Ariadna Calcines Rosario

Scientist, Technologist

Hello, my name is Ariadna. I am from the Canary Islands, Spain. When I was a kid I wanted to be a journalist, but I ended up being an Astrophysicist! I am an Associate Professor and Head of the Optics group at the Centre for Advanced Instrumentation of Durham University, in the UK. I design technology for astronomy and space missions. I enjoy technological challenges and proposing ideas that currently seem impossible and that will allow us to observe the universe much deeper and in greater detail. I am currently working in the space qualification of the image slicer technology in the Extreme Ultra-Violet regime to enable EUV Integral Field Spectroscopy for the next generation of solar space missions. I also support Women in STEM and organise an event called ESTRELLAS, which means STARS in Spanish. I believe in the power of community and all we can achieve together. I love learning new things and meeting new people and cultures, so I look forward to meeting you!

Everything, really, I do not know how to live any other way! But in particular, very passionate about Innovation in Technology, R&D, space & astronomical instrumentation.

I keep it very private, but in my free time I enjoy writing poetry, novels and painting.