Spotlight on #WomenInELLIS on Maria Fernanda Durand, PhD Student at Polytechnic University of Madrid, with photo of Maria
May 7th, 2025

Spotlight on Maria Fernanda Durand

#WomenInELLIS
Get to know Maria Fernanda Durand, ELLIS PhD Student at Polytechnic University of Madrid πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ

Her area of research covers the detection of Parkinson's Disease using biomarkers and signal processing of eye tracking data.

She says she’s found her calling in life in helping students with non-STEM backgrounds overcome their fear of maths or programming while teaching Intro to Data Science. πŸ‘πŸ»

Check out her reason for participating in this campaign.

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