Science and Technology
in feminine "OUTSTANDING WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE ENVIRONMENT OF..."
Arrate Muñoz Barrutia Pamplona, Spain (1973) Development of imaging technologies to solve biomedical problems Telecommunications Engineer from the Public University of Navarra, Ph.D. in Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL). She has been a researcher at the Center for Technical Studies and Research (CEIT-IK4), and the Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA) at the University of Navarra. Actually is a UC3M Professor and Researcher at the Gregorio Marañón Health Research Institute. As an expert in biomedical imaging, she led numerous open-source initiatives and competitions that build on cooperative community work to achieve significant advancement in the field. Its most recent milestone is the development of deepImageJ, a friendly environment forprocessing microscopy images, that was recently published in Nature Methods. Visiting researcher at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In 2017, she obtained a Leonardo Scholarship from the BBVA Foundation and the Award of Excellence from the Social Council of UC3M in the category of Young Research Staff.
Beatriz García Osma Madrid, Spain (1977) Financial information and corporate governance studies She holds a PhD from Lancaster University. Professor in the business department of UC3M, Research Member of the European Corporate Governance Institute and visiting scholar at Stockholm School of Economics. Previously, she directed the Master in Accounting (MACAM) at UAM, where she was an associate professor. Improving the quality of financial reporting and of firm corporate governance structures is key to achieve a better, more righteous society and more transparent capital markets. For example, her research documents instances of gender discrimination in accessing top management positions, but also, that improving corporate governance paves the way towards greater gender equality. Her expert views have been requested by institutions such as the European Parliament and her studies have been presented to regulators such as the IASB, EFRAG, CNMV or ICAC.
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