The Invitations to Industry seminar series continues this Monday, March 15th at 6pm ET with Ana Mosquera, Science Advisor at Future Frontiers Institute!
Ana: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ana-mosquera-2211b7105/
Future Frontiers Institute: https://www.futurefrontiers.co/about/
About Ana: I am a decisive Computational Scientist with a Ph.D. in Astrophysics, and my interests go way beyond my areas of expertise. In 2019 I participated as an analog-astronaut for NASA-HERA program, campaign 5, mission 2 (C5M2), being in isolation for 45 days simulating a trip to Phobos at Johnson Space Center. Recently, I was selected to join PoSSUM Scientist Astronaut Qualification Program (class 2001), where I will be involved in climate research, and learn how to perform suborbital noctilucent cloud science missions.
When at a desk, I like to work at the interface between high performance computing and real data, being an expert on demanding computational techniques, and having vast experience with observations from world-class ground-based and space telescopes.
In the past I have even used galaxies as natural telescopes - the space-time distortion that they generate allows us to zoom in on into unexplored regions of very distant objects in their background, which otherwise could not be observed even with the best telescopes in the world. This technique is called Gravitational Lensing, and together with collaborators we have used it to "observe" and quantify by the first time the surrounding areas of distant super massive black holes.
As a general rule, I like to have fun solving challenges. I am very good at finding patterns and common ground behind what might seem very different problems. Some of my current interests include: Space Science and Technologies, quantum computing, computing vision, and Human behavior and communication.
I am very good at networking, I am adaptable to very different kinds of environments, and I am very good at recognizing talent.
When I am not working I like to travel the world, experience new cultures, or go back home to be pampered.
