Antonio Alfonso-Faus
Professor Antonio Alfonso-Faus holds a Diploma Space Science (Physics and Dynamics) from the University College, London (U.K. 1965), a M. Sci. and a Ph.D. degree in Physics and Mathematics from the University of Minnesota (U.S.A., 1968), and a Ph.D. degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Technical University of Madrid (T.U.M., Spain, 1969). He was a Research Student, and a Research Fellow, in the field of Space Research (ESRO in Europe and NASA in the U.S.A.). He held the chair of mechanics, as Full Professor (E.U.I.T. Aeronáutica, Madrid, Spain, 1986). At present he is Emeritus Professor at the Technical University of Madrid (Spain, 2010). His research work includes: the interplanetary magnetic field, the interaction of the solar wind with the Moon, the Moon´s wake observed by the satellite Explorer 35. The angular momentum of the sun, the rotation of the planets, the structure and evolution of the universe and quantum gravity as related to entropy-information theory.