Vera
education
1982-1986 Free University Berlin, Division of Earth Sciences, Berlin, Germany. Degree: Akademischer Grad des Doktor der Naturwissenschaften (PhD)
1980-1982 University of Barcelona, Department of Statistics, Barcelona, Spain. Degree: Licenciada con Grado en Matemáticas (MSc in Mathematics)
1974-1980 University of Barcelona, Faculty of Mathematics, Barcelona, Spain. Degree: Licenciada en Matemáticas (Mathematician)

 specialized training

1999 Environmental statistics (8 hours intensive course). 
Lecturer: Dr. R. L. Smith, Department of Statistics, University of North Carolina (USA). Shortcourse given in Mendoza, República Argentina.
1999 Applied smoothing techniques for data analysis (8 hours intensive course). 
Lecturers: Dr. A. Bowman, University of Glasgow (UK), and Dr. A. Azzalini, University of Padua (I). Shortcourse given in Mendoza, República Argentina.
1996 Quantitative stratigraphy (20 hours intensive course). 
Organized by the ICQS (International Committee on Quantitative Stratigraphy), shortcourse given in Xi'an, P. R. China.
1987 Theory and application of generalized linear models using GLIM (40 hours intensive course). 
Organized by the Faculty of Informatics, Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain.
1985 Study abroad program of the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) at the Statistics Department of the University of Hong Kong.
1982 Mathematical Methods and Models in the Earth Sciences (60 hours intensive course). 
Organized by the Mathematical Geology Section, Division of Earth Sciences, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
1980 Advanced methods in geostatistics (35 hours intensive course). 
Organized by the Centre de Géostatistique et de Morphologie Mathématique, École Nationale des Mines de Paris, Fontainebleau, France.
1980 Practical introduction to geostatistics (35 hours intensive course). 
Organized by the Centre de Géostatistique et de Morphologie Mathématique, École Nationale des Mines de Paris, Fontainebleau, France.