Maria Tereza Ruiz

  • source

    source
    she was born in Santiago de chile
  • Studies

    Studies
    she studied a degree in astronomy at the university of chile
  • Studies

    Studies
    she studied at the university of Princenton
    she was first woman to obtain two degrees from these universities
  • Job

    Job
    she was a researcher in the astronomical observatory of Triestre
  • Family

    Family
    she is married to Fernando lund and has a son named Camilo lund
  • Job

    Job
    she taught in the astronomy department of her alma mater
  • Discovery

    Discovery
    she discovered the supernova star in its destruction
  • Awards

    Awards
    she won then national prize for exact sciences
    she was the first woman to win
  • Awards

    Awards
    she won the prize LOREAL-UNESCO for woman in sciencie