Fecha de nacimiento 2 -4- 1941 Academic degrees: B.Sc.(hons) and M.Sc. ( Poona University, India) Ph.D. in X-ray spectroscopy ( Poona University, India) Present position : Retired Professor in Science Faculty, University of Los Andes, Merida,Venezuela. Also Professor emeritus in Medical Faculty since 1995, University of Los Andes. Merida, Venezuela. Honors, Awards
Honors , Awards and members of Professional societies 1) National prize 1989 2) Polar Foundation Prize 1991 3) Honorary member of Diabetic association of USA . 4) Member of Latin American society of Science. 1995 5) Member of International committee of ICTMC from 1982- 2008 6) Order “ Fray Juan Ramos de Lora ” authorized by University of Los Andes (1991) Books, Invited Chapters and Editorial work 1.Photoconductivity: Arts , Science and Technology, Edited by Marcel and Dekker,1990 2.Selected Papers on Photoconductivity SPIE, Vol.56, Washington Press, 1992 3.Proceeding of Sixth International Conference on Ternary and Multinary Compounds ICTMC , Pergamon Press (1984) Editors : B.Pamplin, N.V. Joshi and C. Schwab 4.Invited Chapter in Atomic force Microscopy Highlights on Ultrastructural Pathology of Human Sperm published in Atomic Force Microscopy in Biomedical Research” Springer ( 2011) Non Academic Publications: The art of solving Sudoku step by step , Outskirts press, USA, 2010 Paper in politics Comments on Cardozas paper on learning, innovation and growth in east Asia and Latin America . Science and public policy,25 (3) 210-211, 1998