Primer «Research Bites» en Canberra


El 17 de Marzo del 2016 la delegación en ACT de la Asociación de Investigadores Españoles en Australia-Pacífico (SRAP-IEAP) organizó el primer Research Bites en Canberra. El evento tuvo lugar en el Centre for European Studies (ANU, Australian National University) y estuvo organizado por Marina Trigueros (Cariboo Design) y Mar Racionero (Research School of Economics-ANU), ambas miembros de la SRAP-IEAP.

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Mas de 20 científicos españoles se reunieron para hablar sobre sus investigaciones. Hubo 6 fantásticas charlas. La tarde fue muy interesante e interactiva. Desde plantas a ranas pasando por super ordenadores, los siguientes tópicos fueron discutidos:

  1. César Espada: Deputy Head of Mission (Embassy of Spain in Canberra). Felicitó a la SRAP-IEAP y explicó el evento de la Embajada española que la misma noche condecoró a Pablo Fernández Peñas con la Medalla al Orden Civil.
  2. Sergio León-Naval: Senior Lecturer (School of Physics-University of Sydney). Introducción sobre la SRAP-IEAP.
  3. Hugo Alonso Cantabrana: Postdoctoral Fellow (ANU-Research School of Biology- ARC Centre of Excellence in Translational Photosynthesis). On the way to a C4 supercharged rice. The C4 rice Project.
  4. Elena Martín Ávila: Postdoctoral Fellow (ANU-Research School of Biology- ARC Centre of Excellence in Translational Photosynthesis). Rubisco and its main role in CO2 photosynthetic assimilation.
  5. Pablo Rozas Larraondo: High Performance data analyst at National Computational Infrastructure. Providing Australian researchers with high-end computing services.
  6. Marta Vidal García: PhD candidate (ANU-Research School of Biology- Evolutionary biology & Ecology of reptiles and amphibians). Morphological evolution in Australian frogs.

 

1st Research Bites Canberra

Primer «Research Bites» de la SRAP-IEAP en Canberra, Australia. Crédito: Ángel R. López-Sánchez

Desgraciadamente no hubo tiempo suficiente para que todo el mundo pudiera dar una charla sobre su trabajo, sin embargo no hay que preocuparse ya que se van a organizar más Research Bites.

Enhorabuena a todos los participantes del primer Research Bites de la asociación SRAP-IEAP en Canberra!

El evento terminó corriendo hacia la ceremonia de entrega de la Medalla al Orden Civil a Pablo Fernández Peñas en la residencia del embajador de España.


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Dr Ángel R. López-Sánchez is an astrophysicist and science communicator working at the Australian Astronomical Optics (AAO) and the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the Macquarie University (MQ) in Sydney (NSW, Australia). His research is focused in the analysis of star formation phenomena in galaxies of the Local Universe, especially in dwarf starbursts and spiral galaxies, using multi-wavelength (UV, optical, IR, radio) data. He presented his PhD Thesis at University of La Laguna and the Instituto Astrofisica de Canarias (Spain) in 2006. In 2007 he joined CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science (Sydney) with a postdoctoral position. He then joined the AAO (formerly the Australian Astronomical Observatory) and MQ in 2011. In July 2018 he was appointed as Senior Lecturer at AAO-MQ. He has been providing instrument and observing support at the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT, Siding Spring Observatory, NSW) since 2011, being the instrument scientist of several instruments: the multi-fiber spectrograph 2dF+AAOmega and the near-infrared imager and spectrograph IRIS2. He also has large experience with integral-field spectroscopy (IFS), being a very active member of the SAMI collaboration at the AAT and part of the HECTOR Science Team. He currently is the Instrument Scientist of KOALA+AAOmega at the AAT, and leads the international astronomy survey "HI KOALA IFS Dwarf and irregular galaxy Survey" (Hi-KIDS), that is getting unique, high-quality IFS data of a sample of 100 nearby dwarf and irregular galaxies for which 21cm H I interferometric data is available He has large experience teaching undergraduate and PhD students and giving lectures and classes about Astronomy. Dr. López-Sánchez is passionate science communicator who continuously gives talks and public lectures, writes popular science articles and organizes science communication events and stargazing activities. He is very active in social media, his Twitter feed is @El_Lobo_Rayado.