Download MANUEL AGUILAR BENÍTEZ DE LUGO, 57 años

SCIENTIFIC CAREER
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1965. Degree in Physics, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
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1967−1969. CERN Fellow. Works in the bubble chamber group of Dr. Lucien Montanet. Study of
proton−antiproton annihilations at low energies.
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1969. Ph.D. in Physics, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
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1969−1972. Post−doc at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in the group of Prof. N. P. Samios
(discoverer of the − baryon). Works mainly on the study of resonance properties (static and
dynamical) in K−p hypercharge exchange reactions at intermediate energies.
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1972 −1977. Fixed term contract at JEN−CIEMAT in the High Energy Particle Physics Group.
Works on a new experiment to study proton−antiproton annihilations at low energies and on the
ACNO experiment (the largest ever done in the 2m CERN bubble chamber) to study K−p
interactions at intermediate energies.
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1973. Proposes an experiment at the 2m CERN bubble chamber to study resonance production in
−p hypercharge exchange reactions at intermediate energies and performs comparisons with
SU(3) related K−p reactions. Pioneering work in amplitude analyses for phenomenological studies.
Becomes the first Spanish physicist to be spokesperson of a CERN experiment.
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1977. Becomes staff scientist at JEN−CIEMAT.
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1975−1982. Spends 30 months at CERN, partially as paid associate and with subsistence
allowances. Works on the analysis of bubble chamber experiments, in the construction of the EHS
(European Hybrid Spectrometer) and in the running and data exploitation of various experiments at
this facility. First observation of the 4 prong decays of the neutral D mesons. First measurement of
the different lifetimes of the neutral and charged D mesons. Major contribution to the development
of the reconstruction software packages in particular the one for the large drift device ISIS.
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1981−2006. Joins the Particle Data Group, being one of the physicists in charge of the Meson
Resonance Section. Participates in all the editions of the Review of Particle Physics and the
Particle Physics Booklets until 2005.
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1982−1983. Spends 15 months at the Collège de France, as guest senior scientist, working in
various EHS experiments.
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1983−1998. Appointed Head of the Division of Particle Physics at JEN−CIEMAT. Joins the L3
experiment at the LEP electron-positron CERN collider, under the leadership of Prof. S.C.C. Ting
(Nobel Physics Laureate in 1976), leading the participation of CIEMAT in the construction of the
muon drift chamber detector of the experiment.
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1986. Organizes the participation of CIEMAT in the UA1 experiment at the SPPS proton-antiproton
CERN collider, under the leadership of Prof. C. Rubbia (Nobel Physics Laureate in 1984).
Construction at CIEMAT of prototypes of the U−TMP calorimeter.
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1989−1990. Spends 15 months at CERN as paid associate. Works in the analysis of the L3 data.
Contribution to the first observation of B0 − B0 bar oscillations, lepton tau properties and Higgs
searches.
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1992−2014. First CIEMAT Principal Investigator for the CMS-LHC (Compact Muon Solenoid
detector for the Large Hadron Collider at CERN) construction project. CIEMAT builds 25% of the
drift tubes barrel muon chambers and part of the alignment system. On July 2012, the CMS and
ATLAS experiments at the LHC announce the discovery of the boson particle predicted by
the Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism of spontaneous electroweak symmetry breaking.
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1997−2014. Joins the AMS−ISS (ALPHA Magnetic Spectrometer at the International Space
Station) project, under the leadership of Prof. S.C.C. Ting, and organizes the participation of Spain
(CIEMAT and IAC). CIEMAT builds the Avionic Box for the cryomagnet and is the leading Institute
for the project of designing, constructing and testing the RICH detector, which is integrated at the
CIEMAT premises. Becomes the Chairman of the AMS International Board and of the AMS
Finance Board. Drafts the Memorandum of Understanding between CERN and the AMS
Collaboration and the Memorandum of Understanding between the Participating Institutions for the
Integration, Testing and Operation of the AMS Experiment. Sets the AMS External Review
Committee, chaired by the CERN Director for Administration and General Infrastructure. Once
approved, these agreements lead to the construction of a large clean room, the integration of
AMS−02 and the setting up of the POCC and SOC facilities at CERN−Prevessin. On May 16,
2011, AMS was sent to the ISS on board of the Endeavour NASA space shuttle. Since the docking
of AMS to the ISS on May 19, 2011, AMS has collected more than 40 billion cosmic ray events. On
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April 2013, AMS publishes an excess of positrons, with respect to electrons, in the primary
cosmic radiation, a result which may be of relevance for the understanding of the nature of
Dark Matter.
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2001−2003. Promotes the participation of CIEMAT in an initiative of IFAE-UAB (Universidad
Autónoma de Barcelona) to create in Spain a Tier1 GRID Computer Center for LHC data storage,
processing, distribution and analysis. In 2003 the creation PIC (Puerto de Información Científica),
at the Campus of the UAB, was approved. PIC is a consortium between CIEMAT (50%) and
institutions in Cataluña (50%). Becomes member of the PIC Management Board.
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2004−2006. Negotiations to join the experiments CDF-II (Fermilab, USA), ICARUS (LNGS, Italy),
Double-Chooz (Chooz, France) y DES (Telescopio Blanco, Chile). In 2005 CIEMAT formalizes the
participation in CDF-II and Double-Chooz and in 2006 in DES.
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2012−2013. Guest Professor of the CERN Director General to work at CERN in the AMS-ISS and
CMS-LHC experiments.
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SCIENTIFIC MANAGERIAL ACTIVITIES
1973. Organizes, with Dr. L. Montanet and Profs. J.A. Rubio and F.J. Ynduráin, the first edition of
the “International Winter Meeting on Fundamental Physics” in Formigal (Spanish Pyrenees). In
2014 the Meeting has celebrated its 42 edition in Benasque (Spanish Pyrenees).
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1983. Co-author of the “Steering Plan for High Energy Particle Physics in Spain”, an essential tool
for taking advantage of the accession of Spain to CERN in 1983.
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1983−1986. Spanish delegate at the European Committee for Future Accelerators (ECFA).
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1987−1989. Member of the CERN Super Proton-Synchrotron Experiments Committee (SPSLC).
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1993−2006. Member of the Advisory Expert Committee of the National Programme for Particle
Physics.
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1994−1997. Promoter and first President of the “High Energy Physics Division” of the Spanish
Royal Physics Society.
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1996−2000. Manager of the National Programme for Particle Physics. During his mandate the
MoUs for the participation of Spanish Groups in ATLAS and CMS are approved by the Spanish
authorities. Negotiates with CERN the in−kind contributions of Spain to the CMS (cranes) and
ATLAS (cryostats of the superconducting toroids) Common Projects. Negotiates with CMS the
construction, funded by Fermilab, of the central Hadron Calorimeter by a Spanish firm. Launches
the participation of Spanish Groups in the MAGIC, ANTARES and AUGER experiments. Launches
the participation of CIEMAT in TESLA, XFEL and CLIC activities. Advice and support for the
approval of the upgrade programme of the Canfranc Underground Laboratory (Spanish Pyrenees).
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1998−2014. Member of the ANTARES External Review Committee.
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1998−2000. Member of the High Energy Particle Physics Board of the European Physical Society.
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1998−2008. Member of the Spanish Delegation at the CERN Council. Advice and support to the
Spanish industries applying for, and getting, four large industrial contracts for the LHC (P5 civil
engineering, superconducting magnets, cryostats for superconducting dipoles, components for the
cryogenic line).
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2000−2008. Spanish Scientific Delegate at the CERN Council.
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2001−2008. Member of the Spanish Advisory Committee for Large Scientific Installations (CAGIC).
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2004−2007. Vice-President of the CERN Council.
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2005−2011. Member of IUPAP (International Union on Pure and Applied Physics) C11
Commission (Particles and Fields). During his mandate, Valencia (Spain) was selected to host the
37th ICHEP Conference in 2014.
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2008−2012. Member of the IFAE Scientific Council. Member of the Scientific Council of
FUAMNCYT (Fundación de Apoyo al Museo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología).
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2013−2014. Co-Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee of the 37th International Conference
on High Energy Physics (ICHEP-2014), which will take place in Valencia (July 2-9, 2014).
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