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The Royal Galician Academy of Sciences (RAGC) and the Pontevedra Provincial Council consider it of common interest to collaborate in carrying out the Aida Fernández Ríos Lecture Series, promoting public interest in science and highlighting the important scientific work carried out in Galicia.

The series is named after researcher Aida Fernández Ríos (Vigo, 1947-Moaña, 2015). Aida stood out for her knowledge of ocean acidification caused by climate change and was the first woman to direct the Institute of Marine Research.

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Aida Fernández Ríos

She completed her lower secondary studies in Vigo and, at the age of 25, began working as a laboratory assistant at the CSIC Institute of Fisheries Research (IIP-CSIC), now known as the Institute of Marine Research. She combined her work with her studies, which allowed her to complete secondary school, study Biology at the University of Santiago and, later, in 1992, defend her doctoral thesis, supervised by Fernando Fraga, on phytoplankton in the Vigo Ría and its environment and conditions. Shortly afterwards, she joined the Institute of Marine Research (IIM) as a researcher, where she developed her entire career until reaching the highest rank as research professor. From 2006 to 2011 she was director of the Institute, becoming the first woman to hold this position. From phytoplankton studies she moved into physical oceanography and, finally, into studies on ocean acidification as a consequence of climate change, becoming a leading researcher in Europe and chairing an International Geosphere Committee from 2005 to 2011.

In 2015 she was appointed a member of the Royal Galician Academy of Sciences (RAGC).