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Alberto Flandes

Education
  • Master Degree: Space Physics; Posgrado en Ciencias de la Tierra, Geophysics Institute (UNAM), (1999-2001).
  • Ph.D.: Space Physics; Posgrado en Ciencias de la Tierra, Geophysics Institute (UNAM), (2001-2004).

Professional Experience
  • Postdoc Researcher, as part of the CIRS (Composite Infrared Spectrometer) team, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)/California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), Pasadena, CA, U.S.A., (2007-Present)
  • Guest Researcher at the Max Plank Institute for the Solar System research - Max Planck - Institut für Sonensystemforschung - in Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany, (2007)
  • Postdoc researcher at the Geophysics Institute (UNAM), (2005-2007)
  • Professor at the Geophysics Institute (UNAM), (2003-2007)
  • Guest Researcher at the Max Plank Institute for the Solar System research - Max Planck - Institut für Sonensystemforschung - in Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany, (2005)
  • Professor at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico City Campus (ITESM-CCM), (1998-2007)

Selected Publications
  1. Flandes, A., L. Spilker, S. Pilorz, C. Leyrat, N. Altobelli and S. Edgington, Thermal properties of Saturn's rings with decreasing solar elevation, to be submitted to GRL.
  2. Flandes, A., H. Krüger, D.P. Hamilton and J.F. Valdés-Galicia, L. Spilker, Magnetic field modulated Dust streams from Jupiter in Interplanetary space, to be submitted to Icarus.
  3. Altobelli, N, L. Spilker, S. Pilorz, C. Leyrat, and S. Edgington, A. Flandes, Thermal phase curves observed in Saturn's main rings by Cassini-CIRS: Detection of an opposition effect?, Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 36, Issue 10, CiteID L10105, DOI: 10.1029/2009GL038163
  4. Flandes, A. and H. Krüger, Solar wind modulation of Jupiter dust stream detection. In Dust in Planetary Systems, Krüger, H. and Graps, A., editors, ESA SP. European Space Agency, 2006.
  5. Krüger, H., Graps, A. L., Hamilton, D. P., Flandes, A., Forsyth, R. J., Horanyi, M. and E. Grün, Ulysses jovian latitude scan of high-velocity dust streams originating from the jovian system (2006). Planetary and Space Science, 54, 919-931.
  6. Maravilla. D. and A. Flandes, Possible sources for the Saturnian dust streams. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, Lo6202, doi:10.1029/2004GL021842, 2005.
  7. Flandes, A.; Dust escape from Io (2004), Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, Issue 16, CiteIDL16802.
  8. Flandes, A. and D. Maravilla, Dust Escape Mechanisms from Io (2004), Advances in Space Research. doi:10.1016/J.asr.2003.09.064.
  9. Flandes, A. Misterio en Júpiter, ¿Cómo vés?, Revista de divulgación de la Ciencia de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CONACyT, Julio 2007, num.104, pp. 15-19.
  10. Flandes, A. Polvo Cósmico, Ciencias, Revista de la Academia Mexicana de Ciencias, CONACyT, Enero- Marzo 2006, vol.57, num.1, pp. 51-55.

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