José Gabriel Funes
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 61 |
Date of birth | January 31,1963 |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Born | Argentina |
Field | Astrophysics |
Employer | Vatican Observatory |
Job | Priest |
Astronomer | |
Education | Universidad Nacional de Córdoba |
University of Padua | |
Edited works | Galaxy Disks and Disk Galaxies: Proceedings of a Conference Sponsored by The Vatican Observatory Held at The Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy, 12-16 June 2000 |
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ID | 1321066 |
José Gabriel Funes Life story
José Gabriel Funes, S.J. is an Argentine Jesuit priest and astronomer. He was the Director of the Vatican Observatory from August 19, 2006 until September 18, 2015, when he was succeeded by Pope Francis's appointment of the Reverend Brother Guy Consolmagno, S.J. Funes serves on the Advisory Council of METI.