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The IAU OAE National Astronomy Education Coordinator team for Mexico

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Raúl Mújica
Raúl Mújica
Team Chair, NAEC team - Mexico
National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics (INAOE)


Raúl Mújica García is a researcher in the Astrophysics Department at the National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics an Electronics (INAOE). He is a member of the IAU, the Mexican Academy of Sciences, and the National System of Researchers.


Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2024

Luis Alberto Aguilar Chiu
Prof Luis Alberto Aguilar Chiu
Team Member, NAEC team - Mexico
Instituto de Astronomía/UNAM


My Ph.D. in Astronomy is from Univ. of California/Berkeley in 1985. I was a postdoc in the Harvard-SmithI got my Ph.D. in UC/Berkeley. I am a professor in the Instituto de Astronomía at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. My field is Stellar and Galactic Dynamics.


Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2024

Bernardo Cervantes Sodi
Dr Bernardo Cervantes Sodi
Team Member, NAEC team - Mexico
Instituto de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México


I got my B.A. degree in Physics Engineering from the Universidad Iberoamericana and my MSc and PhD in Astronomy from the Institute of Astronomy of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). My first postdoctoral appointment was at the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute in Daejeon, South Korea, my second appointment was at the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory in China and my last one at the Korea Institute for Advance Studies in Seoul, South Korea. Since 2015 I am associate researcher at the Instituto de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica of the UNAM. I'm interested in the study of the structure, morphology and evolution of galaxies. Recently, my work is focused on the formation and evolution of barred galaxies in different environments and the formation processes of low surface brightness galaxies. Currently, I am head of the public outreach department at my institute.


Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2024

Vicente Hernandez
Dr Vicente Hernandez
Team Member, NAEC team - Mexico
Planetario de Cozumel-COQCYT


I'm astronomer and science communicator. I got a Ph.D in astronomy in UNAM-campus Morelia, Mexico. I have been involved in several projects of outreach and science communication, including my own "Las narices de Tycho" ("Tycho's Noses")


Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2024

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Astronomy Education in Mexico

For more information on Astronomy Education in Mexico, see the Astronomy Education in Mexico document (PDF file 211.77 kB Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) icons) prepared by our NAEC team