[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” height=”114px” background_color=”” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ title_text=”” background_image=”\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/slider-corpo2.jpg”][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” _dynamic_attributes=”content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false”]@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90aXRsZSIsInNldHRpbmdzIjp7ImJlZm9yZSI6IjxoMSBjbGFzcz1cImVudHJ5X3RpdGxlXCI+IiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiI8L2gxPiJ9fQ==@[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” _dynamic_attributes=”content” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9kYXRlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJkYXRlX2Zvcm1hdCI6ImN1c3RvbSIsImN1c3RvbV9kYXRlX2Zvcm1hdCI6IlktbS1kIEg6aTpzIn19@[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” top_divider_color=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” top_divider_height=”0px” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row column_structure=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.ieec.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1543421894_3e72da5f89a695d31834a1b91fa935d6_jordi_torra_square1.jpg” alt=”Jordi Torra, new director of the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC)” _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” title_text=”PR_Image1.png” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ width=”600px” module_alignment=”center”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.8″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]Jordi Torra is the new director of the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC), since last July. He is Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Barcelona, where he gained his doctorate in Physics in 1984. Doctor Torra is a member of the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB), one of the research centers that form the IEEC. He has been the principal researcher in several scientific projects and has published over a hundred papers. He currently leads the Spanish group taking part in the ESA’s Gaia mission.<\/p>\n
Jordi Torra<\/p>\n
Jordi Torra has also been the manager of the Astronomy and Astrophysics area of the National Research Plan, a board member of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and part of the European Space Sciences Committee.<\/p>\n
The main goals of Jordi Torra from this new position are to promote the abilities of the research groups forming the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia, to increase even more the already existing synergies between them, and to gain more visibility for the institute as a reference in the astronomical and space sciences within and outside Catalonia.<\/p>\n
The Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC)<\/p>\n
The Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia is a research center participated by the Generalitat de Catalunya, the Universitat de Barcelona, the Universitat Autònoma de Catalunya, the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and the Spanish National Research Council. Its goals are to promote astronomical and space research and to develop related technological applications. It is a multidisciplinary and multi-institutional institute, bringing together over 200 researchers and engineers, and it has a notorious scientific and technological production in first-rate projects.<\/p>\n
The IEEC is composed by four units: the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB), the Centre for Space Studies and Research (CERES-UAB), the Space Science and Technology Research Group (CTE-UPC) and the Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC). The IEEC manages the Observatori Astronòmic del Montsec (OAdM).<\/p>\n
With this nomination, Jordi Torra replaces Jordi Isern, research professor at the CSIC and current director of the Institute of Space Sciences (IEEC-CSIC), who had been the chair of the IEEC since its creation in 1996.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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