María José García Borge

María José García Borge (born November 9, 1956) is a Spanish nuclear physicist. She serves as a research professor at the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC) in Madrid and in years 2012-2017 was the Physics Group Leader and spokesperson for ISOLDE at CERN in Switzerland. She is a member of the Real Academia de las Ciencias. From 2018 till 2024 she was Editor-in-Chief for the Experimental Physics section of European Physics Journal A.

Biography Early life and education Borge was born on November 9, 1956, in Madrid. Her parents were José García Prol and Esther Borge Rodriguez. She earned three degrees from University Complutense, graduating in 1978 with a physics degree, 1979 with a graduate physics degree, and 1982 with a Doctor of Philosophy in physics.

She was awarded honoris causa doctorates by Chalmers University of Technology and University of Huelva.

Personal life On September 9, 1989, Borge married Olof Erik Ingemar Tengblad. Borge is of ethnic Spanish descent.