What’s been your favourite accomplishment at ESO?Ī. The most thrilling and challenging moments I have spent at the observatories have been during very bad weather conditions or technical emergencies. During this time I spent two years at La Silla and ten years at Paranal. My responsibilities include maintaining and improving the software of the KMOS, HAWK-I and VIRCAM instruments, as well as all instruments and telescopes at La Silla Observatory. I am a software engineer and a member of the Paranal Software Group, within the Maintenance, Support and Engineering Department. Josefina Urrutia - Software Engineer at Paranal ObservatoryĪ. Thankfully, we can always work on improving our abilities. Proficiency in maths or the sciences does not necessarily need to be an innate gift and our environment can affect how we view our competiencies. Also, your femme identity does not correlate with your ability or lack thereof. When imposter syndrome hits, try to remind yourself of all that you have accomplished and how far you have come. What advice would you give to younger women considering a career in science?Ī. It struck me that the study of physics really is an uncovering of the mathematical rules and logic that have existed for almost 14 billion years. I felt as though I stumbled upon a mystery of nature that many scientists have noted before. Yes, certainly, I may have had several in fact! While working with spectra I obtained from the integral field unit instrument on the Very Large Telescope called MUSE, it hit me how fascinating it is that a Gaussian distribution could fit literally all of the spectral emission lines in my dataset. Have you ever had a ‘Eureka!” moment in your career?Ī. Also at the terrestrial or human level, I think about how I can use my problem-solving abilities to bring about solutions on how we can use our data to transform lives for the better. Knowing that there are so many questions that have yet to be resolved about the origin of the Universe, how galaxies evolve, how many habitable exoplanets really exist in the Universe. What makes you get out of bed and go to work in the morning?Ī. Your femme identity does not correlate with your ability or lack thereof.
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