Dr. María Graciela Molina
gmolina@herrera.unt.edu.ar / m.graciela.molina@gmail.com
https://spaceweather.facet.unt.edu.ar/ – https://catedras.facet.unt.edu.ar/labcc/
EDUCATION
- 2017. PhD in Exact Sciences and Engeneering- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Tecnología -FACET,Universidad Nacional de Tucumán – UNT (National University of Tucumán). Argentina. Thesis title: Model of Automatic Radar Echo Detection.
- 2010- Master in Informatics. FACET-UNT.
TEACHING (current positions)
Associate professor (permanent position) – FACET-UNT – subjects: Numerical Methods and Introduction to Data Science (undergraduate level)
Professor at: ‘Doctorado en Ciencias Exactas e Ingeniería ‘ (FACET-UNT) – ‘Maestría e Métodos Numéricos y Computacionales en Ingeniería ‘ (FACET-UNT) – ‘Doctorado en Ciencia y Tecnología’ (Universidad Nacional de Quilmes).
Postgraduate courses – professor (+ relevant in the last 3 years):
- Machine Learning applied in Space Weather, DCAO, UBA
- Data-based modelling: neural networks, applications and tools. UNLP.
- Machine Learning: Fundamentals, tools and applications. FACET-UNT.
- Scientific programming. FACET-UNT
RESEARCH
Current positions
Since 2018 – Researcher at CONICET, Argentina
Since 2022 – Associated researcher at Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Roma, Italia
Other scientific positions:
- Head of Tucumán Space Weather Center (TSWC), Argentina: https://spaceweather.facet.unt.edu.ar/
- Head of Laboratorio de Computación Científica (LabCC), FACET-UNT, Argentina https://catedras.facet.unt.edu.ar/labcc/
- Vice president of ALAGE www.alage.org
- ISWI national coordinator and chair of ISWI Webinar series: http://www.iswi-secretariat.org/
- Member of LAGO Collaboration: http://lagoproject.net/
Publications (+ relevants)
- Particle Classification in the LAGO Water Cherenkov Detectors using Clustering Algorithms (2022). T. Torres Peralta, G. Molina, L. Otiniano, H. Asorey, I. Sidelnikh, A. Taboada, R. Mayo-Garcıa, A. J. Rubio-Monterog, S. Dasso, for the LAGO Collaboration. Special issue of Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research, Section A . (Under rev,)
- Atmospheric and ionospheric waves induced by the Hunga eruption on 15 January 2022; Doppler sounding and infrasound (2022). Jaroslav Chum, Tereza Šindelářová, Petra Koucká Knížová, Kateřina Podolská, Jan Rusz, Jiří Baše, Hiroyuki Nakata, Keisuke Hosokawa, Michael Danielides, Carsten Schmidt, Leon Knez, Jann-Yenq Liu, María Graciela Molina, Mariano Fagre, Zama Katamzi-Joseph, Hiroyo Ohya, Tatsuya Omori, Jan Laštovička, Dalia Obrazová Burešová, Daniel Kouba, Jaroslav Urbář and Vladimír Truhlík. Geophysical Journal International. (In press).
- Ionospheric Response Modeling under Eclipse Conditions: Evaluation of December 14, 2020, Total Solar Eclipse Prediction over the South American sector (2022). Manuel Alejandro Bravo, María Graciela Molina, Miguel Martinez-Ledesma, Blas de Haro Barbás, Benjamín Urra, Ana G. Elias, Jonas Rodrigues de Souza, Carlos Villalobos, Jorge Namour, Elías Ovalle, José Valentín Venchiarutti, Sylvain Blunier,Juan Carlos Valdés-Abreu, Eduardo Guillermo,Enrique Rojo, Lorenzo de Pasquale,Enrique Carrasco,Rodrigo Leiva,Carlos Castillo Rivera, Alberto Foppiano, Marco Milla, Pablo Muñoz, Marina Stepanova, Juan Valdivia and Miguel Cabrera. Frontiers of Astronomy and Space Sciences. DOI: 10.3389/fspas.2022.1021910.
- Técnicas de Programación Científica: fundamentos para el desarrollo de software científico (2022). Cecilia Jarne, Pablo Alcain, Rodrigo Lugones, M. Graciela Molina. Editorial de la Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. ISBN/ISSN: PAPEL 978-987-558-795-3 / DIGITAL 978-987-558-796-0 (BOOK in Spanish).
- Longitudinal variations of ionospheric parameters near totality during the eclipse of December 14, 2020 (2021). Barbás, M. Bravo, A.G. Elias, M. Martínez-Ledesma, G. Molina, B. Urra, J.V. Venchiarutti, C. Villalobos, J.H. Namour, E. Ovalle, E.D. Guillermo, E. Carrasco, L. De Pasquale, E. Rojo, R. Leiva. Advances in Space Research, Volume 69, Issue 5, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2021.12.026.
- Consequences of a solar wind stream interaction region on the low latitude ionosphere: Event of 7 October 2015 (2020). M. G. Molina, S. Dasso, G. Mansilla, J. H. Namour, M. A. Cabrera, E. Zuccheretti. Solar Physics. Doi: 10.1007/s11207-020-01728-7
- Automatic ionospheric layers detection: Algorithms analysis (2016). M.G.Molina; E. Zuccheretti; M.A. Cabrera; C. Bianchi; U. Sciacca; J. Baskaradas. Advances on Space Research, doi:10.1016/j.asr.2015.10.022.
- Propagation of gravity waves and spread F in the low latitude ionosphere over Tucuman, Argentina, by continuous Doppler sounding: first results (2014). Chum, J. ; F.A.M. Bonomi; J. Fišer; M.A. Cabrera; R. G. Ezquer; D. Burešová; J. Laštovička; J. Baše; F. Hruška, M.G. Molina; J. E. Ise, J. I. Cangemi, and T. Šindelářová. JGR: Space Physics. DOI.
- Digital Signal Processing and Numerical Analysis for Radar in Geophysical Applications (2013). Molina, M.G.; Cabrera, M.A.; Ezquer, R.G.;Fernandez, P.M.; Zuccheretti, E. Advances on Space Research, DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2012.07.032.
Relevant activities
Director of research projects (current):
- Aplicaciones de Meteorología del Espacio basadas en Inteligencia Artificial”. PIUNT 26/E-689. UNT, Argentina
- Multi-instrument investigation of ionospheric perturbations. Joint bilateral research project Argentina – Cezch Rep. CONICET 27620210100016CO.
- (co) responsable: Investigación de la Alta Atmósfera Terrestre Aplicada a Telecomunicaciones, Meteorología del Espacio y Cambio Climático. PICT-2018- 04447. Argentina
– Director of ICTP activity: Workshop on Machine Learning for Space Weather: Fundamentals, Tools and Future Prospects. ICTP. https://indico.ictp.it/event/9840/
– Co founder of grupo de Programación Científica en Argentina https://wtpc.github.io/
– Advisor to 3 doctoral students and 2 undergrad students.