Location (during time of takeover)
School/Institution
| Undergrad | McMaster University Integrated Science - Spec. in Earth & Environmental Science |
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| Masters | Western University Geophysics |
| PhD | York University Earth & Space Science & Engineering |
Featured on March 16, 2025
Reaching for the stars, our Pinoy Scientist for the week is Chimira N. Andres, a PhD Earth & Space Science & Engineering student at York University, Canada. Outside of her studies, she also works with both the European (ESA) and Canadian (CSA) Space Agencies.
Chimira received her H.B.Sc. Integrated Science – Spec. in Earth & Environmental Science at McMaster University, Canada. During this time, she was a research assistant and field technician for their Glacial Sedimentology Lab, as well as a teaching assistant. After graduating, she immediately jumped back into her studies by taking her MSc in Geophysics at Western University. While there, she gained a great deal of mission experience by participating in experiments and projects headed by the Canadian Space Agency and Lunar and Planetary Laboratory in Canada. One of her more recent missions was as a part of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission Investigation Team by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and John Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in 2021.
Chimira is now a PhD Earth & Space Science & Engineering student at York University, Toronto. Other than her PhD work, she is also the Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System Target Lead for the ESA’s CaSSIS ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter Mission. Additionally, she is a scientist of the Canadian Lunar Utility Vehicle and Rover Mission under the CSA. In her spare time, she remains a teaching assistant and a glaciology instructor for Girls On Ice Canada.
Some fun facts about Chimira:
- She was born in Pasay City, Philippines! She attended UST elementary school (before it closed down) until Grade 5 when she and her family immigrated to Toronto, Canada at 12 years old. She was also raised in Malvar, Batangas where her dad’s side of the family lives.
- She has been dancing ballet/contemporary/jazz since she was 5 years old! Now, she is a dance teacher at The School of Cadence Ballet & still tries to find the balance between her love for science and the arts.
- Her love languages are food, plants & being outside in nature.
