Alejandro Leopoldo Cabrera
                 Ph.D. in Physics, M.S. in Physics, University of California, San Diego
                 Licenciado en Ciencias, Mencion en Fisica, Universidad de Chile

Honors

Graduated from the University of Chile with honors, Santiago, 1974.
Earle C. Anthony Scholarship, University of California, La Jolla,
1976-1978. Air Products and Chemicals Patent Award, 1989, 1990.
Elected "Who's Who in Science and Engineering", from 1994 - on. Grantee
Fundacion Andes, 1990, 1995, NSF for LatinAmerica 1993, FONDECYT
1990, 1994, 1997, 2000, FONDEF 1998, MECESUP 2000.
 

Other Professional Activities
 
Have acted as a referee for:  The Materials Research Bulletin, The
Journal of Catalysis, The Journal of Applied Catalysis, The National
Commission for Scientific and Technological  Research ( CONICYT ) in
Chile and Research Projects within several Universities in Chile.
Member of  the American Physical Society (APS) and Chilean Physical Society (SOCHIFI).
 
Articles About Research Work:
 
 "Low-Cost Methane Produced by MMRD", published in CURRENTS  (
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Newsletter ), Vol.8, No 37 (1981 ).
"New Method Converts Graphite to Methane", published in C&EN, Oct.
1981 issue, p. 17. " Complex Equipment Upgrade Physics Research at
Catholic University" published in Siglo XXI, No 121, January 1993. Article about Nanotechnology in Chile in 2005.