Member Profile
Membership type: full
Angela Guzman
Country of origin: Colombia Currently in: United States, Boca Raton, Florida, USA General field of specialization: Physics-
Degrees
1984 Doctorate Physics1981 Master Physics1975 Undergraduate Physics2011 Doctorate Other -
Current Research Activities
Physics
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Other Awards
Nov 1988“Third World Academy of Science” PrizeAwarded by the Third World Academy of Sciences, currently the World Academy of Sciences TWAS, through the Colombian Academy of Sciences to Colombian Young Scientists.Sep 1989Regular Associate Member of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, ItalyAward for Scientists working in developing countries to attend ICTP's scientific activities and perform own research activities at the ICTP.Feb 1993“Sarwar Razmi” Prize of the ICTPAwarded for "successful efforts to establish permanent research activities in phyiscs and technology of optical fibres in Colombia". The "Sarwar Razmi" Prize was anteceding the current ICO-ICTP Gallieno Denardo Award for young researchers from developing countries, who conduct their research in a developing country, and have contributed to the promotion of research activities in Optics in their own or another developing country.Dec 1997Correspondent Member of the Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y NaturalesMembership awarded regarding the academic and scientific merits of the elected candidate. Correspondent members must have excelled in research in any of the areas of the exact, physical and natural sciences, by carrying out works, publications and directing scientific projects.Sep 1998Senior Associate of the ICTPSenior ICTP Associateships are intended for scientists from a developing country who have acquired international scientific status. It provides funds for research stays at ICTP during six years.Sep 2007Fellow of the Optical Society (OSA)Awarded for contributions to quantum and atom optics and for the promotion of optics in developing countries. OSA Fellowships are awarded to OSA members for having served with distinction in the advancement of optics and photonics through distinguished contributions to education, research, engineering, business and society. The number of Fellows is limited to be no more than 10% of the total OSA MembershipFeb 1981M. Sc. Thesis MeritoriousDistinction for a M. Sc. ThesisJun 1980Fullbright research assistentshipResearch Assistant fellowship at JILA (Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics) Boulder, ColoradoJun 1980Fullbright PhD fellowshipFellowship for PhD studies, and teaching assitantship in the USA.Sep 1980PhD fellowship from the Deutsche Akademische Austausch Dienst (DAAD), GermanyFellowship for PhD studies.Apr 1994Fellowship for Postdoctoral formation by ColcienciasPostodoctoral stay (one year) at the Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA, 1995.Nov 1998Profesor Emérito, Universidad Nacional de ColombiaDistinction that exalts the labor of a Professor.Mar 2001Medal “Juan Herkrath Muller” of the Science Faculty, Universidad Nacional de Colombia , 2001Distinction by the Faculty of Sciences.Mar 2010Distinguished alumna, Phyiscs Department, Universidad Nacional de ColombiaDistinction on ocassion of the cellebration of the 50th anniversary of the Physics Department.Oct 2011Honorary DoctorateAwarded by the Armenian State Pedagogical University after Khachatur Abovyan, Yerevan, Armenia.