Presenter

Cristina Manzano studied telecommunications engineering at the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) in Spain and received her master's degree from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim. Since 2009, she has been working at Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany as a data and file system expert in the Technical Systems and Services division of the Jülich Supercomputing Centre. She has contributed to several European projects (EUDAT, DEEP), is part of the core team that developed and operates the LOFAR Long Term Archive, and currently leads the Technical Services team.

Cristina has long been interested in the problems of underrepresentation of women in science and the balance between work and family life. She co-founded the German WHPC Chapter, JuWinHPC, and she is also involved in the local women's network Female Voice, which aims to strengthen women's networking and support gender equality at Forschungszentrum Jülich through various activities.