General
What is it?
It is an IAC initiative that aims to make visible the work of women in Astronomy-Astrophysics, while offering girls inspiring models to promote their scientific and technological vocations. It consists of videoconferences with educational centres by women astrophysicists and engineers who work at the IAC and at other institutions present in the Observatories of the Canary Islands, in which they explain their work, talk about their field of research and answer students' questions about the scientific and technological careers, the Universe or the methods we use to get to know it better.
The duration of the videoconferences is 50-60 minutes. The default language is Spanish, although, as the IAC and its Observatories are internationalised centres, it can also be requested in other languages (English, Italian, French).
For whom?
The activity is aimed at Spanish educational centres, from Primary Education until High School and Vocational Training.
When?
The activities will start on February and will continue until June, on the dates and times agreed between the applicant schools and the participating speakers.
How to register?
If you are a teacher at a Spanish school and you are interested in participating in this initiative, register your school using this inscription form and request a videoconference.
If you want to request two videoconferences (maximum per school) for different levels or with different themes, please send two different requests to make it easier for us to manage them.
Registration will be open until the maximum number of videoconferences we can do in a school year is covered. If it is not possible for us to hold the videoconference on the requested date, we will propose a new one.
Who is involved?
Alicia López Oramas Postdoctoral researcher (IAC) Astroparticles, gamma rays |
Julia de León Cruz Researcher (IAC) Small bodies of the Solar System |
Alba Fernández-Barral Astrophysicist, Outreach and Education Coordinator (CTA Observatory) |
Lucía González Cuesta Predoctoral researcher (IAC)
Astro-seismology, Exoplanets
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Ana Esteban Gutiérrez Predoctoral researcher (IAC, ULL) Cosmology and Relativity. Gravitational lenses |
María Jesús Arévalo Morales Researcher and university professor (ULL, IAC) Binary stars |
Arianna di Cintio Distinguished Researcher "Fundación La Caixa" (IAC, ULL) |
Montserrat Armas Padilla Postdoctoral researcher (IAC) Black holes, neutron stars, X-rays Astrophysics |
Beatriz Mingo Fernandez Postdoctoral researcher (The Open University) |
Nataly Ospina Escobar Postdoctoral researcher (Università degli Studi di Padova, INFN Padova) Multi-messenger astrophysics: gravitational waves, neutrinos and gamma rays |
Carmen P. Padilla-Torres Postdoctoral researcher (IAC) and telescope operator (Telescopio Nazionale Galileo, FGG) Galactic clusters |
Nayra Rodríguez Eugenio Astrophysicist and coordinator of education projects (IAC) Galaxies, Astrophysics outreach, robotic telescopes |
Estrella Zatón Engineer (IAC) IT, computer science |
Núria Casasayas Barris Postdoctoral researcher (Leiden Observatory) |
Evanthia Hatziminaoglou ALMA Support astronomer, Deputy head of the ALMA Regional Centre (ESO) Active galaxies, ALMA, extragalactic surveys |
Patricia Chinchilla Gallego Postdoctoral researcher (IAC, Univ. Liège)
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Francesca Pinna Postdoctoral researcher (Max Planck Institute for Astronomy) Nearby galaxies |
Paula Izquierdo Sánchez Predoctoral researcher (IAC) |
Gloria Andreuzzi Astronomer (Telescopio Nazionale Galileo) |
Pepa Becerra González Researcher (IAC, ULL) Gamma-ray astronomy |
Icíar Montilla Engineer (IAC)
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Sandra Benítez Herrera Astrophysicist and coordinator of education projects (IAC) Cosmology, women in Astronomy |
Jennifer Carter Postdoctoral researcher (Leicester University) |
Sara González Pérez Engineer and university lecturer (ULL, IACTec) Renewable energies, Medical Technology and Experimental Science Education |
Núria Salvador Rusiñol Predoctoral researcher (IAC) Formation and evolution of galaxies |
Virginia Cúneo Postdoctoral researcher (IAC) |
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