Cristina Mandrini
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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. Between 2011 and 2014 she was the President of the Asociación Argentina de Astronomía (Argentine Astronomy Association).
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]
