Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz is a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Contents

• Early life and education
• Career
• Selected publications
• References

Early life and education

Ramirez-Ruiz was born and raised in Mexico City. ^{[2] [3]} Ramirez-Ruiz completed his undergraduate studies in physics at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. ^[2] He completed his doctoral studies at the University of Cambridge. ^[2]

Career

Ramirez-Ruiz holds the Vera Rubin Presidential Chair in Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Santa Cruz. ^[2] He was a NASA Chandra and Bahcall Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study. ^[2] He was inducted to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2020 and the Mexican Academy of Sciences in 2010. ^{[1] [4] [5]} In 2019, he received the HEAD Mid-Career Prize from the American Astronomical Society. ^[6] In 2021, he was awarded the Dwight Nicholson Medal for Outreach by the American Physical Society. ^[2] Ramirez-Ruiz is also the Niels Bohr professor at University of Copenhagen. ^[7]

Ramirez-Ruiz founded the Lamat Institute at the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2009. ^{[3] [8]} In February 2022, Ramirez-Ruiz received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring for creating the Lamat Institute. ^{[3] [9]}

Ramirez-Ruiz was named president of the board of Astronomical Society of the Pacific in June 2025. ^[10]

Selected publications

• Kasen, D., Metzger, B., Barnes, J., Quataert, E., and Ramirez-Ruiz, E., "Origin of the heavy elements in binary neutron-star mergers from a gravitational- wave event." Nature, 551(7678):80–84, Oct 2017. doi : 10.1038/nature24453
• Guillochon, J. and Ramirez-Ruiz, E., “Hydrodynamical Simulations to Determine the Feeding Rate of Black Holes by the Tidal Disruption of Stars: The Importance of the Impact Parameter and Stellar Structure” The Astrophysical Journal, 767(1):25, Mar 2013. doi : 10.1088/0004-637X/767/1/25
• Gehrels, N., Ramirez-Ruiz, E., and Fox, D., "Gamma ray bursts in the iswift/i era. Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 47(1): 567–617, Sep 2009. doi: 10.1146/annurev.astro.46.060407.145147 doi : 10.1146/annurev.astro.46.060407.145147
• Roberts, L. F., Kasen, D., Lee, W. H., and Ramirez-Ruiz, E., "Electromagnetic Transients Powered by Nuclear Decay in the Tidal Tails of Coalescing Compact Binaries". The Astrophysical Journal, 736(1):L21, Jul 2011. doi : 10.1088/2041-8205/736/1/l21

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