Obituary: Gerardo Delgado-Barrio (1946–2018)
Gerardo Delgado-Barrio (GDB) was a Spanish theoretical chemical physicist. He
was born on 9 April 1946 in Santiago de Compostela to a family descendant of the
Spanish Grandees, which had a long tradition in education, medicine, and law.
GDB received his Bachelor’s degree in the physical sciences at La Universidad
Complutense de Madrid (UCM) in June 1968. He started working in the biophysics
group of Carlos Dávila at the Nuclear Energy Board, where he met the medical
physicist Marina Téllez de Cepada, who later became his wife. Shortly after, he
joined the research group of Yves Gabriel Smeyers-Guillemin, a pioneer in quantum chemistry in Spain, at Rocasolano Institute, which was part of the Consejo
Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC). He obtained his Ph.D. degree in
April 1973, and in June 1973 he also received the title of el Técnico de Sistemas
from La Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM).
Then Gerardo went for a postdoctoral stay to Laboratoire de Photophysique
Moléculaire at Orsay (France), where he collaborated with Roger Prat on H-F
instability. He also interacted with Roland Lefebvre’s group, especially Osman
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Gerardo Delgado-Barrio (GDB) was a Spanish theoretical chemical physicist. He
was born on 9 April 1946 in Santiago de Compostela to a family descendant of the
Spanish Grandees, which had a long tradition in education, medicine, and law.
GDB received his Bachelor’s degree in the physical sciences at La Universidad
Complutense de Madrid (UCM) in June 1968. He started working in the biophysics
group of Carlos Dávila at the Nuclear Energy Board, where he met the medical
physicist Marina Téllez de Cepada, who later became his wife. Shortly after, he
joined the research group of Yves Gabriel Smeyers-Guillemin, a pioneer in quantum chemistry in Spain, at Rocasolano Institute, which was part of the Consejo
Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC). He obtained his Ph.D. degree in
April 1973, and in June 1973 he also received the title of el Técnico de Sistemas
from La Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM).
Then Gerardo went for a postdoctoral stay to Laboratoire de Photophysique
Moléculaire at Orsay (France), where he collaborated with Roger Prat on H-F
instability. He also interacted with Roland Lefebvre’s group, especially Osman
Picture provided by GEFAM
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