Marc Ribó Gomis
Academic staff
Field of Research
High Energy Astrophysics
Email
mribo@icc.ub.edu
Phone
934039225
Office
7.12
Marc Ribó is Full Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Barcelona (UB). Marc Ribó obtained his PhD in Physics at UB in 2002. From 2003 to 2006 he conducted a postdoctoral stay at CEA-Saclay, France with a Marie Curie Individual Fellowship and CNRS/CNES contracts. In 2006 he moved back to UB, where he has won different contracts: Juan de la Cierva (2006-2007), Ramón y Cajal (2008-2012), Interim Associate Professor (2013-2014), Serra Húnter Associate Professor (2014- 2021) and Serra Húnter Full Professor (since 2021).

He is currently a member of the Department of Quantum Physics and Astrophysics, where he is the Coordinator of the Astronomy and Astrophysics Section. He is also member of the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of UB within the High-Energy Astrophysics group. He is also member of the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia, where he has been member of the Management Team (2017-2023) and Research Committee (2024-). He has been Scientific Director (2017-2023) and Director of the Montsec Observatory (2019-2023).

Marc Ribó is a member of the MAGIC (Major Atmospheric gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov Telescope), LST (Large Size Telescope) and CTA (Cherenkov Telescope Array) international collaborations. Within MAGIC he has been Convener of the Physics Working Group on Galactic Sources (2010-2013), member of the Time Allocation Committee (2013-2024), internal referee since 2014 and Deputy Physics Coordinator (2020-2023). Within LST he is member of the Extended Steering Committee. He leads the participation of ICCUB in CTA since 2010.

He has published more than 450 scientific articles, 10 of which in the journals Nature and Science. His works have received more than 19,000 citations and has an index h of 73. He has supervised 4 PhD Theses and has been principal investigator in 8 competitive research projects. He has also held numerous conferences and seminars, both specialized and for the public. He is currently professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics in the Physics Degree, as well as professor of High Energy Astrophysics in the Master's in Astrophysics, Particle Physics and Cosmology at the UB.


Lines of Research
Marc Ribó conducts research on high-energy astrophysics sources, mainly those of galactic origin. In particular, he studies X-ray and gamma-ray binaries that contain black holes and neutron stars and show emission across the electromagnetic spectrum to understand accretion/ejection processes and particle acceleration, radiation mechanisms and absorption processes within binary systems. He also studies binary systems in general, and those containing massive stars in particular, as well as runaway stars to understand the stellar evolution of massive stars and supernova explosions.

He is an expert in performing and interpreting multi-wavelength observations, from radio waves to very-high-energy gamma rays. He masters connected and non-connected radio-interferometry, photometry, spectroscopy, astrometry and timing analysis techniques.