Marta Yebra nombrada directora del «ANU-Optus Bushfire Research Centre of Excellence»


Nuestra socia Dr. Marta Yebra (Australian National University, ANU), ha sido nombrada directora del «ANU-Optus Bushfire Research Centre of Excellence«.  

Dr Marta Yebra usa satélites para ayudar a predecir y sofocar incendios. Crédito: Jamie Kidston.

El ANU-Optus Bushfire Research Centre of Excellence realizará investigación avanzada y desarrollará soluciones tecnológicas de alta precisión para identificar y extinguir incendios forestales poco despues de su ignicion para evitar impactos catastróficos. Este ambicioso programa durará hasta 2024, con expertos tanto de Optus como de ANU trabajando juntos para desarrollar un sistema de detección de incendios integrando medios autónomos tanto terrestres como aéreos y satelitales.

Para 2022, el programa propone lanzar una constelación de satélites, gestionada por ANU, para complementar el sistema de detección de incendios. Para el 2024 el programa incluira un satélite estacionario que ayudara a identificar y monitorizar los incendios, además de desarrollar technologies de extincion.

Se estima que el coste que Australia podría pagar en incendios forestales alcance los 30 mil millones de dólares ($30 billion en inglés) en las próximas 3 décadas. La ANU realizo un modelizado economic que estimo que Australia puede ahorrar 8200 millones de dólares ($8.2 billion en inglés) en los próximos 30 años si invierte en detección temprana de incendios.

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Dr Ángel R. López-Sánchez is an astrophysicist and science communicator working at the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Macquarie University (MQ). He is a recognised expert in the study of how the gas is converted into stars in galaxies and how this affects galaxy evolution. He graduated in Theoretical Physics at the University of Granada (2000) and completed his PhD Thesis in Astrophysics at the prestigious “Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias” (IAC, Spain) and the University of La Laguna (Spain) in 2006. He moved to Australia in 2007, joining CSIRO “Astronomy and Space Science” to perform radio-interferometric observations of gas-rich galaxies at the Australian Telescope Compact Array. In 2011 he joined the Australian Astronomical Observatory and Macquarie University combining instrumentation support, research, lecturing, and outreach. He was appointed as a full-time research academic at the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at Macquarie University in May 2023. He is the president of the association of Spanish Researchers in Australia-Pacific (SRAP), the vice-president of the Astronomical Association of Córdoba (AAC, Spain), representative in the Andalusian Astronomy Network (RAdA), and member of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), the Spanish Astronomy Society (SEA), and the Australian Astronomy Society (ASA). He is a globally-recognised science communicator, with visibility in Spanish and Australian printed, broadcast, and social media. He is also a passionate amateur astronomer that uses his own equipment for capturing the beauty of the Cosmos. His stunning astronomy time-lapse videos and photos have received +1/2 million views in YouTube and have been seen in TV channels in USA, Australia and Spain, science museums worldwide, and textbooks.