01 — About
A life at the
edge of knowledge
María Fernanda González is a physicist, civil engineer, and oceanographer whose trajectory bridges the hard sciences, computation, and the entrepreneurial frontier. From the equations of fluid dynamics and Bohmian mechanics to the algorithms of machine learning and Earth observation satellites, her work has always been animated by one question: How do we make the invisible legible?
Her formation spans Universidad de los Andes in Colombia, the Almirante Padilla Naval School, the International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE/UPC) and the University of Barcelona — where she pursued advanced studies in numerical methods and computational modeling — followed by IESE Business School, the U.S. Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), and ESADE.
A physicist and numerical modeler by formation, a deep-tech founder and author by vocation, and a mentor and global citizen by conviction — she designs systems that see the Earth more clearly and that help humanity act more wisely within it. Her work inhabits the space where science becomes technology, and technology becomes planetary responsibility.
She holds a Ph.D. scholarship and has been recognized by the World Economic Forum, the U.S. Government, ESADE, and international innovation programs across Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Under her literary name María Fernanda Márquez Pardo, she also writes at the intersection of science, ancestral knowledge, memory, and human reconstruction.