Personal homepage - José M. Ortiz de Zárate
Associate Professor (Applied Physics)
Congratulations!, you reach my Homepage
This is José María Ortiz de
Zárate Leira. I’m Associate Professor at the Applied Physics Department of the
Complutense University in Madrid, Spain.
My Homepage
covers topics that are interesting to me. I hope you may find something helpful to you. You can
reach me for any comment or suggestion about these pages at:
jmortizz@fis.ucm.es
Professional:
Teaching. I’m currently teaching
the courses: "Termodinámica
I" (fall semester) for students majoring in Physics, and "Mecánica de
los Medios Continuos" (spring semester) for students majoring in Geological Engineering.
Research:
Long-range Correlations in Fluids Outside of Equilibrium.
Measurement of Thermal conductivity of liquids
by the hot-wire technique.
External consultancy:
I also do some external consultancy, mainly on database management and maintenance.
Some of my latest customers include:
"Draft: Promoción de Mercados, S.A."
"Expresso Bibliográfico, S.R.L."
"Ingeniería y Conservación Eléctrica, S.L."
"Siena, S.A."
"Promo-Soft", S.L.
Pictures:
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This is me (left) with Jan Sengers (University of Maryland) at a reception
during IMT7 conference. Donostia (Spain). June 2nd, 2006 |
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At the "Fragas do Eume" Natural Park, not far from my hometown. Here
I'm just at the border between the "concellos" of "A
Capela" and "Monfero". August 2007. |
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Left to right: Martin Schimpf (Boise State University), Manfred Lücke (Universität
des Saarlandes), Mounir Bou-Ali (Arrasateko Unibertsitatea) and me. At Donostia
(Spain). June 2nd, 2006. |
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This is me sailing in a small boat around the island of Capri
(Naples-Italy). April 2007 |
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This is me at the Sierra close to Madrid. At the back- ground is La Maliciosa
summit. It was very cold that day. 14-Nov-2004. |
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This is me at Delft - South Holland. At the background you find the city gate painted by Johannes Vermeer in its
famous 'View of Delf' canvas. July 2005. |
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| This is me at our backyard, while carefully studying the instructions of a recently purchased digital camera. My laptop is in the background. August 2003. |
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At Los Yébenes- Toledo. It is said that the windmill in the
background is the one against which Don Quixote fought with courage his famous
battle. 4th centenary of Don Quixote. January - 2005. |
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| This is me (right) with Denis Funfschilling (then a postdoc with Guenter Ahlers), enjoying a cookout at the beach of the campus of the University of California at Santa Barbara. March 2003. |
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This is a wooden model of the battleship "Reina Regente", built by my grandfather when he graduated from the old carpenter's training school of the Spanish Navy at Ferrol (~1895). You may find it at the church of Our Lady of Centroña (Pontedeume-A Coruña-Spain). |
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| In this picture I appear explaining Lourdes Vega (then of the University of Tarragona) my poster communication at FisEs-2002 (Spanish Conference on Statistical Physics). Note the magician's hands. June 2002 |
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This is me at the famous Hollywood sign in Los Angeles. By the way, the car in
the background (which is unlawfully parked) is the one I rented while in California. I hope the LAPD does
not mind. March - 2003. |
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| This is me (right) with my friend Manolo Herrera (Dept. of Sociology, Univ. of Granada) at the Reflecting Pool of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. At that time Manolo was a postdoc at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore. June 1997. |
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| This is me atop the south tower of the former WTC at New York City, looking north all over Manhattan. A historical picture indeed!. I take advantage to praise the memory of those who died. April 1997. |
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| This is me, with Wenbin Li, Kaichang Zhang, their wives and the son of Wenbin, enjoying a cookout at Jan Sengers house at Baketon (WV). Wenbin and Kaichang were Sengers postdocs at the time. August 1994. |
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Other interests: My Hometown: Pontedeume (A
Coruña). This is the tower of the
old Andrade’s Palace (XIV century). |
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Real Club Deportivo de
La Coruña
One of the best soccer teams of the world. Established 1905 One time champion of
the Spanish League: 1999-2000 |
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