Monthly Archives: June 2023

The Final Report of the 2022 SRAP Research Forum “A digital world” has been released. You can get it in PDF format (file size: 6.2 Mb). A high-resolution PDF file is also available (file size: 19.4 Mb). This report complements the Booklet of the 2022 SRAP Research Forum (PDF format, file […]

Final report of the 2022 SRAP Research Forum

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Within SRAP, several members are engaged in collaborative projects focused on aquatic environments. Their latest endeavour involves the utilization of unmanned underwater vehicles to assist estuary officers in locating seagrass beds. Ana Rubio works as the Hawkesbury estuary officer, striving to map areas where seagrasses have established themselves over the […]

SRAP Collaboration Reveals Seagrass Locations in the Hawkesbury

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On Saturday 24th June 2023 SRAP organised in collaboration with the Spanish Embassy in Canberra a visit to the two astronomical observatories in ACT (Australia Capital Territory): the NASA Deep Space Tracking Station in Tidbinbilla and Mt Stromlo Observatory. Almost 70 people, including many kids, enjoyed a full day of […]

SRAP visits ACT Astronomy Observatories

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(Post only available in Spanish) Hoy RAICEX ha publicado las propuestas que la Comisión de Política Científica y Atracción de Talento de RAICEX ha elaborado al Real Decreto (RD) por el que se regula la acreditación estatal para el acceso a los cuerpos docentes universitarios y el régimen de los concursos de […]

Proposals from RAICEX for the Royal Decree on access to ...

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Our partner and coordinator of the SRAP Delegation of the South Pacific Islands, Ricardo Domínguez Llosa (Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations), has coordinated the creation of a video on irrigation in Vanuatu as part of the Integrated Sustainable Land and Coastal Management Project. In Ricardo’s own words: […]

Traditional Agricultural Irrigation Systems in Vanuatu

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On Sunday, June 18th, ALCE (Aula de Lengua y Cultura Españolas, Association of Spanish Language and Culture) organized a visit to the Sydney Botanic Gardens for young students and their families. The visit was guided by Dr Francisco (Paco) Sánchez-Bayo, a member of SRAP, an ecologist, and a knowledgeable expert […]

ALCE visits Sydney’s Botanic Gardens

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Today, on June 13, 2023, in the Spanish scientific radio program “Investigadores por el Mundo (Researchers around the World)”, episode 207, hosted and directed by Antonio G. Armas, our member Carmela Isabel Núñez Lendo has been interviewed. The interview is entitled “Coral Reef Restoration, Digital Citizenship in a Transforming World” […]

“Researchers around the World” interviews SRAP member Carmela Isabel Núñez ...

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Our member and SRAP honorary president, A/Prof Sergio León-Saval (University of Sydney) has been appointed as Fellow of Optica in the class of 2023. Formerly known as the Optical Society of America (OSA) since 1916, the Optica society has been the world’s leading champion for optics and photonics, uniting and […]

Sergio León-Saval appointed as 2023 Fellow of Optica

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After 20 years in prison, an Australian mother convicted of killing her four children has been pardoned based on the analysis of a Spanish scientist. Prof Carola García de Vinuesa‘s research successfully raised “reasonable doubt” by suggesting that the deaths were linked to rare congenital abnormalities. Kathleen Folbigg, the convicted […]

Australian mother pardoned after 20 years: Spanish scientist raises doubts ...

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The association of Spanish Researchers in Australia-Pacific (SRAP) just had a wild gathering with representatives from Sydney, Queensland, and Canberra. They reviewed all their hard work since the foundation of SRAP in 2015. and brainstormed where they want to take the association next. It was like watching a flock of hilarious […]

Successful SRAP Retreat in Canberra

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Our member and president, Dr Ángel López-Sánchez (School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Macquarie University) has been interviewed today in ABC radio about his research and his real passion: astrophotography, as well as the increasing problem of light pollution.   Listen the interview (7 minutes) in the ABC webpage, “Could light pollution […]

Interview to Ángel López-Sánchez in ABC radio

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