Juan Ortiz Castro



Date and place of the birth: August 1, 1959; Quito, Ecuador
Physicist: Facultad de Ciencias, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito, 
           Ecuador.
Postgraduate studies: Universidad de Cielo de Avila, Cielo de Avila, Cuba.
Postgraduate work title: Interaction of the stationary magnetic field
                         and the low intensity over cell and biological
                         tissue.
Master degree studies: Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador.
Master degree work title: Management.


Academical and Professional Experience:

May 1989 - present
Laboratory Assistant, Professor Assistant, Associate Professor, Professor.
Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Escuela Politécnica Nacional.

January 1992 - March 1995
Investigation of Nuclear Gamma Rezonance (Mössbauer Spectroscopy).
Ecuadorian Comission of the Atomic Energy, Quito, Ecuador

July 1999 - Present
Vice-director of the Corporation of Fundamental and Applied Physics,
Quito, Ecuador.

November 1999 - Present
Head of the Research Centre of Biophysics, Quito, Ecuador.


Publicationes:

1. J. Ortiz. Análisis del espectro de calibración Mössbauer - Revista
    Politécnica, Ecuador, 1993, No.4, p. 89.

2.  F. García, J. Ortiz, L. Arza. Interacción del campo magnético con las
    corrientes iónicas en membranas celulares - Revista Electrónica Enlace,
    1998, p. 11. 

3.  F. García, L. Arza, J. Ortiz. Absorción de agua por semillas de lechuga, 
    tratadas en un campo magnético uniforme de baja intensidad - Revista
    Electrónica Enlace, 1998, p. 7.

4.  F. García, L. Arza, J. Ortiz. Estudio experimental sobre tratamiento
    magnético de semillas - Revista Electrónica Enlace, 1998, p.6.

5.  A. Stashans, J. Ortiz. Quantum-chemical modeling of the SrTiO3 (001) 
    surface and point defects therein - 5th Int. Conf. Comput. Phys., 
    Kanazawa, Japan, 1999, p1-23.

6.  A. Stashans, F. Erazo, J. Ortiz, P. Valverde.  Oxygen-vacancy defects 
    on SrTiO3 (001) surface: a quantum-chemical study - Phil. Mag. B, 2001, 
    Vol. 81, p. 1977-1988.


Courses offered:

Electricity and magnetism, Waves and vibrations, Electromagnetic theory, Optics, 
Laboratory of nuclear physics, Electrotechnics, Classical Mechanics, Modern Physics, 
Magnetic fields in biological substances, Biophysics.

Investigation:

1) Gamma Nuclear Rezonance using the Spectroscopy of Mösbauer. 
   Ecuadorian Comission of the Atomic Energy and Escuela Politécnica 
   Nacional.
2) Magnetic influence upon the biological substances. The method
   used: magnetic fields of Helmholtz coil. Escuela Politécnica Nacional.
3) Investigation of SrTiO3 surfaces by quantum-chemical INDO
   method modified for crystal calculations. Centro de Investigación
   en Física de la Materia Condensada.
4) Hydroponic crops under greenhouse. Automatisation of the physical
   parameters.

Distinctions:

1) The best graduated student of the Colegio Técnico Sucre, 1979.
2) The best graduated student of the Escuela Politécnica Nacional, 1991.




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