Erna Frins
Erna Martha Frins Pereira | |
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| Born | December 31, 1960 Paysandú, Uruguay |
| Occupation(s) | Physicist, professor, researcher |
| Years active | 1979–present |
| Known for | Optical techniques for remote sensing of the atmosphere; National L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science (2012) |
Erna Martha Frins Pereira (born 31 December 1960) is a physicist from Uruguay, serving as a professor and researcher at the University of the Republic. Between 2007 and 2011, she held the position of president of the Uruguayan Physics Society. In 2012, she was honored with the National L'Oréal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science in recognition of her contributions to environmental physics.
Career
Frins pursued studies in chemistry and physics at the University of the Republic from 1979 until 1986. She obtained her master's degree in physics in 1992 at Technische Universität Berlin, where her research concentrated on tunable solid-state lasers. That same year, she became part of the Institute of Physics within the Faculty of Engineering at the University of the Republic. In 1998, she earned her doctorate at Goethe University Frankfurt, focusing on optical uses of topological phases.
Beginning in 1999, Frins has directed a research group dedicated to developing optical techniques for remote sensing of the atmosphere, operating within the Applied Optics Group at the Institute of Physics. She holds the rank of Grade 4 Associate Professor at the Faculty of Engineering and is a Grade 4 researcher affiliated with PEDECIBA. Since 2004, she has been actively involved in Uruguay’s National System of Researchers.
Her receipt of the National L'Oréal-UNESCO Award in 2012 acknowledged her work on optical approaches to analyzing gas emissions from thermal power stations, allowing for accurate detection and localization of pollutants in the atmosphere. Frins has spearheaded multiple scientific research projects and authored more than 60 articles published in scholarly journals.
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- Personal page at the University of the Republic Faculty of Engineering
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- 1960 births
- Goethe University Frankfurt alumni
- Living people
- L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science laureates
- People from Paysandú
- Technische Universität Berlin alumni
- Academic staff of the University of the Republic (Uruguay)
- Uruguayan physicists
- Uruguayan women physicists