MY FAMILY

I have 3 children from my first marriage and one from my second marriage. Fernando (41) is a Construction and Civil Engineer. Francisco (39) has a degree in Business Administration and Soledad (35) has a degree in Graphic Design. Martin (12) is still undecided about his future.

My daughter Soledad and my son Francisco | Soledad, Francisco and my Fernando with me at Soledad's high school graduation party (December 2002)

My parents Clyde and Pepe

Martin taking a nap with Yoda.

Martin sleeping with his dad, and in the arms of a proud mother (April 2008)

MY WIFE

Marcela is from Ceske Budejovice (Czech Republic). She has a Ph.D in molecular biology and is a research  Associate Professor  at Florida International University in Miami.

Just Married in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic, 2003

With Marcela in Monument Valley, Arizona, 2004.

Marcela and our friend Carolina Reisenman in Arches, Utah, 2004.

Marcela at home in January 2008. She is 6 month pregnant of Martin.

Taj Mahal in Agra (India) October 1998

Jerusalem Israel (August 1999) with my former undergraduate student Kyle Edgar

At the University of Sao Paulo (Brasil) with several students including my former Research collaborator Abrahim Caroci (white T-shirt).

September 2000 With my daughter Soledad and my friend and colleague Somchai visiting Khmer ruins on eastern Thailand. January 2001.

With my friend Diego Anon Suarez in the Catavina area of Baja California, Mexico 2001

With my son Francisco in the Andes, Patagonia, Argentina 2001

Amazing Baobab trees in Western Madagascar. 2003

Playing futbol (soccer) in Tucson with my friend Gonzalo Rivera -left- (2002)

Hiking in the Andes, Patagonia, Argentina with my sister Maria Jose, my nieces Malena and Sofia, Marcela and my friend Diego. 2002

Diving with the whales in Patagonia. With my university friends Mariano Martinez and Pepe Prado. 1983

In Fukuoka, Japan with my colleagues and friends Kozo Tsuchida and Yoshi Toshiga. 2005

My 3 kids, Fernando, Francisco and Soledad. 2002

With my daughter Soledad in 2001

With my friend and colleague Rafael Canteras in Sweden 1994

Visiting my friend and colleague Carolina Barillas at the EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany, 1994

In paradise: collecting giant mosquitoes and cicadas in Key West, Florida, USA 2005.