Dr. María Fernanda Nieva

• Hubble Space Telescope · USA · 2020. Appointed by the European Space Agency (ESA) to evaluate observing proposals on the stellar-physics panel, Cycle 28.
• European Southern Observatory (ESO) · Germany · 2017. Member of the Observing Programmes Committee, Period 100.

Further evaluation: research funding in Argentina and Belgium; Licentiate examination at Stockholm University, Sweden (2022), and doctoral examination at Universidad de La Laguna, Spain (2010).

Independent research project · Innsbruck, Austria · 2015–2017. Secured funding for and led “Structure and chemistry of the solar neighborhood”, a Lise Meitner project funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF).

Four observing programmes awarded as Principal Investigator (PI), the lead scientific applicant.

Five competitive fellowships: FWF · Max Planck · Women in Research and Teaching (FFL) · German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) · Brazil’s National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq).

University College of Teacher Education Tyrol, Austria · 2025–2026. Designed and taught five primary-teacher education courses in mathematics didactics, competency-oriented tasks and reflective observation.

Volksschule Innere Stadt · Innsbruck, Austria · 2024–2025. Mathematics and science in primary-school enrichment education; learning support and collaboration with teachers and families.

For MINT-BRUCK, this experience connects scientific evidence with educational practice, and questions from practice with research and development.

Co-developed a reference standard for the chemical composition of the solar neighbourhood; international contributions to precision stellar analysis.

International reviews and seminars, including Stockholm, Sweden, and Innsbruck, Austria (2022). The full profile includes a publication selection updated through 2026.