AGUSTIN MARIA SANCHEZ LAVEGA
- Knowledge area
- Applied Physics
- Department
- Applied Physics I
- Centre
- Faculty of Engineering - Bilbao
- Electronic mail
- agustin.sanchez@ehu.eus
Graduate (1978) Physical Sciences and PhD (1986) extraordinary award. 1980 - 1987: Centro Astronómico Hispano Alemán – Max Planck Institut fur Astronomie. 1987-: Escuela de Ingeniería de Bilbao. Catedrático de Física Aplicada. Head Aula EspaZio Gela. Director Máster en Ciencia y Tecnología Espacial. Author “An Introduction to Planetary Atmospheres” (Taylor-Francis, CRC). 2009-2016: Head del Departamento Física Aplicada I (2009-2016); Solar System Working Group European Space Agency (ESA, 2004-2006);Science program for ESO E-ELT (2017-);Spanich National Committee in Astronnomy (2018-2020): Manager Spanish Astronomy & Astrophysics program (Agencia Estatal de Investigación, 2017-2019). Research in planetary atmospheres, Head Planetary Sciences Group. Co-I spce missions: Venus Express, Mars Express, y JUICE (ESA), Mars 2020 (NASA). Director 17 PhD. 250 papers among them 14 in Science and Nature (4 times cover) and in Nature group. Awards: Outreach and Teaching in Physics at University degree in 2010 and 2014 Real Sociedad Española de Física and 2018 Sociedad Española de Astronomía. In 2016 Premio Euskadi de Investigación del Gobierno Vasco. In 2020 David Bates medal in planetary sciences European Geophysical Union (EGU).