María José García Borge
Born (1956-11-09) 9 November 1956
Madrid, Spain
Occupationnuclear physicist

María José García Borge (born November 9, 1956) is a Spanish nuclear physicist. She serves as a research professor at the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC) in Madrid[1] and is a leader and spokesperson for ISOLDE at CERN in Switzerland.[1][2] She is a member of the Real Academia de las Ciencias and was a fellow of the European Organization for Nuclear Research from 1984 to 1986.

Biography

Early life and education

Borge was born on November 9, 1956, in Madrid. Her parents were José García Prol and Esther Borge Rodriguez. She earned three degrees from University Complutense, graduating in 1978 with a physics degree, 1979 with a graduate physics degree, and 1982 with a Doctor of Philosophy in physics.

Career

Borge worked as a teaching assistant at University Complutense from 1981 to 1983. From 1982 to 1983, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at University of Arizona. In 1986, she began working as a researcher at the National Research Council in Madrid.[3]

In 2012, she began heading the physics group for the ISOLDE facility at CERN.[3]

Personal life

On September 9, 1989, Borge married Olof Erik Ingemar Tengblad. Borge is of ethnic Spanish descent.

References

  1. 1 2 Maximilien, Brice (2015-03-03). "Maria Jose Garcia Borge ISOLDE Leader & Spokesperson". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ↑ DiCYT, Agencia. "El hecho de que todos los jóvenes que formamos se vayan fuera es muy grave". www.dicyt.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2016-06-20.
  3. 1 2 "Large span among Chalmers' new honorary doctors". Mynewsdesk. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
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