Brief CV

 

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.