CURRICULUM VITAE

Name: Damián Horacio Zanette
Birth place: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Birth date: June 24th, 1963
Nationality: Argentine
Marital status: Married, 2 children

Address: Centro Atómico Bariloche, 8400 Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina
Phone: +54-2944-445173
Fax: +54-2944-445299
Electronic mail: zanette@cab.cnea.gov.ar


Present Position

Principal Investigator, Carrera de Investigador del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Argentina (from 2006).

Associate Professor, Instituto Balseiro, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina (from 1998).


Highest University Title

Ph. D. (Doctor) in Physics, Instituto Balseiro, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina, Nov.1989. Grade: Maximum.


Research areas

Nonequilibrium statistical physics
Collective dynamics and self-organization in complex systems
Mathematical modeling of biological and socioeconomical systems


Research and Teaching Positions

In Argentina:

1999-Jun.2006: Independent Investigator, Carrera de Investigador del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y
Técnicas (CONICET), Argentina.

Jan.1993-1999: Adjunct Investigator, Carrera de Investigador del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y
Técnicas (CONICET), Argentina.

Aug.1992-Nov.1998: Adjunct Professor, Instituto Balseiro, Bariloche, Argentina.

Mar.1992-Feb.1993: Adjunct Professor, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Bariloche, Argentina.

Dec.1991-Jul.1992: Chief Teaching Assistant, Instituto Balseiro, Bariloche, Argentina.

Jan.1989-Jan.1990: Chief Teaching Assistant, Instituto Balseiro, Bariloche, Argentina.

Sep.1988-Jan.1990: Teaching Assistant, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Bariloche, Argentina.

Apr.1987-Jan.1990: Scholarship Fellow of Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Argentina.

Jan.1987-Jan.1989: Teaching Assistant, Instituto Balseiro, Bariloche, Argentina.

Abroad:

2012: European Prize for Scientific Divulgation, Estudi General Ciutat de Alzira, Spain.
Feb.2003-Oct.2003: von Humboldt Fellow at Fritz Haber Institute of Max Planck Society, Berlin, Germany.

Mar.2000-Apr.2000: Lecturer at the ICTP Diploma Course, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy.

Feb.1996-Sep.1997: von Humboldt Fellow at Fritz Haber Institute of Max Planck Society, Berlin, Germany.

Feb.1991-Oct.1991: Scholarship Fellow of Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy.

Aug.1990-Oct.1990: Visiting Mathematician, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy.

Feb.1990-Jul.1990: Visiting Professor, Università di Roma "La Sapienza,'' in the frame of the Visiting Professor Programme of Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy.

From 1990: Invited speaker/visitor, Universities of Bari, Bologna, Camerino, Padova, Parma (Italy); Technical University,
von Humboldt University (Berlin, Germany); University of Aarhus (Denmark).


Grants and Awards

In Argentina:

Dec.2004: Award to Distinguished Teacher, Instituto Balseiro, Argentina.

Nov.2002: Research Grant of Fundación Antorchas, Argentina.

Jun.1999: Research Grant of Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (ANPCyT), Argentina.

Jan.1999: Research Grant of Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Argentina.

Apr.1998: Research Grant of Fundación Antorchas, Argentina.

Apr.1997: Research Grant of Fundación Antorchas, Argentina.

Oct.1996: Grant of Fundación Antorchas for Joint Research with German Groups, Argentina.

Apr.1996: Research Grant of Fundación Antorchas, Argentina.

Dec.1995: Award to Distinguished Teacher, Instituto Balseiro, Argentina.

Apr.1995: Research Grant of Fundación Antorchas, Argentina.

Apr.1992: Junior Scientist Grant of Fundación Antorchas, Argentina.

Oct.1991: Reentry Grant of Fundación Antorchas, Argentina.

Jul.1989: Grant of Fundación Antorchas, Argentina, to attend the 17th IUPAP International Conference on Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, Río de Janeiro, Brasil.

Apr.1989-Jan.1990: Research Grant of Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Argentina.

Apr.1987-Mar.1989: Research Grant of Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Argentina.

Aug.1983-Dec.1986: Grant of Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, to complete the M. Sc. degree in Physics at Instituto Balseiro, Bariloche, Argentina.

Abroad:

Feb.-Oct.2003: Research Grant of Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, Germany.

From Jan.1999: Associate Member of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy.

Mar.1996-Sep.1997: Research Grant of Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, Germany.

Feb.1991-Sep.1991: Grant of Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy, for a working visit to Gruppo Nazionale per la Fisica Matematica, Florence.

Jan.1990-Jan.1993: Junior Associate Grant, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy.


Supervision of Degree and Doctoral Theses

1997-2001: Direction of Doctoral thesis by Luis Morelli, Collective behavior of coupled dynamical systems, Instituto Balseiro, Argentina.

From 1992: Direction of 8 Degree theses ( Sergio Hassan; Demian Reidel, in collaboration with Enrique Miranda; Damián Strier, in collaboration with Horacio Wio; Pablo Oliva; Hugo Ferrari; Diego Diaz, in collaboration with Horacio Wio; Alan Hampton; Jorge Blengino, at Instituto Balseiro, Bariloche, Argentina).

From 1991: Advising and/or evaluation of the Doctoral theses by Marcelo Kuperman, Guillermo Abramson, Pablo Alemany, and Jorge Sobehart.


Other Academic Activities

From Nov.2001: Coordinator of M. Sc. in Physics project, Instituto Balseiro, Argentina.

From Jul.1999: Member of Ad-hoc Commission in the area of Exact and Natural Sciences of Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Argentina.

Jul.1998-Jul.1999: Coordinator of proposal evaluation in the area of Physical and Mathematical Sciences of Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (ANPCyT), Argentina.

Oct.1996: Member of the evaluation committee in the annual evaluation of teaching assistants, Instituto Balseiro, Argentina.


Refereeing and Peering Activities

Referee for Physical Review E and Physical Review Letters, Physics Letters A, Physica A and D, Physics of Fluids A, Journal of Physical Chemistry, Advances in Complex Systems, European Physical Journal B.

From Jul.1998: Proposal evaluation peer, National Council for Science, Chile.

From Jun.1998: Proposal evaluation peer, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Argentina.

From Feb.1998: Proposal evaluation peer, Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (ANPCyT), Argentina.


Participation in International Conferences as Organizer and Speaker

Symposium on Synchronization of Chaotic Systems, Trieste, Italy. July 5-8, 2000. Invited speaker.

Fractal Aspects of Complex Systems, Maceió, Brazil. October 16-20, 2000. Invited speaker.

Second International Workshop on Dynamics of Socioeconomical Systems, La Plata, Argentina. August 7-10, 2001. Member of organizing and program committee. Speaker.

Pan American Advanced Studies Institute, Bariloche, Argentina. June 2-15, 2002. Invited speaker.

International Workshop on Euro Diffusion, Cercedilla, Spain. April 28-30, 2003. Invited Speaker.

Synchronization and Complex Dynamics in Networks with Applications in Ecology, Potsdam, Germany. July 17-19, 2003. Invited speaker.

The Dynamics of Complex Urban Systems: An Interdisciplinary Approach, Ascona, Switzerland. November 4-6, 2004. Invited speaker.

First Latin American Conference on Statistical Physics and Interdisciplinary Applications, La Habana, Cuba. March 10-12, 2005. Invited speaker.

IX Latin American Workshop on Nonlinear Physics (LAWNP05), Bariloche, Argentina. October 23-28, 2005. Local organizer.

Dynamics on Complex Networks and Applications (DYONET06), Dresden, Germany. February 6-March 3, 2006. Invited Speaker.


International School on Complexity: Course on Statistical Physics of Social Dynamics, Erice, Italy. July 14-19, 2007. Invited speaker.

6th International Conference on Biological Physics, Montevideo, Uruguay. August 27-31, 2007. Invited Speaker.

MEDYFINOL 2008, Punta del Este, Uruguay. December 1-5, 2008. Invited speaker.

Damián H. Zanette - Grupo de Física Estadística e Interdisciplinaria - Centro Atómico Bariloche e Instituto Balseiro

8400 San Carlos de Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina / (54)(2944)445173 / zanette@cab.cnea.gov.ar