Name: J. Miguel Mas-Hesse
Age: 45
Present position: Scientific Director of LAEFF

I have worked on two main areas of activity:

1.- Starburst galaxies. I have expertise in building and exploiting
    evolutionary synthesis models for the study of violent, massive
    star formation episodes. I have worked on the following topics:

- Formation and evolution of massive stars.
- Multiwavelength synthetic Spectral Energy Distributions, from IR
  to X-rays, but with special emphseis on the UV range (IUE and
  HST).
- Impact of the starburst eposides on the surrounding medium,
  including the enrichment of the gas, formation of winds,
  kinematical profiles of the Lyman alpha emission line,....
- Relation between starburst episodes and the low luminosity active
  nuclei.


2.- Space instrumentation. I participated in the Low Energy Gamma
    Ray Imager (LEGRI) onboard the Spanish MINISAT mission.
    Presently, I am PI of the Optical Monitoring Camera (OMC)
    onboard INTEGRAL. For the future, I have just started a new
    participation in the development of the MIXS instrument onboard
    Bepi Colombo. In all cases, with the engineering support of
    INTA.

In parallel I am devoting a significant amount of time to
management issues, at institute level and also within the Spanish
National Space Programme.