Valentín Martínez Pillet, the Director of the IAC, elected as Corresponding Academician of the Spanish Royal Academy of Science

Valentín Martínez Pillet, the director of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC).
Valentín Martínez Pillet, the director of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC). Crédito: IAC
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The director of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), Professor Valentín Martínez Pillet, has been appointed Corresponding Academician of the Royal Academy of Exact, Physical, and Natural Sciences of Spain. This recognition recognizes his career and contributions to the scientific field.

This follows the recent appointment of Antxón Alberdi Odriozola, current director of the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia, who has also been elected Corresponding Academician of the same institution.

With these new appointments, the presence of astronomers in the Royal Academy of Sciences reaches a historic milestone. It is the largest representation of scientists dedicated to astronomy in the corporation's more than 150-year history. Currently, the astronomy community has one full member (Juan María Marcaide Osoro) and five corresponding members (Rafael Rebolo, Almudena Alonso, Juan García-Bellido, Antonio Alberdi, and Valentín Martínez Pillethimself).

The Corresponding Members of the Royal Spanish Academy of Sciences are renowned experts in various fields of the exact, physical, natural, and related sciences. Their role is crucial in enriching the work of the Academy, contributing their knowledge and experience to the institution's functions. The Academy is composed of full, corresponding, supernumerary, and foreign members.

The principal objective of The Royal Academy of Exact, Physical, and Natural Sciences of Spain, founded in 1847, is to promote the study and research in the mathematical, physical, chemical, geological, and biological sciences, as well as their applications, and to disseminate their knowledge. Among its most important functions is advising the government on matters within its field, especially those related to scientific policy that impact the country's scientific and technological development.

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Taking office of the Director of the IAC, Valentín Martínez Pillet. Credit: Inés Bonet (IAC)
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Valentin Martínez Pillet takes office as Director of the IAC
The researcher Valentín Martínez Pillet has taken up his duties as Director of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) today, Monday 1st July, in a ceremony with the participation of the Secretary General for Research of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities Eva Ortega-Paíno, and the outgoing Director of the IAC, Rafael Rebolo. The new Director of the IAC, Valentín Martínez Pillet, takes up the challenge of running the centre in which he is a Research Professor with “a great sense of responsibility” and with the aim of mainaining and enhancing its scientific and
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Fernando Clavijo, Diana Morant y Rafael Rebolo
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El Consejo Rector del IAC nombra a Valentín Martínez Pillet futuro director del centro
La ministra de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, Diana Morant, ha presidido esta mañana la reunión anual del Consejo Rector del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) en la Sede del IAC, en La Laguna, en la que ha anunciado que el físico solar Valentín Martínez Pillet será el próximo director de este organismo público de investigación. Los miembros del Consejo han agradecido a Rafael Rebolo la labor desarrollada durante sus 10 años al frente de la institución y han destacado su categoría profesional y su labor de gestión. Además de la ministra, a esta reunión también han asistido
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