Arianna Santamaria Penafiel

Ph.D. Student, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico, NM, USA. 

I am a Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of New Mexico, USA and I am, part of the Performance and Resource Optimization in Networks (PROTON) Lab. I graduated with my Bachelor's Degree from UNM in May 2023 and started my Ph.D. with Dr. Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou as my advisor. 

My vision is to contribute to the design of the Next Generation Networks, i.e., 7G and beyond, by developing decision-making and resource management models based on Game Theory and Network Economics, and ultimately follow the academic path and become a professor after I finish my Ph.D. studies. 

During my undergraduate studies, I have been part of two main student organizations, IEEE Women in Engineering and the Hispanic Engineering and Science Organization (HESO). These organizations are of special importance to me because their main goal is to support underrepresented groups in the engineering community, both of which I am a part of. Specifically, by being part of the IEEE Women in Engineering, I have collaborated in a team environment with other graduate students to identify potential speakers for the monthly seminars that are delivered in the IEEE Albuquerque Section.