Ruben Gerardo Barrera


Ruben Gerardo Barrera from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, was awarded the status of Fellow in the American Physical Society. He was nominated by their Forum on International Physics in 2001 for his significant contributions to the understanding of the optical properties of surfaces and inhomogenous media, as well as for his leadership in the establishment and improvement of relations among physicists in the Americas, and for helping to create the Latin American Federation of Physics Societies.