BornSpain
AliasesBeatriz Villarroel, B. Villarroel
Service2017-present (post-PhD research)
Summary
Swedish-Spanish astrophysicist whose VASCO project identified thousands of anomalous transient flashes in pre-satellite-era photographic plates. Her peer-reviewed findings - including a 22-sigma statistical result suggesting reflective objects in high Earth orbit before satellites existed - represent among the most rigorously published astronomical data in UAP-adjacent science.
Roles
- -Astrophysicist, Nordita (KTH/Stockholm University)
- -Research Associate, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)
- -Principal Investigator, VASCO Project
- -Advisory Board Member, Sol Foundation
Organizations
NorditaKTH Royal Institute of TechnologyStockholm UniversityInstituto de Astrofísica de CanariasSol Foundation
Education
- -PhD, Astronomy, Uppsala University (2017)
- -MSc, Physics, Uppsala University (2012)
Early Career
- -Published AGN research in Nature Physics (2014) establishing mainstream astrophysics credentials
- -Developed statistical methods for large catalog cross-matching at Uppsala and IAC