Vanesa Magar Brunner
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Vanesa Magar[1] | |
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| Born | 4 August 1971 |
| Alma mater | National Autonomous University of Mexico University of Cambridge |
| Scientific career | |
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| Institutions | Ensenada Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education University of Cambridge |
| Thesis | Nutrient Uptake by a Self-Propelled Steady Squirmer (2001) |
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Vanesa Magar (also known as Vanesa Magar Brunner) is a Franco-Mexican scientist who works at the Physical Oceanography Department, Ensenada Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education (CICESE) in Mexico, since 2014. She runs the Geophysical and Environmental Modelling Lab.[3] Her work focuses on wind energy and tidal energy.
Magar was born in 1971 to Roger Magar Vincent (1936- ) and Palmira Brunner Liebshard (1940-2018). She was educated at the Lycée Franco-Mexicain, the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), at Clare College and Wolfson College, Cambridge University, and at the EPCC, University of Edinburgh.
After taking her Baccalauréat in Physics, Mathematics and Technology (Bac E) at the Lycée Franco-Mexicain in Mexico City in 1989, Magar moved to France and started a General Academic Studies Degree (DEUG) in Physics, Maths, Chemistry, and Technology at the University of Nantes. But, after starting her second year at the University of Orléans, she decided to return to Mexico and started the Physics and Mathematics BSc degrees at the UNAM. While she was a student, Magar was selected by NASA to take part in a space life sciences training programme at Kennedy Space Center, to celebrate International Space Year in 1992.[4] She graduated from UNAM in 1996.[3]
In 1997, she obtained a certificate of Advanced Study in Mathematics from the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP), Cambridge University.[3] She also did her PhD at the DAMTP, working on fluid dynamics with Tim Pedley.[5][6] Together they studied the uptake of nutrients by swimming microorganisms.[7][8] She graduated in 2001.[3]
