Uxua López Flamarique (Tafalla, 1983) is a Spanish telecommunications engineer and environmental activist, expert in renewable energy, and a member of an international network of women leaders aiming to build a global collaboration of 10,000 women with backgrounds in STEMM by 2036,[1][2][3] an initiative of Homeward Bound.[4]
Uxua López | |
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| Born | Uxua López Flamarique 1983 Tafalla, Spain |
| Alma mater | Public University of Navarre |
| Known for | Environmental activist, expert in renewable energy |
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| Fields | Telecommunications engineering |
| Institutions | Acciona |
Biography edit
López has a degree in Telecommunications Engineering from the Public University of Navarre (UPNA).[1]
She works for Acciona as a telecommunications engineer,[5] in the center which controls approximately 400 renewable energy stations. Having graduated from a program in cyber security, her specialty is managing industrial control systems.[6]
In 2018, López participated in Homeward Bound's Antarctic expedition, an initiative focused on the leadership and empowerment of women in the scientific field, being one of its first Spanish representatives, along with Ana Payo Payo, Alicia Pérez-Porro, and Alexandra Dubini.[1][7][8]
Awards and honours edit
In 2018, she was awarded the Distinciones de la Cruz Roja Española (Gold Medal of the Spanish Red Cross) for her participation in the Homeward Bound expedition, and with the Cruz de Carlos III el Noble de Navarra (Cross of Carlos III the Noble of Navarra) for her contribution to the promotion and development of solutions to the effects of global warming from scientific research and with a gender perspective.[9][10][11]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Uxúa López, AccionaTeam: "El primer error del cambio climático es pensar que está en manos de otro" - elEconomista.es". www.eleconomista.es (in Spanish). 12 February 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ "Los ámbitos local y regional adquieren protagonismo contra el cambio climático en 'Change the Change'". www.retema.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ Agencia EFE; Radio Bilbao (15 October 2018). "Los "mejores especialistas" sobre el cambio climático, en marzo en Donostia". cadena SER (in European Spanish). Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ "First Antarctic expedition by Spanish women scientists against climate change". www.acciona.com. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ "Uxua López: "El 80% de las millones de personas desplazadas por el clima son mujeres" - Cristina Enea Fundazioa". www.cristinaenea.eus. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ Ilintxeta, Reyes (25 February 2018). ""Emakumeen talentu guztia baliatu behar dugu galtzen ari garen klima aldaketaren borrokan"". Argia (in Basque). Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ "Una ingeniera de Tafalla combate el cambio climático en la Antártida, en una expedición que busca dar visibilidad a las científicas". naiz (in Spanish). 20 February 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ Gorena, Fernando R. (6 February 2018). "Una tafallesa pone rumbo a la Antártida | SeleccionDN+". diariodenavarra.es (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ "Cruz Roja premia Uxua López tras su viaje a la Antártida". diariodenavarra.es (in Spanish). 7 May 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ "Uxua López Flamarique, recibirá la Cruz de Carlos III el Noble", La voz de la Merindad, 18 April 2018 — via Facebook (in Spanish)
- ^ "El Gobierno concede la Cruz de Carlos III a nueve personas y entidades". Pamplona Actual (in Spanish). 18 April 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2023.