Cristina Mandrini
{{Short description|Argentinian solar physicist}}
Cristina Hemilse Mandrini is an Argentinian solar physicist. She is currently a researcher at the Argentinian National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) and a professor at the University of Buenos Aires.
Background and scientific career
Mandrini completed her PhD in solar physics at the University of Buenos Aires in 1989. She took up a position as a researcher at CONICET in 1991 and was appointed Professor at the University of Buenos Aires in 2000. Mandrini is a strong advocate of Argentinian science,{{Cite news |last=Zhang |first=Sarah |title=Argentina Has More Women in Science—But It Hasn't Fixed Sexism |language=en-US |work=Wired |url=https://www.wired.com/2015/11/argentina-many-female-astronomers/ |access-date=2022-06-12 |issn=1059-1028}} most notably via active involvement in the International Astronomical Union at a range of levels for more than two decades.
Research interests
Mandrini's research centres on the dynamics and structure of the coronal magnetic field and its role in solar flares,{{Cite web |date=2022-02-22 |title=Tormentas solares: científicos explican cómo se detectan y qué se puede hacer para evitar sus consecuencias en la Tierra |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/revista-brando/tormentas-solares-cientificos-explican-como-se-detectan-y-que-se-puede-hacer-para-evitar-sus-nid19022022/ |access-date=2022-06-12 |website=LA NACION |language=es}} coronal mass ejections and coronal heating.{{Cite web |title=C. H. Mandrini |url=https://scholar.google.com.ar/citations?user=s8eykiUAAAAJ&hl=en |access-date=2022-06-12 |website=scholar.google.com.ar}}{{Cite web |title=From the Sun to the terrestrial surface: understanding the chain |url=http://www.issibern.ch/teams/terrestsurf/team.html |access-date=2022-06-12 |website=www.issibern.ch}} She has also studied wave modes in the corona as a potential fingerprint of specific coronal heating mechanisms.{{Cite web |date=2021-09-16 |title=The enduring mystery of the solar corona |url=https://physicsworld.com/the-enduring-mystery-of-the-solar-corona/ |access-date=2022-06-12 |website=Physics World |language=en-GB}}
Awards and positions of note
2022: Elected International Astronomical Union President of Division E (Sun and Heliosphere){{Cite web |title=International Astronomical Union {{!}} IAU |url=https://www.iau.org/administration/membership/individual/1216/ |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=www.iau.org}}{{Cite web |title=Cristina Mandrini was appointed president of the Steering Committee of the "Sun and Heliosphere" Division of the IAU |url=https://www.conicet.gov.ar/?post_type=post&p=102344 |access-date=2022-06-11 |language=es}}{{Cite web |title=Cristina Mandrini appointed president of the IAU Division E |url=https://www.springer.com/gp/livingreviews/solar-physics/news/cristina-mandrini-appointed-president-of-the-iau-division-e/19665106 |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=www.springer.com |language=en}}
2021 IAU President for National Committee for Astronomy (Argentina){{Cite web |title=International Astronomical Union {{!}} IAU |url=https://www.iau.org/administration/membership/national/nca/302/ |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=www.iau.org}}
2019 Elected to World Academy of Sciences{{Cite web |title=Mandrini, Cristina Hemilse |url=https://twas.org/directory/mandrini-cristina-hemilse |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=TWAS |language=en}}
2018 Elected International Astronomical Union Vice-president of Division E (Sun and Heliosphere)
2018 Elected fellow of the Academia Nacional de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales{{Cite web |title=Premios de la ANCEFN para Hernán Grecco y Cristina Mandrini |url=https://df.uba.ar/en/7-novedades/6833-premio-de-la-ancefn-para-hernan-grecco |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=df.uba.ar |language=en-gb}}{{Cite web |last=www.e-dynamic.com.ar |last2=dynamicIce |title=- Tomo 70 - Año 2018 |url=http://www.ancefn.org.ar/contenido.asp?id=2308 |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=www.ancefn.org.ar}}
2017 Appointed Solar Physics Editor-in-chief{{Cite web |title=Solar Physics |url=https://www.springer.com/journal/11207 |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=Springer |language=en}}
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