Dr Corti Mariela
Team Chair, NAEC team - Argentina
Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata (CONICET-UNLP)


Ph.D. in Astronomy. Specialization: Observational Astrophysics. Investigation of HI and HII galactic structures and their possible physical link with young stellar clusters.

Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2027

Iván H. Bustos Fierro
Team Contact Person, NAEC team - Argentina
Observatorio Astronómico, Universidad N acional de Córdoba
ivan.bustos.fierro​atunc.edu.ar


I obtained my bachelor's and doctorate degrees in Astronomy from the Faculty of Mathematics, Astronomy, Physics and Computing (FAMAF) of the National University of Córdoba (UNC). I am also a secondary school physics teacher; for more than 20 years I have been teaching Mathematics, Research Methodology, Physics and Astronomy at Mater Purissima Institute in the city of Córdoba. I have worked at FAMAF and at Córdoba Astronomical Observatory (OAC) since I was an undergraduate student, in a variety of tasks; since 2017 I am an adjunct professor with semi-exclusive dedication, and in addition to my research and university teaching tasks, since 2021 I am the coordinator of the Bosque Alegre Astrophysics Station (EABA).

Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2027

María Silvina De Biasi
Team Member, NAEC team - Argentina
Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata & CONICET


I am María Silvina De Biasi, astronomer graduated at La Plata Faculty of Astronomyand Geophysics (FCAG), Argentina. I am professor at FCAG and member of thenational research council CONICET.I´ve got a PhD in Astrometry.

Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2027

Dr David Merlo
Team Member, NAEC team - Argentina
Observatorio Astronómico, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba


I began my university studies in Astronomy at the Faculty of Mathematical Astronomy and Physics (FaMAF), which belongs to the National University of Córdoba (República Argentina). My specialty was stellar atmospheres.

Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2027

Hugo Sebastián Zerpa
Team Member, NAEC team - Argentina
Universidad Nacional de Salta


I am a Physics Teacher graduated from the National University of Salta (UNSa). I work as a secondary school teacher at the UNSa Institute of Media Education. I am also responsible for the courses related to Physics Didactics and Teaching Practice in the physics teacher-training programs of both the Province of Salta and the National University of Salta. Since 2020, I have been in charge of the Prof. Elvio Alanís Astronomical Observatory at UNSa. I also serve as the Provincial Secretary of the Argentine Association of Physics Teachers.

I live in Salta, in the north of Argentina, surrounded by valleys and hills, with horizons as diverse as the cultures and the stories about the sky that emerge from them.

Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2027