Augusto Beléndez was born in Albacete, Spain, in 1963. He received his MSc degree in Physics and Ph.D. degree in Physics (summa cum laude) from the University of Valencia, Spain, in 1986 and 1990, respectively. He has taught applied physics for engineering students since 1986. In 1996 he became Full Professor of Applied Physics at the University of Alicante. Between 1993 and 2007 he was the head of the Department of Physics, Systems Engineering and Signal Theory at the University of Alicante, Spain, and in 2009 was appointed head of the Research Institute of Physics Applied to Sciences and Technologies at the same university.
He is a member of the Spanish Optical Society (SEDOPTICA), Royal Spanish Society of Physics (RSEF), and the European Optical Society (EOS). In 2011 he was elected Senior Member of the the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) and the Optical Society of America (OSA). Since 2016 he is Fellow of the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE).
In 2016 he awarded the Teaching and Dissemination of Physics within University Education prize, the annual award is given by the Spanish Royal Society of Physics (RSEF) and BBVA Bank Foundation (FBBVA) for significant commitment to education and contributions to the dissemination of physics.
Included in the "Ranking of the World Scientists: World's Top 2% Scientists" carried out by Stanford University, published in 2019 in the journal PlosBiology and evaluating the impact of the scientific publications of researchers of tot el món. This edition of the classification of the research staff with the greatest scientific impact of the world locates 28 researchers from the UA.
Augusto Beléndez was born in Albacete, Spain, in 1963. He received his MSc degree in Physics and Ph.D. degree in Physics (summa cum laude) from the University of Valencia, Spain, in 1986 and 1990, respectively. He has taught applied physics for engineering students since 1986. In 1996 he became Full Professor of Applied Physics at the University of Alicante. Between 1993 and 2007 he was the head of the Department of Physics, Systems Engineering and Signal Theory at the University of Alicante, Spain, and in 2009 was appointed head of the Research Institute of Physics Applied to Sciences and Technologies at the same university.
He is a member of the Spanish Optical Society (SEDOPTICA), Royal Spanish Society of Physics (RSEF), and the European Optical Society (EOS). In 2011 he was elected Senior Member of the the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) and the Optical Society of America (OSA). Since 2016 he is Fellow of the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE).
In 2016 he awarded the Teaching and Dissemination of Physics within University Education prize, the annual award is given by the Spanish Royal Society of Physics (RSEF) and BBVA Bank Foundation (FBBVA) for significant commitment to education and contributions to the dissemination of physics.
Included in the "Ranking of the World Scientists: World's Top 2% Scientists" carried out by Stanford University, published in 2019 in the journal PlosBiology and evaluating the impact of the scientific publications of researchers of tot el món. This edition of the classification of the research staff with the greatest scientific impact of the world locates 28 researchers from the UA.