Name: José Leonardo Alvarez Gómez
Place of Birth: La Habana, Cuba, November 11, 1950
Present position: Private consultant
e-mail:
leoalvar50@gmail.com,
leoalvar@cenais.cu
Resumé:
http://iohanis.com/~leoalvar/web1.html
Education
(Higher degrees)
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University of Havana, Cuba |
1968-1972 |
B.Sc. on Physics |
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Institute of Physics of the Earth (Academy of Sciences of the former USSR) |
1980-1985 | C. Phys-Mat (*) |
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(*) Candidate in Physical-Mathematical Sciences, Ph.D. equivalent |
Graduate teaching
12 courses on Seismology and Seismic Hazard Assessment (IGA-CENAIS, Cuba, 1976-2013)
Peligrosidad sísmica
(CERESIS, Perú, 2001) (on distance)
Sismología teórica
(UH, Cuba, 2004) (part of Master in Physics degree)
TV course on Seismology (Cuba, 2010); General coordinator and lecturer
ICTP school on Earthquake Hazards in the Caribbean (Cuba 2012); organizer and lecturer
Amenaza sísmica
(INETER, Nicaragua, 2013)
Amenaza sismica
(UNAN, Nicaragua, 2014) (part of Seismology Speciality)
Sismología teórica
(UNAN, Nicaragua, 2015) (part of Seismology Speciality)
Modelación de tsunamis
(CENAIS, Cuba, 2019)
Peligrosidad sísmica
(UNI, Perú, 2020) (on distance, part of Seismology Speciality)
Determinación del peligro sísmico para una obra
de ingeniería (CERESIS, Peru, 2023) (on distance)
Curso de amenaza sísmica. Conceptos generales
(ECCRO,Nicaragua 2023)
Master and doctorate degrees' advising
O’Leary González: “Dispersión de ondas superficiales de Rayleigh en la región del Caribe", Universidad de Oriente, 1999 (Master)
Julio García: “Estimados de peligrosidad sísmica con el error asociado para Cuba y cálculo de pérdidas para la ciudad de Santiago de Cuba usando técnicas SIG”. Instituto de Geofísica y Astronomía, 2007 (Doctorate)
O'Leary González: Estructura tridimensional de la corteza terrestre para Cuba y la región del Caribe a partir del análisis de la dispersión de ondas superficiales de Rayleigh. Instituto de Geofísica y Astronomía, 2015 (Doctorate)
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Place and Academic Responsibilities |
Period |
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Inst. Geofísica y Astronomía, Junior Researcher (1973-1985) and Senior Researcher (1986-1991) |
1973-1991 |
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Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Sismológicas (Senior Researcher) |
1992-2015 |
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International Centre of Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italia (Regular Associate) |
1997-2002 |
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International Centre of Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italia (Senior Associate) |
2003-2008 |
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Instituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales (Scientific Advisor in Earth Sciences) |
2016-2020 |
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Ministerio de Transporte e Infraestructura, Nicaragua (Scientific Advisor in Seismology) |
2020-2021 |
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ECCRO S.A, Managua, Nicaragua (consultant seismology) |
2021-2022 |
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Private consultant |
2022-present |
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Professional associations Sociedad geológica de Cuba Seismological Society of America | |
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Programming Skills Linux/UNIX, FORTRAN, C, C++, Python, postgresql, perl, CGI, R, html, shell, GMT Seismological Skills Seismicity, seismic hazard and risk, earthquake catalogue's processing, modelling of seismic waves, site-response analysis, ground motion processing |
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Main Research Projects |
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| Dispersion of surface waves in Caribbean region | 1974-1975 |
| Nuclear Power Plant Selection of Site in Central Cuba (Seismological Investigations) | 1976-1978 |
| Seismological Investigation for Sugar Cane House in Nicaragua | 1981 |
| Caribbean seismicity and Seismic Hazard Assessment in Cuba | 1977-1986 |
| Seismicity of Cuba | 1986-1990 |
| New National Atlas of Cuba, Regional Atlases of Camagüey and Santiago de Cuba regions | 1986-1990 |
| Nuclear Power Plant Selection of Site in Eastern Cuba (Seismological Investigations) | 1986-1989 |
| Seismological Investigation for Hydroelectric Complex in Eastern Cuba | 1991-1992 |
| Seismic and Geological Sitting Considerations for 2 Nuclear Facilities in Central Cuba | 1993-1994 |
| Probabilistic seismic hazard assessment in Cuba | 1995-1996 |
| Deterministic seismic hazard of easten Cuba | 1997-1998 |
| Improvement of seismic microzoning of Santiago de Cuba by modelling of surface waves | 2001-2003 |
| Three dimensional structure of Caribbean region from surface wave dispersion | 2001-2005 |
| Seismic Hazard assessment in Cuban territory and loss estimation in Santiago de Cuba city | 2002-2005 |
| Realistic Modelling of Seismic Input for Megacities and Large Urban Areas. IUGS-UNESCO IGCP Project 414 (led by G. F. Panza) | 1998-2002 |
| Seismic waves modelling in laterally heterogeneous media and its use in the solution of seismic microzoning problems | 2006-2008 |
| Influence of the soil characteristics over ground motion parameters during earthquakes in the cities of Bayamo, Manzanillo and Pilón | 2006-2008 |
| International Project "Seismic microzoning in Latin American cities" (Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Jamaica, México, Perú, Venezuela and Panamá) (UNESCO/IGCP-487, ICTP Net-58, Project leader L. Alvarez, CENAIS) | 2004-2008 |
| Seismic microzoning of the cities of Guarenas-Guatire, Venezuela | 2008-2012 |
| Influence of soils' geotechnical characteristics on seismic response | 2010-2013 |
| Earthquake Hazard and Risk in Cuba | 2013-2015 |
| Earthquake Hazard in Nicaragua and seismic microzoning of Managua | 2019-2021 |
| External contributor to Research Project KUK-AHPAN-GEO "Estructura y geodinámica de la litosfera en América Central-Golfo de Honduras” | 2021-present |
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Distinctions Distinción "Juan Tomás Roy" from Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Ciencia, Cuba, 2004 Orden "Carlos J. Finlay" from Consejo de Estado de la República de Cuba, 2007 |