Josep Maria Trigo Rodríguez (born 3 July 1970) is a Spanish astronomer,"How A Cometary Boulder Lit Up The Spanish Sky". Science Daily, Royal Astronomical Society, February 24, 2009"Comet's heart may have struck Earth". NBC News, Feb 23, 2009, Andrea Thompson astrophysicist and science writer. His work focuses on the early development of the Solar System."New solar system birth theory". Science Alert MONASH UNIVERSITY 20 JUL 2009 He is the cofounder of the Spanish Meteor Network."France launches massive meteor-spotting network". Nature, Traci Watson, 10 June 2016
Biography Trigo Rodríguez was born in Valencia, Spain. He grew up reading Isaac Asimov, Josep Comas Solà, Camille Flammarion, and Carl Sagan. He studied at Universidad de Valencia where he earned his Ph.D. in 2002.
Trigo Rodríguez researched primitive Solar System materials (meteorites) at the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from 2003 to 2005.
In 2011 he is a tenured scientist of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) at the Institute of Space Sciences in Barcelona, Spain,"Explosive Culprit? Russian Fireball's Origins Found". Live Science, by Becky Oskin, April 08, 2015"NEWS: Asteroid Mission May Offer Clues into Life’s Origins". Discovery News, Oct 23, 2011 / by Jason MajorOvernight News Digest: Science Saturday (Sweetest Day 2011 edition) where he continues to study meteorites and comets"A New Research Paper Suggests that Comets May Have Played a Key Role in the Formation of Titan's Atmosphere". Titan News, October 15, 2011. and their paths in the solar system."Surprise Meteor Showers: Will They Become as Predictable as Lunar Eclipses?". Space.com, by Peter Jenniskens, Meteor astronomer, Carl Sagan Center, SETI Institute | August 30, 2007NASA descarta que el meteorito de Rusia esté relacionado ...". Spanish People Daily,"La pluja de meteors podria ser la més gran dels últims 14 anys" - Diari de Girona, May 23, 2014. In 2012 the Minor Planet Center named Main Belt asteroid 8325 Trigo-Rodríguez after him."8325 Trigo-Rodriguez (1981 EM26)". NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory He is also the head of the Spanish Meteor Network, which watches the skies in order to recover and study meteorites."Eyes on the sky watch the unpredictable Draconid meteor shower". Earth, Julia Rosen, October 10, 2013
In 2016 Trigo Rodriguez conducted research on cosmic debris of Martian origin. His study was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Sciences."Martian Meteorite That Sparked ‘Primitive Life' Claim Gets a New Look". Seeker, Elizabeth Howell March 17, 2017
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External links Google Scholar report http://www.spmn.uji.es/ESP/trigo.html