Spanish astronomer
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Lara and the second or maternal family name is
López .
Maritza Arlene Lara-López is a Mexican astronomer whose research interests include metallicity in galaxy formation and evolution and extragalactic astronomy .[ 1] She is a participant in the Galaxy And Mass Assembly survey , and a researcher and Ramón y Cajal Fellow in the faculty of physical sciences at the Complutense University of Madrid .[ 2]
Education and career
Lara-López is originally from Puebla , and did her undergraduate studies in physics at the Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla , graduating in 2005 with a senior thesis based on research at the National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics in Puebla and mentored by Raul Mújica and Omar López Cruz.[ 3] [ 4] She became a graduate student at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias in the Canary Islands of Spain, supported by the Mexican National Council of Science and Technology (CONACyT).[ 3] She earned a master's degree in 2007 and completed her PhD in 2011,[ 2] supervised by Jordi Cepa.[ 3] [ 4]
She was a researcher and "Super Science Fellow" at the Australian Astronomical Observatory from 2011 to 2014.[ 2] Next, she became an assistant professor of astronomy at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), associated with the UNAM Institute of Astronomy, from 2014 to 2017.[ 2] [ 3] She was a research fellow and assistant professor at the Niels Bohr Institute of the University of Copenhagen from 2017 to 2020,[ 2] [ 5] and a postdoctoral researcher at the Armagh Observatory in Ireland from 2020 to 2022.[ 2] [ 6] She took her present position as Ramon y Cajal Fellow in the faculty of physical sciences at the Complutense University of Madrid in 2022.[ 2]
Her research collaborations include the Galaxy And Mass Assembly survey , the
SAMI Galaxy Survey, and the OSIRIS Tunable Emission Line Object Survey (OTELO).[ 4]
Recognition
Lara-López's dissertation won a prize for the best thesis in Mexico.[ 3] [ 6]
In 2016, L'Oréal México named her as one of five winners of their L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science Fellowship.[ 7]
References
^ "Astrónoma mexicana estudia la Galaxia de los Fuegos Artificiales" , El Mundo , 7 December 2016
^ a b c d e f g "Maritza Arlene Lara-Lopez" , ORCiD , retrieved 2022-12-05
^ a b c d e "Faculty Highlight: Prof. Maritza Lara López" , Astronomy in Color , 26 May 2016, retrieved 2022-12-05
^ a b c "Investigadora Dra. Maritza A. Lara-López" , Directory , UNAM Institute of Astronomy, retrieved 2022-12-05
^ "Maritza A. Lara-Lopez: Assistant Professor" , Staff & students , Neils Bohr Institute, 26 September 2018, retrieved 2022-12-05
^ a b "IAA Zoom Lecture" , Monthly archives , Irish Astronomical Association, July 2021, retrieved 2022-12-05
^ "Women scientists awarded fellowship: Five Mexican researchers were awarded the fellowship for their excellence and work in science" , El Universal , 5 December 2016
External links
International National Academics