Prof. Morales-Juberías specializes in planetary science, particularly in studying planetary atmospheric dynamics of gas-giants, a large class that includes Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Extra Solar Giant Planets, and Brown Dwarfs. He uses extensive observations of these objects from ground-based telescopes and interplanetary spacecraft, as well as numerical models. Studying the atmospheres of different bodies in the Solar System in a comparative way, Dr. Morales-Juberías can create a broad critical understanding on how these systems work that could not be accomplished by studying the Earth alone.
Prof. Morales-Juberías earned a Ph.D. in Applied Physics (Planetary Sciences) from the University of the Basque Country in Spain, and completed a post-doc at the University of Louisville in Kentucky. He has been at New Mexico Tech since 2005.