Maria de la Soledad del Río

Maria de la Soledad del Río is a Lecturer at Arkansas State University Querétaro, specializing in Physics, Mathematics, and Basic Programming. She has taught at institutions like Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Universidad Autónoma de Guanajuato (UGTO), UPAEP, ITSA, ITESM, and INAOE in Mexico, where she instructed graduate-level Radioastronomy courses.

• PhD in Extragalactic Astrophysics from University of La Laguna and Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
• BSc in Theoretical Physics from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Her research focuses on Neutral (HI) Gas in Early-type Galaxies, Spiral Arm Formation in Grand Design Galaxies, and Big Data Mining. Recently, she has expanded into interdisciplinary work using Big Data management for applied sciences, exemplified by her presentation on the Zoning of the Querétaro Wine Region at the OIV World Meeting in Cádiz, Spain.

Her work on wine region zoning, supported by A-State Querétaro, Freixenet, and the Wine Cluster of Querétaro, integrates diverse parameters like soil, terroir, rainfall, and plant health. She also emphasizes science communication through popular talks.