Paulo Farinella Prize / en Diana Valencia recognized with Paulo Farinella Prize /celebrates/diana-valencia-recognized-paulo-farinella-prize <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Diana Valencia recognized with Paulo Farinella Prize </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2021-11-03T11:43:10-04:00" title="Wednesday, November 3, 2021 - 11:43" class="datetime">Wed, 11/03/2021 - 11:43</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/scarborough" hreflang="en">Scarborough</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/paulo-farinella-prize" hreflang="en">Paulo Farinella Prize</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-physical-and-environmental-sciences" hreflang="en">Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/women-stem" hreflang="en">Women in STEM</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/Diana_Valencia.Credit_D.Valencia-crop.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="Diana Valencia"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">(Photo courtesy of Diana Valencia)</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The şüŔęĘÓƵ Scarborough’s <strong>Diana Valencia</strong> has been <a href="https://www.europlanet-society.org/paolo-farinella-prize/">awarded a Paulo Farinella Prize</a> for her pioneering work on exoplanets.</p> <p>Valencia was this year’s co-recipient of the prestigious European research award,&nbsp;for her contributions to our understanding of the interior structure and dynamics of terrestrial and super-Earth exoplanets.</p> <p>“I have seen the field grow from not knowing anyone else studying these planets when I was a PhD student, to a flourishing research field attracting numerous young scientists,” said Valencia, an associate professor in the department of physical and environmental sciences.</p> <p>“It feels particularly special to be recognized in the research field I helped to grow from the beginning.”</p> <p>Valencia was one of the first scientists to combine geophysics and astrophysics to study exoplanets. She developed the first interior model and first mass-radius relationship for rocky exoplanets (1-10 Earth masses). Her exploration into the possibility of plate tectonics on super-Earths spurred a lively debate in the field that continues today.</p> <p>She has also explored the composition of these planets, which has been essential for comparing them to Earth and other exoplanets. Her work on exoplanet GJ 1214b, in particular, has inspired atmospheric observations of super-Earths and mini-Neptunes to better determine their composition.</p> <h3><a href="https://utsc.utoronto.ca/news-events/news-events/breaking-research/utsc-researcher-awarded-international-prize-work-exoplanets">Read the U of T Scarborough story</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTSC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Wed, 03 Nov 2021 15:43:10 +0000 lanthierj 171178 at