A dialogue with Fernando Navarro, our UNC graduate, shortlisted for the 2020 physics Nobel prize
A dialogue with Fernando Navarro, our UNC graduate, shortlisted for the 2020 physics Nobel prize
On Wednesday, October 14, 2020, Fernando Navarro, an Argentinian astronomer who graduated from UNC held a conversation organized by the UNC Outreach Office through the Youtube channel. This conversation is part of a series of interviews called "How do things work?", organized by the UNC Outreach Office Program of Education in Science and Technology [10. 09.2020]
Fernando Navarro, who was recently shortlisted as candidate for the 2020 Physics Nobel Prize, was interviewed with the objective of knowing about his vast experience in research, and about the reasons that made him a candidate for such a significant prize.
Mr. Navarro is an Argentine astronomer who graduated from the UNC and is currently working as a professor of Astronomy at the Physics and Astronomy Department of the University of Victoria in Canada. His academic research is concentrated on the creation and evolution of galaxies and galaxy clusters and on the structure of dark matter halos.
This activity is part of the series of interviews called "How do things work?", organized by the UNC Outreach Office Program of Education in Science and Technology, with the objective of informing the general public about the scientific development process, technological innovation, and about their application on a social and productive matrix.