User:JLM1935/Mayly Sánchez

Early life and education:
Mayly Sanchez was born in Caracas, Venezuela in 1972. Mayly interest in academics started at an early but her love for physics and astronomy was driver by her curiosity of the Cosmos.

Mayly would go on to excel in primary and secondary school, eventually she would go on to pursuit her bachelors at the University of Los Andes in Merida,Venezuela. Ms. Sanchez would eventually receiver her bachelors in Physics in 1995.

Early Career:
After graduating with her Bachelors degree in her home country of Venezuela, Ms Sanchez will continue her educational career in the United States at Tufts University in Boston Massachusetts eventually receiving her Master and Doctorates degree by 2003. Dr Sanchez work since her early career has focused around one of the most intriguing particles in our universe, this particle are know as Neutrinos.

Research:
Dr. Sanchez has focused a great part of her career on the study of Neutrinos. " Neutrinos are one of the fundamental particles which make up the universe. They are also one of the least understood.Neutrinos are similar to the more familiar electron, with one crucial difference: neutrinos do not carry electric charge. Because neutrinos are electrically neutral, they are not affected by the electromagnetic forces which act on electrons. Neutrinos are affected only by a "weak" sub-atomic force of much shorter range than electromagnetism, and are therefore able to pass through great distances in matter without being affected by it. If neutrinos have mass, they also interact gravitationally with other massive particles, but gravity is by far the weakest of the four known forces."

Awards:

Do to her work in the research of Neutrinos Dr. Sanchez received the United States Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama

in 2012.