Member Profile
Membership type: full
PhD Fellowship
Xochilt Esther Zambrana Areas
Country of origin: Nicaragua Currently in: Nicaragua, Managua General field of specialization: Astronomy, Space and Earth SciencesPhD Fellowship
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Degrees
2012 Master Astronomy, Space and Earth Sciences2014 Master Astronomy, Space and Earth Sciences2009 Undergraduate Astronomy, Space and Earth Sciences -
Current Research Activities
Astronomy, Space and Earth Sciences
Teaching and Research. Faculty of Sciences and Engineering.National Autonomous University of Nicaragua (UNAN-Managua).
Publications resulting from Research:
1) Zambrana, X. (2019). Peligro Sísmico de la falla geológica Aeropuerto, Margen este de la ciudad de Managua, Nicaragua- Seismic hazard on the Airport geological fault, East part of Managua city, Nicaragua. Revista Compromiso Social, 1(2), 61-68. Recuperado a partir de https://revistacompromisosocial.unan.edu.ni/index.php/CompromisoSocial/article/view/47.
2) Zambrana Areas, X. (2020). Peligro Sísmico por Efecto de Sitio en el Recinto Universitario Rubén Darío de la UNAN-Managua. Nicaragua. Seismic Hazard by Site Effect in the Rubén Darío University Campus of UNAN-Managua. Nicaragua. Revista Científica De FAREM-Estelí, (32), 84-93. https://doi.org/10.5377/farem.v0i32.9233.
Zambrana, X., Ramón, V., Keppie, D., Campos, J., Leytón, B. y Rodríguez,D. 2012. GGA-4: Fallamiento normal de bloques en el Graben Aeropuerto, rift de tipo pull-apart Managua, Nicaragua: restricciones de la gravimetría y magnetometría. Unión Geofísica Mexicana (UGM). Geos, Vol. 32. No 1, 65-65, Octubre 2012. Link: http://www.ugm.org.mx/bak/raugm/2012/docs/GEOS32-1_PRELIMINAR.pdf
3) Campos-Enriquez J.O, Zambrana Areas, X, Keppie, D; Ramón Márquez, V. Normal block faulting in the Airport Graben, Managua pull-apart rift, Nicaragua: Gravity and Magnetic Constraints. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2012, abstract #T51B-2563.Link: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012AGUFM.T51B2563C
4) Zambrana, X., Yokoi, T. and Takumi, H., 2014. Estimation of Shear Wave Velocity Structure using Surface Waves on the Airport Fault, Managua, Nicaragua. Bulletin of IISEE, IISEE.kenken.go.jp © 2008, all rights reserved.
Link: http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/syndb/?action=abstr&id=MEE13606&est=S&year=2014.
5) Bernardo Ignacio Garcia-Amador1, Luis Manuel Alva-Valdivia2, Norma Betania Palacios-Garcia3 and Xochilt Esther Zambrana Areas 4. Paleomagnetism and ams Studies of the Late Cretaceous Dipilto Batholith in Nicaragua: Tectonic Evolution of Chortis Block (Central America). Machtle, B., Holzhauer, I., Ifrim, C., Stinnesbeck, W., Glasmacher, U.A. (Eds) 2017: 24 th International Colloquium on Latin American Earth Sciences. Abstracts and Programme. GAEA heidlbergensis 20. Pag. 29. 1:Posgrado de Ciencias de la Tierra, Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuidad Universitaria (UNAM-México). 2: Laboratorio de Paleomagnetismo, Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuidad Universitaria (UNAM-México). 3: Applied Research in Earth Sciences, Frontera 151, Col. Roma 06700, Ciudad de México. 4: Instituto de Geología y Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua (UNAN-Managua).
Current profession
Current professional activities type:TeachingPROFESSOR. CAREER OF GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING. FACULTY OF SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING OF THE NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF NICARAGUA (UNAN-MANAGUA).
Workshop and Conference Attended
2013 International Institute of Seismology (IISEE) and Earthquake Engineering and BRI Building Research Institute (BRI), Tsukuba, Japan Colloquium.2013. Tokyo, Japan. Second International Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, Japan Association for Earthquake Engineering2016 Institute of Geology and Geophysics IGG-CIGEO / UNAN-Managua, NICARAGUA Congress of Seismic Engineering of NicaraguaPresentation given
2012Geophysical Modeling in the Airport Graben, Managua, Nicaragua: Case Study Fault Zone Airport and Cofradia.Managua, NicaraguaEvent: National Council of Universities, IX Scientific Conference: Engineering and Technology. -
Other Awards
Nov 2005BEST STUDENT ENGINEERING CAREER IN GEOLOGY.TYPE OF HONOR: BEST STUDENT ENGINEERING CAREER IN GEOLOGY. INSTITUTION: NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF NICARAGUA (UNAN-MANAGUA).Nov 2006BEST STUDENT ENGINEERING CAREER IN GEOLOGY.TYPE OF HONOR: BEST STUDENT ENGINEERING CAREER IN GEOLOGY. INSTITUTION: NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF NICARAGUA (UNAN-MANAGUA).Sep 2013Scholarships: Disaster Management Policy Program by GRIPS and BRI in Cooperation with Japan International Cooperation Agency - JICA, JapanScholarships: Disaster Management Policy Program by GRIPS and BRI in Cooperation with Japan International Cooperation Agency - JICA, Japan (2013-2014).Aug 2010Scholarships: Swedish Agency for Research Cooperation with Developing Countries (SAREC)- PMIA Program-UNAN-ManaguaScholarships: Swedish Agency for Research Cooperation with Developing Countries (SAREC)- PMIA Program-UNAN-Managua (2010-2012).Aug 2012Scholarships: Consejo Nacional de Ciencias y Tecnología (CONOCYT-México) (2012).Scholarships: Consejo Nacional de Ciencias y Tecnología (CONOCYT-México) (2012). -
Fellowship with OWSD
Fellowship with OWSD
Fellowship awarded 2020