Events: detail
Cuba: The Scientific Revolution
- Hosted by:
- London Metropolitan University
- Speaker:
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Professor Luis Alberto Montero-Cabrera, Presidente del Consejo Cientifico, Universidad de La Habana
- Starts:
- December 12, 2007 at 07:00 pm
- Ends:
- December 12, 2007 at 09:00 pm
- Location:
- London Metropolitan University, Tower Building, Henry Thomas Room, Holloway Road, London, N7 8DB United Kingdom
- Maps:
Description
Scientific research in Cuba highlights and future prospects: A view by a Cuban scientist
Professor Luis Montero is an award-winning and internationally renowned physical chemist whose research into the quantum molecular processes in the retina has broken new ground in the understanding of the chemistry and physics of vision.
He has published 125 articles and held visiting professorships at universities throughout the world. Most recently he taught at the Dep. de Química Física Aplicada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; the Institut für Organische Chemie in Bremen, Bremen, Germany, and the Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering (ISIC), EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.
As Chairman of the Scientific Council of the University of Havana he is uniquely placed to be able to explain the achievements of Cuban scientific research and its prospect for future development.
- Registration required:
- Yes
- Free:
- Yes
Additional information
Entrance is in the main Tower Building almost opposite Holloway Road tube station
Admission is Free. But please rsvp admin@cubastudies.org if you wish to attend. If the event is oversubscribed we will inform you.
For more information
- Contact person:
- International Institute for the Study of Cuba
- Website:
- Cuba: The Scientific Revolution
