María Tarsy Carballas Fernández (born 2 June 1934 Taboada) is a Spanish scientist. She is a pioneer in the study of soils in the humid temperate zone of Spain.[1] In 2009, she was awarded the Castelao Medal.[2] In 2012, she won a Chemical Excellence Award for a study of forest fire prevention.[3] In 2012, she won the María Josefa Wonenburger Planells Prize.[4]
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She has been a member of the Agrarian Sciences Area Commission and the Government Board. She does research at the Galicia Biological Mission, in Santiago de Compostela and is a recognized expert in forest fire prevention.
Life
editBorn in 1934 in Taboada, Spain, Carballas had a strong desire to become a journalist, but it was a difficult career for women to enter into at the time. Instead, she decided to focus on science, graduating from the University of Santiago de Compostela in 1958 with a pharmacy degree. She then earned a chemical sciences degree in 1963 and a doctorate in pharmacy in 1964 from the University of Nancy. She began working in the 1960s, at the Spanish National Research Council, researching soil science. She researched solutions to recover land in areas affected by fires.[5]
Works
edit- Ojea, Francisco Guitián; Fernández, Tarsy Carballas (1982). Suelos naturales de la provincia de Orense (in Spanish). Editorial CSIC - CSIC Press. ISBN 84-00-05175-0.
- Ojea, Francisco Guitián; Fernández, Tarsy Carballas (1976). Técnicas de análisis de suelos (in Spanish). Editorial Pico Sacro. ISBN 84-85170-09-1.
- Carballas, T. (1989). FAOUnesco mapa mundial de suelos. Leyenda revisada. Informes sobre recursos mundiales de suelos (in Spanish). Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación. ISBN 978-92-5-303022-4. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
References
edit- ^ Centre national de la recherche scientifique; Université de Nancy I; Institut national de la recherche agronomique, eds. (1981). Migrations organo-minérales dans les sols tempérés. Colloques internationaux du Centre national de la recherchee scientifique. Paris: Éditions du C.N.R.S. ISBN 978-2-222-02681-5.
- ^ Press, Europa (2009-06-11). "GALICIA.-Consello.-Tarsy Carballas, Diz-Lois, García Alén, Pérez-Barreiro y Marcos Valcárcel recibirán la Medalla Castelao 2009". www.europapress.es. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- ^ PRESS, EUROPA (2012-10-26). "Una investigadora gallega gana el premio Excelencia Química 2012". Faro de Vigo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- ^ "Tarsy Carballas recibe el premio Maria Jose Wonenburger Planeslls-2012 - ABC.es - Noticias Agencias". 2018-02-21. Archived from the original on 2018-02-21. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- ^ Rolland, Eduardo (July 30, 2022). "Tarsy Carballas, experta na súa terra" [Tarsy Carballas, expert in her land]. GCiencia (in Galician). Retrieved February 22, 2024.