# Wanda Díaz-Merced

> Wanda Díaz-Merced is a Puerto Rican astronomer known for using sonification to turn large data sets into audible sound. Formerly at the European Gravitational Observatory Cascina, Italy, Díaz-Merced is currently the Director of the Arecibo C3 STEM Education Center. While losing her eyesight, Díaz-Merced brought attention to increasing equality of access to astronomy and using audible sound to study astrophysical data.. Díaz-Merced is a part of the 7 most trailblazing women in science by the BBC.

*American astrophysicist*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United States
- **Status:** unknown
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

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## Fame
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