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Xochilt Esther Zambrana Areas

Country of origin: Nicaragua Currently in: Nicaragua, Managua General field of specialization: Astronomy, Space and Earth Sciences
PhD Fellowship
Academic Background

Degrees

2012 Master Astronomy, Space and Earth Sciences
2014 Master Astronomy, Space and Earth Sciences
2009 Undergraduate Astronomy, Space and Earth Sciences
Research and Profession

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: 
Teaching
PROFESSOR. 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 Engineering
2016 Institute of Geology and Geophysics IGG-CIGEO / UNAN-Managua, NICARAGUA Congress of Seismic Engineering of Nicaragua

Presentation given

2012
Geophysical Modeling in the Airport Graben, Managua, Nicaragua: Case Study Fault Zone Airport and Cofradia.
Managua, Nicaragua
Event: National Council of Universities, IX Scientific Conference: Engineering and Technology.
Prizes, Grants and Awards

Other Awards

Nov 2005
BEST STUDENT ENGINEERING CAREER IN GEOLOGY.
TYPE OF HONOR: BEST STUDENT ENGINEERING CAREER IN GEOLOGY. INSTITUTION: NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF NICARAGUA (UNAN-MANAGUA).
Nov 2006
BEST STUDENT ENGINEERING CAREER IN GEOLOGY.
TYPE OF HONOR: BEST STUDENT ENGINEERING CAREER IN GEOLOGY. INSTITUTION: NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF NICARAGUA (UNAN-MANAGUA).
Sep 2013
Scholarships: Disaster Management Policy Program by GRIPS and BRI in Cooperation with Japan International Cooperation Agency - JICA, Japan
Scholarships: Disaster Management Policy Program by GRIPS and BRI in Cooperation with Japan International Cooperation Agency - JICA, Japan (2013-2014).
Aug 2010
Scholarships: Swedish Agency for Research Cooperation with Developing Countries (SAREC)- PMIA Program-UNAN-Managua
Scholarships: Swedish Agency for Research Cooperation with Developing Countries (SAREC)- PMIA Program-UNAN-Managua (2010-2012).
Aug 2012
Scholarships: 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 with OWSD

Fellowship awarded 2020

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