CV

Contact Information

Name Jesús Falcón-Barroso
Professional Title Associate Professor / Investigador Científico de OPI
Email jesus.falcon.barroso@iac.es
Location Calle Vía Láctea s/n, La Laguna, Canary Islands 38005

Experience

  • 2021 - present

    La Laguna, Spain

    Associate Professor
    Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
  • 2021 - 2025

    La Laguna, Spain

    Head of Research
    Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
  • 2014 - 2021

    La Laguna, Spain

    Assistant Professor
    Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
  • 2009 - 2014

    La Laguna, Spain

    Ramón y Cajal fellow
    Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
  • 2005 - 2009

    Noordwijk, NL

    Research fellow
    European Space Agency
  • 2003 - 2005

    Leiden, NL

    Postdoc of the EURO3D network
    Leiden Observatory
  • 2002 - 2003

    Nottingham, UK

    Postdoc
    University of Nottingham

Education

  • 1999 - 2003

    Nottingham, UK

    PhD
    University of Nottingham
    Stellar Kinematics & populations in bulges of highly-inclined galaxies
    • Advisors - R.F. Peletier & Marc Balcells
  • 1994 - 1999

    La Laguna, Spain

    BSc
    Universidad de La Laguna
    Astrophysics

Awards

  • 2013
    Group Achievement Award to the SAURON team
    Royal Astronomical Society (UK)

    Recognized for designing the SAURON (Spectrographic Areal Unit for Research on Optical Nebulae) instrument and providing deep insights into stellar kinematics, gas dynamics, and dark matter in galaxies.

Publications

Skills

Programming (Master): Python, IDL, Matlab, Fortran77/90

Languages

Spanish : Native speaker
English : Fluent

Interests

Basketball: Fan of C.B. Canarias. Under-16 basketball coach (1990-1999). Federated player (1988-2000)