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Zaloa Sánchez Varela holds a PhD in Nautical, Marine and Naval Radioelectronic Engineering (2021, UPV/EHU). The thesis deals with the modelling of Dynamic Positioning incidents during offshore drilling operations, and was carried out under the co-direction of Dr. Juan Luis Larrabe Barrena (UPV/EHU) and Dr. Miguel Angel Gómez Solaetxe (UPV/EHU), obtaining the classification of Outstanding Cum Laude unanimously.

Between 2001 and 2007 he developed his professional career as a deck officer on liquefied gas tankers, and then went on to work ashore in different shipping management companies.

In October 2017 she joined the Department of Nautical Engineering at the Faculty of Maritime Studies in Split (University of Split) as an assistant. Since 2022 she is a full professor as well as Head of Studies at the department.

Her research works are focused in the area of offshore exploitation and dynamic positioning resulting in several JCR indexed publications and presentations at 8 national/international conferences. In addition, she has participated in several national and international scientific projects.

ORCID: 0000-0001-9212-0330

RESEARCHER ID: A-1465-2018