Cristina Mandrini

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,^[1] most notably via active involvement in the International Astronomical Union at a range of levels for more than two decades.^[2]

Research interests

Mandrini's research centres on the dynamics and structure of the coronal magnetic field and its role in solar flares,^[3] coronal mass ejections and coronal heating.^[4][5] She has also studied wave modes in the corona as a potential fingerprint of specific coronal heating mechanisms.^[6]

Awards and positions of note

2022: Elected International Astronomical Union President of Division E (Sun and Heliosphere)^[2][7][8]

2021 IAU President for National Committee for Astronomy (Argentina)^[9]

2019 Elected to World Academy of Sciences^[10]

2018 Elected International Astronomical Union Vice-president of Division E (Sun and Heliosphere)^[2]

2018 Elected fellow of the Academia Nacional de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales^[11][12]

2017 Appointed Solar Physics Editor-in-chief^[13]