committee (1988 - 1994)
- 1968 - 1970 Fellow, CERN
- 1966 - 1968 Researcher, New York University
- 1966 - 1968 Associate professor, University of Zaragoza
Fields of Scholarship
- Nuclear physics
- Quantum field theory and its application to elementary particles
- Mathematical physics
- High energy physics
Honours and Awards
- 1986 Nominated Cavaliere Ufficiale nell’Ordine al Merito
- 1990 Annual Award of the Royal Spanish Academy of Sciences
- 1992 Elected Member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences
- 1994 Nominated Distinguished Guest by the University of La Plata
- 1995 Elected member of European Academy of Sciences and Arts
- 2001 Nominated member of The World Innovation Foundation
- 2003 Gold medal for scientific excellence of the Spanish Academy of Physics
