Prof Carlos Frenk's Biography
- Forename(s)
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Carlos Silvestre
- Sex
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Male
- Date of Birth
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27/10/1951 Mexico City
- Foretitle(s)
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Prof
- Surname
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FRENK
- Style
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Prof Carlos Frenk
- Recreations
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literature, ski training
Prof Carlos Frenk's Professional Career
- Career
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postdoctoral research fell Univ of Calif Berkeley 1981-83, asst research physicist Univ of Calif Santa Barbara 1983-85, postdoctoral research fell Univ of Sussex 1983-85; Univ of Durham: lectr in astronomy 1985-91, reader in physics 1991-93, prof of astrophysics 1993-2001, Ogden prof of fundamental physics 2001-, dir Institute for Computational Cosmology 2001-; memb SERC (later PPARC): Educn, Trg and Fellowships Panel 1990-91, Theory Grants Panel 1991-94, Astronomy and Astrophysics Ctee 1991-94, UK Dark Matter Experiment Review Panels 1991-, Bd Isaac Newton Gp of Telescopes 1994-99 (chm 1997-99), Intercouncil High Performance Computation Mgmnt Ctee 1996-97, Astronomy Ctee 1996-99, Jt Astrophysics and Particle Physics Supercomputing Panel 1996-, First and Planck Instrument Review Panel 1997 (chm); Royal Soc: memb Sectional Ctee 2006-08, memb Educn Ctee 2007-, chm Int Newton Fellowships 2008-; memb Wakeham Review of Physics in the UK 2008; organiser and memb organising ctees of scientific confs, delivered numerous lectures at major int confs and popular science events; author of over 370 articles in scientific jls, ed of 2 books; Br Cncl fell 1976-79, Nuffield Fndn science research fell 1991-92, Sir Derman Christopherson fell Univ of Durham 1992-93, PPARC sr fell 1996-99, Leverhulme research fell 2000-01; Royal Soc Wolfson Research Merit Award 2006, European Research Cncl Advanced Investigator Award 2010, Gruber Cosmology Prize 2011; FRS 2004
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