Biography

Karla Freire Quintanilla was born in the city of Riobamba, Ecuador. She obtained a degree in Geographic and Environmental Engineering from the Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas (ESPE), Ecuador, in 2014. In 2017 she started in the postgraduate program of Master in Geomatics Engineering and Geoinformation at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain. Her thesis focused on the Estimation of live fuel moisture using Sentinel-2 imagery in forest plots in the Valencian Community. She has professional experience in the field of Geography from various disciplines such as in the field of the study of natural hazards, land use planning, remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS), geology and others in the field. In 2021, she decided to move to the city of Urcuquí-Ecuador, where she began her work as a Research Professor in the Geology Career belonging to the School of Earth Sciences, Energy and Environment of Yachay Tech University.

 

Research Interest

Karla Freire´s research is concentrated in the field of Geomatics, mainly in geospatial analysis; modeling of spatial variables; risk management; development of applications, geographic information systems and remote sensing or remote sensing.

Publications

• Freire, K. (2014) Implementación de geoportal para el centro Geográfico de la Carrera de Ingeniería Geográfica y del Medio Ambiente utilizando el software ARCIMS., Centro Geográfico de la ESPE (LATINGEO). http://repositorio.espe.edu.ec/handle/21000/8906
• Freire, K. (2019) Estimación de la humedad del combustible vivo usando imágenes Sentinel-2 en parcelas forestales de la Comunidad Valenciana. Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV). https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/164634
• Freire, K. (2020) Estimación de la humedad del combustible vivo usando imágenes Sentinel-2 en parcelas forestales de la Comunidad Valenciana.. Revista Geoespacial, 17(1), 01-13. https://journal.espe.edu.ec/ojs/index.php/revista-geoespacial/article/view/1494
• Torres, R. & Freire, K (2022) Vehículos aéreos no tripulados en el análisis y monitoreo de eventos adversos en la zona centro de la cuenca del Río Paute, Ecuador, XVII Coloquio Ibérico de Geografía. Nuevas fronteras y nuevos horizontes en la Geografía Ibérica: políticas y transformaciones territoriales. Libro de Actas., 312-331, ISBN: 978-84-124962-5-3, https://coloquioiberico2020.usal.es/es/documentos

 

Member of Research Groups

Grupo de Investigación Geología y Geofísica Aplicada (GYGAEARTH)