Conrado Varotto

Conrado Franco Varotto (born 13 August 1941)[1] is a physicist who is the former executive and technical director of the Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE), Argentine space agency.

Conrado Franco Varotto
Conrado Franco Varotto
Born (1941-08-13) 13 August 1941
Padua, Italy
CitizenshipArgentina
Alma materInstituto Balseiro
AwardsPlatinum Premio Konex In Physics and Nuclear Technology, for the decade 1982-1992, (1993)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics, Nuclear science, Space science
InstitutionsComisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales

Biography

Born in Brugine, Italy, he arrived in his childhood to Argentina where he received his doctorate in physics at the Instituto Balseiro (1968). He promoted the creation of INVAP, a technology company, as its first General and Technical Manager between 1976-1991. From January 1994 to May 2018 he served as the technical and executive director of CONAE.[2]

In 2018, he received the Houssay Career Award and was named Researcher of the Nation.[3]

References

  1. "Comunicato". Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  2. "CONAE: Cambio y nueva etapa" (in Spanish). Agencia TSS. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  3. "Macri: 'Todos los investigadores son un orgullo para los argentinos'" [Macri: 'All Researchers are a Source of Pride for Argentines'] (in Spanish). Office of the President of Argentina. 26 November 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2020.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.