Carvajal is an expert in the field of Molecular Physics and Chemical Physics and, at present, he
is involved in three main research lines: 1.- Development of algebraic approaches for the study of
the molecular rovibrational structure; 2.- Spectral analysis and detection of astrophysical and
atmospherical non-rigid molecules in the (sub-)millimeter and microwave ranges; and 3.- Spectral
characterisation of non-rigid molecules based on ab initio calculations.
Prof. Carvajal, as researcher, has developed five different theoretical approaches in his research
field. These works stem from the experience acquired during the research stays and positions in
different prestigious research centers: University of Seville, Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares (UNAM,
Mexico), Bergische Universität - Wuppertal (Germany), Laboratoire de Photophysique Moléculaire
(CNRS, Université Paris-Sud), Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules (Université
Lille I, France), Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Systèmes Atmosphériques (CNRS, Paris) and
University College of London (UK), among others. In each research center, Prof. Carvajal has learnt
unique theoretical procedures for the spectral analysis of molecules. Nowadays, the studies
developed by Prof. Carvajal are used by the spectroscopists for the characterisation and
identification of molecules in the Earth atmosphere and in the interstellar medium. This latter
research is relevant for the European Astronomy and the new infrared and (sub-)millimeter
observatories ALMA, HERSCHEL and SOFIA. To date, he has published 54 works in JCR journals, two
chapters in scientific books and has carried out more than 80 presentations in Conferences. In
addition, he has published on the web the software “The BELGian Internal Rotor Program” for the
rovibrational transitions calculation and assignment of molecules with a internal rotor
(http://www.ifpan.edu.pl/~kisiel/introt/introt.htm) and the spectral lines of H13COOCH3 in the
databases such as SPLATALOG for astrophysical applications (http://www.splatalogue.net/) and
CDMS (http://www.astro.uni-koeln.de/cdms). Prof. Carvajal has participated in 27 funded research
projects, of which two of them are funded by the European Union, five by the Spanish Government,
four come from FEDER funding (one of them, named “spectroscopy of atmospherical and
astrophysical molecules”, as principal researcher), and one funded by the Mexican Government. At
present, he participates as Management Committee Substitute at the COST Action CM1405
“Molecules in Motion” which aims at developing a new generation of codes and tools for the study of
the molecular rotation-vibration. In addition, he has been co-chair of the international conference
“Anharmonicity in medium-sized molecules and clusters (AMOC2015)” carried out in Madrid in April
2015. Prof. Carvajal collaborates with many international scientists in molecular structure and
spectroscopy, and molecular astronomy. These collaborations have fostered the molecular
identification in interstellar clouds and the involvement in 7 proposals for observational time in
radiotelescopes such as IRAM, ONSALA/APEX, ALMA and NOEMA and in one proposal for an
experiment in AILES Beamline (SOLEIL Synchrotron).
In the University of Huelva, Prof. Carvajal has been promoted five times via external tender before
being associate professor in July 2009. Nowadays, he is also Director of International Research
Projects on the Vice-rectorate of Research.
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