Maria del Mar Quiroga

Mar is a Research Data Specialist at the Melbourne Data Analytics Platform, The University of Melbourne, where she works with researchers across all domains to bring the benefits of data-intensive methods to their fields. Previously she optimised the allocation of medical diagnostic equipment for the World Bank using a mathematical model and helped evaluate Melbourne’s Medically Supervised Injecting Room for the Victorian Government using data from interviews, Medicare, and other government sources.

Mar holds a BSc/MSc in Mathematics from the University of Cordoba, Argentina, and a PhD in computational and experimental neuroscience from Rutgers University, USA.