Arlett Díaz Zurita

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About me

I was born in Punta Alegre, a small town in Chambas, Ciego de Avila, Cuba. I did my undergraduate studies in Meteorology, University of Havana, Cuba. During the five years of studies I discovered my passion for atmospheric sciences and numerical modeling, developing the thesis in option to the degree of Bachelor in Meteorology linked to the numerical forecast of the wind field. Research with which I was awarded the National Meteorology Prize (Dec 2019). 
After graduating, I joined as a Meteorology Specialist in the Cuban Air Navigation Company, Havana, Cuba (2019-2022), where I carried out the monitoring and meteorological forecasting of the Cuban Air Space. At the same time, I cooperated with the Department of Meteorology of the University of Havana, in the development of meteorological models for the numerical forecast of tropical cyclones, which allowed us to obtain the award: Obra Científica Ciencias Naturales y Exactas for the collaboration in the "Development and implementation of the HuMPI model and the NTHF system for the numerical forecast of tropical cyclones in Cuba" (Feb 2023).

In June 2022, I won a Grant from the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation for Research Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, which allowed me to pursue my Master studies in Meteorology and Geophysics at the University of Granada, Spain, from October 2022 to September 2023. Between March and June 2023, I did my curricular internship at the Interuniversity Institute for Earth System Research in Andalusia (IISTA-CEAMA), where I finally developed my Master's Thesis on the characterization of the hygroscopicity of atmospheric aerosol using remote sensing and in-situ techniques, under the supervision of Dr. Francisco Navas Guzmán and Daniel Pérez Ramírez.

I am currently working on my doctoral thesis at the Atmospheric Physics Research Group of the University of Granada, in the framework of the Multi-instrumental approach to quantify aerosol-cloud interactions and their impact on climate (MULHACEN) project. Referencia: PID2021-128008OB-I00 MCIN/AEI/10,13039/501100011033/FEDER-UE.