Assistant Professor of statistics at the School of Statistics, University of Costa Rica. She is interested in developing novel statistical methods to address scientific questions related to the environment. Her applications areas include climate, weather forecast, and veterinary. Marcela is committed to practicing open science and she believes in mentoring young scientists. Her volunteering activities include being a co-chair of CODATA-RDA Schools of Data Science, organizing the R-ladies chapter in San José and recently she was part of the organizing committee of ConectaR2019 the first R Users Conference in Central America.
2020 journal article
Aridity Trends in Central America: A Spatial Correlation Analysis
Atmosphere.
2020 journal article
Use of unconventional mixed Acetone-Butanol-Ethanol solvents for anthocyanin extraction from Purple-Fleshed sweetpotatoes
Food Chemistry, 314.
2019 journal article
A comparison of testing methods in scalar-on-function regression
AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis, 103(3), 411–436.
2019 report
A curriculum for foundational Research Data Science skills for Early Career Researchers
In Research Data Alliance.
2019 journal article
Spectral measure of color variation of black-orange-black (BOB) pattern in small parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae), a statistical approach
PLOS ONE, 14(10).
2017 journal article
A Data-driven weighting scheme for multivariate phenotypic endpoints recapitulates zebrafish developmental cascades
Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 314, 109–117.
2017 dataset
Data from: The use of functional data analysis to evaluate activity in a spontaneous model of degenerative joint disease associated pain in cats
2017 journal article
The Use of Functional Data Analysis to Evaluate Activity in a Spontaneous Model of Degenerative Joint Disease Associated Pain in Cats
PLOS ONE, 12(1), e0169576.
Ed(s): J. Harezlak
2017 article
Variable Selection Methods with Applications to Atmospheric Sciences
(2017, May 23). North Carolina State University.
2014 journal article
Iodine Quantification to Distinguish Clear Cell from Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma at Dual-Energy Multidetector CT: A Multireader Diagnostic Performance Study
Radiology, 273(3), 813–820.
2014 journal article
Nonlinear Image Blending for Dual-Energy MDCT of the Abdomen: Can Image Quality Be Preserved If the Contrast Medium Dose Is Reduced?
American Journal of Roentgenology, 203(4), 838–845.
2010 journal article
Comparación metodológica de encuestas vía telefonía fija y celular en Costa Rica
Revista De Ciencias Económicas.
manuscript
Multivariate Spatial-Temporal Variable Selection with Applications to Seasonal Tropical Cyclone Modeling
journal article
A Comparison of Testing Methods in Scalar-on-Function Regression
conference paper
An intentional AI for hanabi
2017 - present
2013 - 2017
2009 - 2011
2011 - 2017
2007 - 2009
2002 - 2006