MEMBERS

Dr. Andrés J. Kreiner – (andreskreiner@gmail.com) Professor of Physics at the National University of General San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina. R&D at CNEA in nuclear physics and accelerator technology and head of Accelerator Technology and Applications department. Experimental nuclear physicist devoted to applications of nuclear techniques in the biomedical sector. Superior investigator at CONICET.

Dr. Rodolfo M. Id Betan (idbetan@gmail.com), Associate professor Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Independent Researcher of Conicet, Director of the group Relativistic Quantum Theories and Gravitation of the Institute of Physics of Rosario, Coordinator of the Nuclear Physics Division of the Argentine Physics Association, Research in Theoretical Nuclear Physics: Microscopic nuclear structure of rare nuclei and microscopic calculation of alpha half-life time. 

Dr. Alejandro Valda (avalda@unsam.edu.ar) Associate professor, Medical Physics group, School of Science and Technology, National University of General San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Medical physicist in the area of nuclear medicine.

Dr. Leandro Romero Gasques (lgasques@if.usp.br). Associate professor of the Physics Institute of the University of São Paulo. Experimental physicist in the area of ​​low-energy nuclear reactions. Director of the Open Nuclear Physics Laboratory of the Pelletron Accelerator (LAFNA).

Dra. Leticia Faria D. Palhares ( leticiapalhares@gmail.com). Associate professor, Department of Theoretical Physics, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Theoretical physicist in the area of High Energy Physics.

Nilberto Heder Medina ( medina@if.usp.br). Associate professor at the Institute of Physics of the University of São Paulo. Experimental nuclear physicist who works in the area of ​​nuclear structure with gamma-ray spectroscopy and also in radiation effects in electronic systems. 

Dr. Rafael Correa (rcorrea@utem.cl) , Full Professor of the Department of Physics of the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Mathematics and the Environment of the Metropolitan Technological University of Chile (UTEM).

Dr. José Barea (jbarea@udec.cl). Associate professor of the Departamento de Física de la Universidad de Concepcion. Theoretical nuclear physicist specialized in nuclear structure. Spectroscopic studies for ground and the first excited states in medium and heavy nuclei using the interacting boson model. Research in nuclear masses, neutrinoless double beta decay matrix elements and also the study of octupolar deformed nuclei. 

Dr. Diego Torres (datorresg@unal.edu.co), Associate Professor, Department of Physics, National University of Colombia. PhD in Nuclear Physics, and Physicist from the National University of Colombia. Post-doctoral experience from the University of the "West of Scotland",  in Scotland, United Kingdom; and Rutgers University, United States. Guest Researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and at the TRIUMF Nuclear Physics Laboratory in Canada. Head of Extension and Knowledge Transfer of the National University of Colombia, Bogotá headquarters. Coordinator of strategic projects and communications of the Faculty of Sciences. Member of the International Mission of Wise Men 2019, as technical secretary and rapporteur of the Basic and Space Sciences focus. Participation in the creation and consolidation of transfer projects of research results at various locations of the National University of Colombia, including the Amazonas location. Coordinator of the innovation program, transfer of knowledge and entrepreneurship from the National University from Colombia

Dr. Arnold Molina Porras ( ARNOLD.MOLINAPORRAS@ucr.ac.cr), 

Dr. Mario Cubero (mario.cubero@ucr.ac.cr)

Dra. Amaya Ofelia Casanova Díaz (ocasanova@instec.cu), 

Full professor of the Instituto Superior de Tecnologías y Ciencias Aplicadas (InSTEC)), Secretay of the Comité de Doctorado de Ciencias y Tecnologias Nucleares of teh InSTEC, Vice-director of the Departamento de Física Nuclear del InSTEC - Universidad de la Habana.

Dr. Iván Padrón Díaz (ipadron@ceaden.edu.cu), Senior Researcher, Adjunct Professor of InSTEC, Director of CEADEN (Center for Technological Applications and Nuclear Development) and President of the Scientific Council of CEADEN.

Dr. Esteban Irribarra  (esteban.irribarra@epn.edu.ec)  Dr. Esteban Irribarra is a Researcher at Physics Department in Escuela Politécnica Nacional Quito-Ecuador. His research projects deal with radiation interaction with matter.  

Dr. Carlos Granja (carlos.granja@vsb.cz), associate professor at the VSB Technical University Ostrava, Czech Rep, and specialist at Advacam, Prague - Czech Republic. Nuclear engineer. PhD in Experimental nuclear physics. Specialized in position-sensitive radiation detectors and novel techniques for spectrometry, radiation imaging, and particle tracking. Nuclear/radiation applications in outer space, space weather, cosmic rays, particle therapy. Nuclear physics research with small / low-energy particle accelerators. Neutron physics and neutron spectrometry. Radiation shielding.

Dr. Héctor Alva-Sánchez (halva@fisica.unam.mx) is a Researcher at UNAM's Institute of Physics, Experimental Physics Department, and teacher at UNAM School of Sciences and UNAM Graduate Program in Physical Sciences. His research projects deal with radiation detectors for medical images, specifically mammography and tomographic images generated by positron-emission. 

Dra. Libertad Barón-Palos (libertad@fisica.unam.mx) is a Researcher at UNAM's Institute of Physics, Nuclear Physics and Applications Department, and teacher at UNAM School of Sciences and UNAM Graduate Program in Physical Sciences. Her research projects deal with nuclear astrophysics and fundamental neutron physics. 

Dra. Carolina Rabin (carolina.rabin@fcien.edu.uy), Professor at the Institute of Physics of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of the Republic, Montevideo, Uruguay. Her area of research is in medical physics, especially in medical imaging, dosimetry and radiation protection.

Dr. Alfredo Estradé (estra1a@cmich.edu), professor in the Department of Physics, Central Michigan University, Mt Pleasant, Michigan, USA. He is a researcher in experimental nuclear physics, mainly at FRIB (Facility for Rare Ion Beams) East Lansing, Michigan, USA.

Dr. Modesto Montoya (modesto_montoya@yahoo.com).  Former president of the Peruvian Institute for Nuclear Energy in Lima, Peru. He is a former president and current member of the Peruvian Academy of Nuclear Sciences, former president of the Peruvian Physical Society and member for Peruvian National Academy of Sciences. In 2021, he became an advisor to President Pedro Castillo on science matters. He served as minister of the environment of Peru.

Dr. Haydn Barros (lab.nuclear@gmail.com and haydn.barros@npl.co.uk). Working at the National Physical Laboratory (London, UK). Main research areas are: NORM/TENORM Oil and gas industry and mining industry. Atmospheric emission monitoring a) Hydrogen fugitive emissions b) Post-combustion CO2 capture pollutants (amines/nitrosamines).

MSc. Johnny Salas (johnnysalas.o@gmail.com) Master Degree in Applied Nuclear Physics at Simón Bolívar University (USB) 2016. Currently doing a PhD in Interdisciplinary Science at USB. XRF on dense materials like Coltan and Cassiterite for semi quantitaive determination of Ta, Nb and Sn. Recent sediment geochronology using the 210Pb dating method. Monte Carlo simulations using Geant4 HPGe g-ray detector. g-ray spectrometry and radon α-counting for petroleum, gas and mineral prospection. Nuclear Applications in Geophysics and Geology. NORM in Venezuelan Industry.