Alberto Gago Medina is a physicist at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP) and holds a PhD in Science from the University of São Paulo (Brazil). His research focuses on subatomic or elementary particle physics, encompassing both experimental and theoretical-phenomenological approaches. He leads the PUCP High Energy Physics Group, which has participated in the ALICE experiment at CERN since 2009 and in the MINERvA experiment at Fermilab since 2006, contributing to the development and international integration of high-energy physics research in Peru and Latin America. He has supervised nearly twenty postgraduate theses and led numerous national and international research projects. Further information on his research activities and those of his group can be found on the High Energy Physics Group webpage and in the introductory video available on the site.

His scientific work also addresses fundamental questions related to physics beyond the Standard Model and the interface between theory and experiment. He plays an active role in the regional organization and strategic planning of high-energy physics as a member of the International Organizing Committee of the CERN–Latin American School of High-Energy Physics and of the Latin American Symposium of High Energy Physics, and as a participant in the Preparatory Group of the Latin American Strategy for High Energy, Cosmology, and Astroparticle Physics.

Beyond his academic activities, he has assumed prominent leadership roles in science governance and public policy. He served as President of the National Academy of Sciences of Peru from 2021 to 2024 and was reelected for the 2024–2027 term, currently serving as its President. He is also a member of the Advisory Commission on Science, Technology, and Innovation and has previously served on the National Council of Education. His contributions have been recognized with several distinctions, including the Elsevier Award for Excellence in Physical Sciences – Peru (2017) and the TWAS–ANCYT Award for Young Scientists in Basic Sciences (2004), as well as national recognition from the Commission on Science, Innovation, and Technology of the Congress of the Republic of Peru. He is currently Director of the PhD Program in Physics and a senior professor in the Physics Section of the Department of Sciences at PUCP.