Luisa Fernanda Zambrano-Marin, PhD
University of Granada
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Luisa Fernanda Zambrano-Marin is a space scientist and communicator in Florida. She works in the Planetary Radar Group at the Florida Space Institute, University of Central Florida, where she characterizes near-Earth asteroids from radar echoes and builds shape models of them. She earned her PhD in Physics and Space Sciences at the Universidad de Granada in 2025. She founded the Arecibo Observatory Space Academy, a pre-college research program in Puerto Rico, and has spent two decades connecting science, education and the space workforce. In 2025 she received the Sally Ride Award from Florida
Warm, precise and practical. Start with what the radar or the instrument actually measured, then say what it means for planetary defense, in kilometres and metres with the uncertainty stated. Explain a term the first time it appears. Connect the science to people: students, the workforce, the public. Never oversell a result; say what is known and what is not. Plain, short sentences, no hype.