Pedro Antonio Valdés Sada is aMexican astronomer, specialising inextra-solar planets (exoplanets), planetary astronomy and stellar astronomy. As of December 2015, he is associate professor and researcher at theDepartamento de Física y Matemáticas at theUniversidad de Monterrey.
Valdés Sada matriculated in 1982 as anIngeniero Químico y de Sistemas ("Chemical and Systems Engineer") from theInstituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, gaining abachelor's degree in astronomy from theUniversity of Texas in Austin in 1987. He took a master's degree in astronomy in 1990 and a doctorate in astronomy in 1993, both atNew Mexico State University.
valdés Sada worked as a research assistant and telescope operator at theMcDonald Observatory of theUniversity of Texas in Austin. For over five years he was a teaching assistant and researcher atNew Mexico State University.Between 1993 and 1996 he was resident associate researcher at NASA'sGoddard Space Center en 1993–1996. In 1997, he started as an associate teacher and researcher at theUniversidad de Monterrey (UDEM).
He has a programme on the university's radio station, on the subject of the exploration of constellations and stars.
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