Diana Valencia recognized with Paulo Farinella Prize
Published: November 3, 2021
The 香港六合彩资料 Scarborough鈥檚 Diana Valencia has been for her pioneering work on exoplanets.
Valencia was this year鈥檚 co-recipient of the prestigious European research award, for her contributions to our understanding of the interior structure and dynamics of terrestrial and super-Earth exoplanets.
鈥淚 have seen the field grow from not knowing anyone else studying these planets when I was a PhD student, to a flourishing research field attracting numerous young scientists,鈥 said Valencia, an associate professor in the department of physical and environmental sciences.
鈥淚t feels particularly special to be recognized in the research field I helped to grow from the beginning.鈥
Valencia was one of the first scientists to combine geophysics and astrophysics to study exoplanets. She developed the first interior model and first mass-radius relationship