|
Aldemaro Romero Jr. (Caracas born September 11, 1951) is a Venezuelan scientist, communicator, and advocate of liberal arts education. He has published more than 800 works,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Aldemaro Romero: Complete List of Publications )〕 more than 20 books and monographs, and produced, directed, written and/or hosted more than 1500 radio shows and 50 TV shows and documentaries in areas ranging from science to history and philosophy. He is known for his approaches of combining field, laboratory and archival studies from different disciplines. Romero has held a long career as an educator and academic administrator. He recently served in the position of dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville resigning December 2014. ==Biography== Aldemaro Romero Jr. was born in Caracas, Venezuela, the son of Venezuelan composer, pianist, and orchestra conductor Aldemaro Romero Sr. and his wife, Margot Díaz Saavedra de Romero. While listening to one his father’s records at home when he was 4 years old, his father saw him mimicking a conductor’s mannerisms and had him appear on a live TV show conducting his orchestra. That and other TV appearances made him a celebrity in Venezuela even performing in movies conducting an orchestra.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Aldemaro Romero, Jr. Conducts on Vimeo )〕 In adult life Romero never pursued a professional career as a musician but continued performing as an amateur.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Choral Society performance )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Carpe Diem String Quartet & Peter Soave: The Music of Aldemaro Romero on Vimeo )〕 Romero attributes his decision to become a scientist the day the press announced the launch of Sputnik. His decision to study biology was inspired by the Jacques-Yves Cousteau movie "The Silent World". He obtained a Licenciatura in biology, with a zoology concentration, from the Universitat de Barcelona, in 1977, while working as a scientist in several institutions and as science writer for several printed, radio, and TV media. He obtained his doctorate in biology from the University of Miami,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=University of Miami )〕 in Coral Gables, Florida, with a doctoral dissertation on the evolution and behavior of cavefish. Romero met his wife Ana during the early 1970s while both were undergraduate students at the Universitat de Barcelona. In 1994 he fled his native Venezuela to the United States, after denouncing the killing of dolphins by Venezuelan fishermen and receiving death threats. Since returning to the US he has taught at the University of Miami, Miami-Dade Community College, Florida Atlantic University, Macalester College, and Arkansas State University. Romero accepted the position as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in 2009, a position he currently holds. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aldemaro Romero Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|